Saudi Arabia
Studying at the University of Salford is an exciting experience, and our industry-focused courses will prepare you for success. You will be taught by staff who are experts in their field, and you will put your learning into practice in real-world settings, such as through placements, live projects, field trips, or hearing from guest speakers.
We have a long history of welcoming students from Saudi Arabia to our campus and our students go on to have impressive careers. Find out more about studying here as a Saudi Arabian student below.
our alumni community
When you graduate from Salford, you will join a global community of over 180,000 alumni making a positive impact in their communities. We will connect you with this community to provide networking opportunities, events and mentorship programmes. You can also get lifelong careers advice from us.
Our graduates from Saudi Arabia are going on to achieve impressive results. For example, Dr. Bandar Alosaimi recently won the Social Impact Award at Study UK for establishing COVIDAT which translated scientific information during the pandemic into Arabic to avoid the spread of misinformation and misconceptions among people.
Some of our other noteable graduates who are from/working in Saudi Arabia include:
- Dr Ahmed Aboabat, the Vice President of the Riyadh Command and Control Center is also a General Director for the National Center for Developmental and Behavioural Disorders which is part of the Saudi Health Council.
- Robert Hope, the Managing Director for Egis KSA and the former executive director at Neom.
living in salford and manchester as an international student
Our students love how friendly and diverse our community is, and that our location balances exciting city living with our spacious green campus.
Watch the video below to see more about student life from our students’ perspective.
Contacts at the University of Salford
If you need any support in making an application or have a question relating to your offer you can contact Nick Croft at n.croft@salford.ac.uk
Scholarships
We are proud to offer a range of scholarships aimed at supporting high achieving international students. Explore our international scholarships.
Education consultants
Jeddah
IDP Education
Office No 208
2nd Floor, Arabi- an Business Centre
King Abdulallah Road
NE of Tareq Bin
Ziad Square
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
T: +966 2 6143294/5
Riyadh
IEC Abroad
Office No. 23, 2nd Floor, Alqada Center, Al-Takhasusi Street
(Opposite to Euromarche Hypermarket), Riyadh
+966 (0) 11 810 4444
riyadh@iecabroad.com
IGEC
Al Olaya Street - Al Andalus Markets Building 4, Second Floor, PO Box 11351, Riyadh
00966 11 4199060/00966 11 4199061
riyadh@igec.com.au
Talib Consultancy Ltd
Office 24, Second Floor, 2649 Saleh Ad Din Al Ayyubi Road
Al Malaz, 11474, Riyadh
+966 (0) 112921224
+966 (0) 596866990
riyadh@talibconsultancy.co.uk
TCL Global
9066-9070 Al Khazai
Riyadh 11543,
Riyadh 12611,3043
Saudi Arabia,
+966 (0) 505 444 945
ksa@tclglobal.co.uk
UK Uni
An Nuzhah, 3656 An Nuzhah, King Abdullah Branch Road, 12471, Riyadh
+966 11 275 4606
info@UKuni.org
http://www.ukuni.org/Default.aspx
IDP Education
Al Rabiea Tower
Al Fahd Hotel Building, 6th floor, office 601
Olaya Main Road (South) cross with Kherais
PO Box 51104
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
11543
T: +966 11 201 5010/12/13
Al Khobar
IDP Education
Floor 3
Silver Tower
King Ab-dulaziz Street
Ad Dammam P.O.Box 4031
Al Khobar 31952
Saudi Arabia
T: +966 920001709
Entry requirements
Undergraduate
Applicants who have completed the following programmes of study will be considered for undergraduate entry:
- Tawjihiyah and a recognised UK foundation programme
- College of Technology diploma (two years)
- Higher Technical Institute diploma
- Junior Health College diploma
- Associate degree
- Undergraduate diploma
- At least one year at a key Saudi Arabian university
If you do not meet the entry requirements, you could take the International Foundation Year to gain entry onto this degree.
Postgraduate
Applicants should have completed a four year bachelor's degree with a 3.0/5.0 point GPA scale. Where a four point scale is used, a score of at least 2.75 must be achieved.