University of New Haven experts will teach specialized executive programs through Tuwaiq Executive for the Kingdom’s business leaders.
Students and their families can pay NHU-Riyadh tuition in installments through the Tamara app they already use every day, under an agreement signed in Riyadh in August 2026.
Encouraged by the Saudi Ministry of Education to help bridge school and university, NHU-Riyadh and EtonHouse will explore what a university can offer pupils, from classroom talks and mentoring to, in time, academic pathways.
All students and faculty at the first international branch university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have access to Claude for Education, Anthropic’s AI assistant, as part of preparing graduates for an economy where working with AI is a core skill.
The first international branch university in Saudi Arabia welcomed its first undergraduate and graduate students at Misk City on 23 August.
Professors of practice with careers spanning artificial intelligence, journalism, and economics will shape the learning experience when NHU-Riyadh welcomes its first students this fall.
Dr. Mohammed Alshagawi is a former business school dean at King Faisal University, and was a founding team member of Saudi Arabia’s first school of public policy. He will be the first academic leader of NHU-Riyadh, which will open at Misk City this fall.
With classrooms being constructed, furniture on its way, and Saudi specialist C1 delivering the design unveiled in June, NHU-Riyadh is well on the way to welcoming its first students.
Under the memorandum, Mawhiba students would receive scholarships to NHU-Riyadh and join summer programs in the Kingdom and at the University’s Connecticut campus.
NHU-Riyadh is the first international university operating in Saudi Arabia that has been included in the Social Development Bank’s education financing system.