Young Saudi Students Enroll in Mawhiba Ambassadors Program

Saudi high school students are taking part in the Mawhiba Ambassadors program. This initiative is run by the King Abdul Aziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) in collaboration with major colleges in the United States and the United Kingdom.

According to Arab News, 105 students were selected to participate in the program set up in collaboration with Yale, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins.

The foundation plans to assist students from start to finish: accommodation will be provided with a limited number of people in respect to coronavirus regulations.

“This is a rich experience for school students, as they mix with talented students of the same age group from all over the world, enrich their scientific and linguistic knowledge, and participate in the programs of the world’s highest-ranked universities,” Mawhiba said, as reported by Arab News.

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“This helps students determine their scientific field in the future, highlights their abilities, prepares them to support the Kingdom’s transformation into a knowledge society, enhances students’ communication with international universities, opens promising prospects for them to continue studying and learning, and develops their personal skills.”

The Mawhiba Ambassadors program welcomed 1,131 students from 2011 to 2020. The Saudi organization is behind 258 overseas programs and benefited 562 students.

The Mawhiba Ambassadors program is one of 20 available to scientific and engineering students, who are selected based on their academic performance and abilities.

In the field of engineering, the programs include academic, scientific, and research aspects, as well as activities that help students develop their talents. They occur over the summer vacation and last anywhere from a week to a month.