Saudi Arabia has announced fully funded scholarships for Pakistani students to study at diploma, bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD levels in top universities of the kingdom.
Students residing in Pakistan and legal resident of the kingdom both can apply for these scholarships.
“75 per cent students will be awarded scholarship from Pakistan. Whereas 25 per cent scholarships will be given to Pakistani students residing in the Kingdom,” HEC announced in a statement.
The successful candidates will also be provided with monthly stipend and other facilities, including free medical and hostel.
The scholarships have been offered in the disciplines of politics, law, education, administration, economics, engineering, computer science, agriculture, Arabic, Islamic Studies and media sciences.
The science students securing the scholarships will be given a monthly stipend of 900 Saudi Riyal (SR) and 850 SR monthly allowance will be given to humanities students.
Moreover, the Saudi government will provide a return ticket to the students.