Exchange Agreement with the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission in South Korea
Participate in the Saudi Exhibition on Higher Education from April 19-22 to Attract local Students
[March 11, 2011]
Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) began full-fledged exchange with Saudi Arabia for the first time among universities in the provinces.
In the morning of the 10th, Yeungnam University signed an exchanged agreement with the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission in South Korea (headed by Turki Fahad Al-Ayyar), and promised to cooperate in constructing a global partnership for joint research and academic exchange, opening of short and long-term educational courses and student exchange, as well as exchange of academic materials.
At this signing ceremony, president of the university, Lee, Hyo-soo, stated, "Our University has a globalization goal of attracting 4,000 international students from 77 countries across the world, and so I am very happy that we have taken our first step in attracting students from the Middle East."
Turki Fahad Al-Ayyar of the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission in South Korea replied, "I have never seen such a beautiful campus with a peaceful atmosphere like Yeungnam University anywhere in the world," adding, "Our students are highly interested in the medical and pharmaceutical sector, and thus I am happy that we will begin interchanging with Yeungnam University, which has great tradition and strengths capacities in both academic sectors."
Through this agreement, Yeungnam University also gained the opportunity to bid for the 'King Adullah Scholarship Student'. The King Abdulla Scholarship Student are students who receive national funding to study overseas as part of the human resource fostering plans of the government of Saudi Arabia, and currently, about 100,000 students are studying abroad in undergraduate and graduate courses at the world's top 200 universities, which is posted in the website of the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission. Since signing the educational agreement with the government of Saudi Arabia in March 2007, over 140 students were sent to Korea, but most of them are studying in universities in the Seoul. However, with this agreement between Yeungnam University and the Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission in South Korea, there is now a higher possibility to attract King Abdullah Scholarship Students in this province.
In addition, Yeungnam University is also planning to participate in the International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from April 19 to 22 in order to expand exchange with the 25 national universities and 15 private universities in Saudi Arabia, while also attracting local students to study abroad at Yeungnam University. This exhibition is hosted by the Ministry of Higher Education of Saudi Arabia, and it will be joined by countries including Korea, US, Canada, England, France, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, India, and Malaysia.
