Zeina El Qirem

Saudi Arabia's minister of education, Yousef bin Abdullah Al- Benyan, has concluded a series of high-level meetings in Australia aimed at strengthening educational cooperation and building new partnerships between the two countries.

English Path (EP), a global language training provider, has announced the launch of a new campus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking the Kingdom as one of its key high-growth markets.

UK independent school Malvern College is set to expand its global footprint with the launch of its first Saudi campus in Riyadh, opening in 2027.

This week, The PIE spent five minutes with Ghassan Aouad, chancellor of Abu Dhabi University and past president of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), to hear about his passion for chasing new initiatives.

The two countries have expressed optimism that enhanced cooperation would pave the way for student mobility, faculty exchange and collaborative research.

This week, The PIE sat down with Ashwin Fernandes, executive director (AMESA) at QS, to learn more about his book on international education and to talk about his passion for learning Arabic.

The UAE now captures 59% of all MENA study destination searches on Keystone's platforms, cementing its position as the region's most in-demand education hub.

A select group of Emirati educators has participated in a specialist training program in Russia, as the UAE continues to expand international education partnerships.

In a landmark move aimed at enhancing Egypt's international academic presence, 12 Egyptian universities have signed co-operation agreements with the University of Louisville in the United States.

The MENA region showed huge success in the most recent QS university rankings – demonstrating a marked increase in the number of institutions that made the list.