76 SABIC Sponsored Students Graduates from Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University

Al-Khobar | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Graduation ceremony held in the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) in which 76 pre-foundation program students, sponsored by Petrochemicals giant Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), were awarded certificates.  This program held for the first time within the Kingdom was awarded to PMU due its reputation as a student-centered University utilizing the USA model.

 

PMU was actually designed by TIEC (Texas International Education Consortium) consisting of 32 universities from Texas, the USA. It is the best environment for students to get accustomed to studying in a US university.

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PMU Rector, Dr. Issa Al-Ansari and Mr. Yousef Abdullah Al-Benyan, SABIC’s executive vice president for human resources had signed an agreement at the university’s campus prior to the start of this program.

 

The university had enrolled students for a three-month long pre-foundation training course. Its curricula is set of eight English language skills—reading, writing, listening, speaking, researching, computing, viewing and presenting with key focus on the academic reading and writing.

 

The program also included a component related to American Culture and Integrating into it.

Students got training to learn, apply problem solving, develop thinking skills and handle academic and real-life situations once enrolled in the leading US universities.

PMU applies unique mechanism and assessment protocol to judge students’ learning levels. This course is a rigorous training to hone the skills with theoretical and practical assessments. Students passed the End of Program Comprehensive Examination and English Exist Examination.

 

Academic and co-curricular activities are two components of this program. Co-curricular activities focused at practical approaches towards living in the America’s multicultural society.

 

Students were groomed for creative thinking and academic excellence besides getting prepared for the American universities. Computer Aided Language Learning through the PMU English Lab improved listening and speaking skills as integral part of this training program.

 

Modern teaching tools blackboard, smart board, smart classes and wired classes were applied in this program.

Asif Anwar Alig

Media Specialist,

Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia