King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia admits distinguished graduate applicants with a high GPA as full-time MS or PhD students on a full scholarship, and offers scholarships for all PhD and PhD Direct Entry programs. Benefits include a stipend by category, free furnished air-conditioned on-campus housing with utilities and maintenance, medical and dental care, subsidized meals, free textbooks, no tuition fee, and air tickets for international students. Recipients can become RA-PhD students, receive funding to attend conferences under certain conditions, and work on funded research projects. The direct PhD program runs five years, with the full scholarship covering the first four. Self-sponsored thesis students pay a per-semester registration fee plus SAR 500 per credit hour.