Saudi scholarship program aims to send 70,000 students abroad by 2030

Saudi scholarship program aims to send 70,000 students abroad by 2030

The Kingdom’s Human Capability Development Program has announced details of the strategy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Scholarship Program, which aspires to send 70,000 students abroad by 2030.

The press conference, held on Sunday in Riyadh by HCDP — one of the programs to achieve the Saudi Vision 2030 — discussed the strategy, its pillars, aims and expected outcomes, and its role in improving human capital efficiency in new and promising sectors.

Minister of Education Hamad Al-Sheikh said that the scholarship strategy would begin with an analysis of 90 scholarship programs globally. The program would then send 70,000 students to 200 educational and training bodies worldwide until 2030.

The strategy comes with four paths, and each of these paths has clear and specific objectives: The Pioneers path, the Research & Development path, the Provider path, and the Promising path.

“The Pioneers path aims to send students to the world’s top 30 educational institutions in all fields, according to internationally accredited university rankings, in empowering Saudi scholarship students to achieve and compete globally in all fields,” Al-Sheikh said.

Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Ahmed Al-Rajhi said that the Provider path would focus on supply and demand of labor market needs, and