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Women’s application in underrepresented subjects
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Women’s application in underrepresented subjects
Qassim University encourages women to apply in subjects where they are underrepresented, such as engineering, computing, and cybersecurity. It does so through its own outreach – the “Road to University” exhibition for male and female high school graduates and support for female students’ innovation projects – and through national partnerships such as the Mawhiba Academic Enrichment Programme, under a policy that commits the University to promoting scholarships for women in these fields.
Policy for Women’s Applications, Acceptance and Participation: encouraging women in under-represented fields
The Policy for Women’s Applications, Acceptance and Participation (reviewed 3 September 2025) commits Qassim University to promoting scholarships that encourage women to enrol in fields where they have historically been under-represented, such as certain engineering and computational science specialisations (clause 4.5).
Admission of women to engineering, computing and science colleges, 1446 AH (context for monitoring)
Calculated from the official 1446 AH new-student files: College of Computer 664 women and 797 men (45.4% women); College of Engineering 87 women and 470 men (15.6%); College of Sciences 901 women and 637 men (58.6%). Engineering remains the clearest under-represented field for women and is the natural focus for targeted outreach.
Goal-related news
The university, in cooperation with the King Abdulaziz and Prince Sultan Foundation for Talent and Creativity (MohaBa), is hosting the “2026 Academic Enrichment Program” from July 5 to 23, 2026, targeting talented students and female students, in the framework of supporting their cognitive capabilities and developing their quality skills, and building a distinguished generation that keeps pace with the aspirations of the future and contributes to the national development journey. The program spans over three weeks, starting on July 5 and ending on July 23, 2026 […]
2026-07-12
From a familiar daily scene within the university campus, where pedestrians“ footsteps clank on the stairs and vehicles move densely on the roads, an innovative idea was born that seeks to transform this continuous movement into a source of clean and sustainable energy through the ”VoltStep“ project developed by a group of female students from Al-Qassim University participating in the ”Innovation Incubator” at Al-Qassim University. The project was developed by a team of female students: Hala Al-Khatery, […]
2026-05-16
His Excellency the President of the University, Professor Dr. Mohammed bin Fahd Alsharq, visited the “The Road to University” exhibition, organized by the Admissions and Registration Deanship, during the period from May 7 to 14, 2026, at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in the University Campus, which is dedicated to welcoming students who are expected to graduate from high school and introducing them to the admission opportunities and academic specializations available at the university. His Excellency the President of the University praised the efforts of the […]
2026-05-11