KUWAIT: The Ministry of Higher Education announced the opening of applications for the vacancy plan for foreign scholarships from high school graduates (unified system) or its equivalent in its science and art streams who obtained secondary school in 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 through the ministry’s website. Anyone looking to register in human medicine and dentistry in foreign countries must submit their IELTS test result with a minimum score of 6.5, Acting Undersecretary Lamia Al-Melhem said.

A score of at least 6 in all sections of the test is required, or its equivalent in the TOEFL test. Medical specialties in the Arab countries are in accordance with the conditions announced in the vacancy plan, she added. Melhem said that in the event that those accepted in the scholarship plan for the next academic year or the plan of direct dispatch of medical specialties or excellence missions wish to apply to the vacancy plan, they must withdraw from that mission so that they can register.

If they are not accepted in the vacancy plan, the seat from which they were withdrawn will not be returned. Melhem stressed that the student is not entitled to register in the vacancy plan if he is registered in any of the other higher education institutions such as Kuwait University, Abdullah Al-Salem University, the scholarship plan outside Kuwait or the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training. The Ministry has the right to cancel registration in case of violation of this condition.

Students must review the specializations included in the plan and their scientific description and university admission requirements for each specialization. The screening will be according to the lowest percentage that has been accepted for each specialty in the annual scholarship plan, except for the specialties of human medicine and dentistry, she clarified.

She stressed that all male and female students applying for the vacancy plan must review the registration conditions, as the student’s registration is considered canceled if the required documents specified on the ministry’s website are not entered or completed before the end of the specified date for registration. Applications are open from July 23 until July 25. – KUNA