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Riyadh: NEOM entered into a partnership with the University of Prince Mugrin to provide job opportunities in the hospitality and tourism sector for hundreds of students from the NEOM and Tabuk region.
Starting in January, up to 250 applicants will be selected to participate in a Hospitality undergraduate program at the University of Prince Mugrin. The program is made in cooperation and supervision with the École Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), the most prestigious hospitality school in the world. Students who successfully complete a scholarship will be provided with suitable job opportunities within NEOM when they finish their studies.
Tourism is expected to be one of the main drivers for the Saudi economy and one of the fastest growing non-oil sectors over the coming decade and NEOM is in a great position to contribute to the development of the sector.
NEOM CEO, Nadhmi Al-Nasr stated: “As Saudi Arabia opens its doors to more tourists, we want NEOM to be a major destination to attract up to 5 million visitors annually in 2030. Our partnership with UPM will support us in achieving this goal by offering members of the local community access to training from the best hospitality management school in the world.”
Director of Prince Mugrin University, Dr. Nabil Al-Rajeh said: “University of Prince Mugrin continuously seeks to contribute to the development of the national human capital through offering unique and quality programs in accordance to the best international standards, which will result in the successful employment of its graduates to meet the needs of the local leading development projects including NEOM.”
Today’s announcement is the latest in a series of projects launched under NEOM’s Corporate Social Responsibility Program. As part of its mandate, the Program is working with a variety of partners to provide scholarships for students to develop new skills and improved education opportunities.
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About NEOM
NEOM is established as a closed joint-stock company on January 22, 2019, fully owned by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF). The project was announced to the public on October 24, 2017, by His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the PIF.
NEOM is a new destination being created in the Northwest of Saudi Arabia. Based along the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba, at the intersection of Asia, Europe and Africa and along one of the world’s busiest economic arteries, NEOM is strategically placed at the crossroads of the world with an area of 26,500 km2.NEOM is just an 8-hour flight from 70% of the global population.
NEOM aims to be the future of liveability as its foundation, unprecedented in scope and unconstrained by history. The name "NEOM" is derived from two words. The first three letters form the Ancient Greek prefix neo- meaning “new”. The fourth letter is from the abbreviation of Mostaqbal (Arabic: ), an Arabic word meaning “future”. And as the name suggests, it will be the land of the future where the best ideas, most promising start-ups, established companies, future industries and the best talents are joined to create solutions for the key challenges facing humanity.
NEOM will be built with principles of liveability and innovation at its core. Industry will focus on NEOM’s economic sectors, namely energy and water, mobility, biotech, food, manufacturing, media, entertainment, culture and fashion, technology and digital, tourism, sport, design and construction, services, health and well-being, and education.
About UPM:
The university is characterized by having an affiliation with state-of-the-art universities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, with the aim of improving the academic programs and syllabi, as well as utilizing the most advanced laboratories that are built and equipped in accordance with the quality standards and accreditations of academic institutions.
The university seeks to prepare its male and female graduates for the market demands through granting them professional certificates offered by companies that are experts in different fields such as Oracle, Cisco, and Microsoft. Male and Female graduates of the university are further trained, through training programs required in the Industrial sector, to provide them with unique technical and practical experience.
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