Policy on Female Admission, Acceptance, and Participation
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University (PSAU) operates a clearly defined and publicly accessible policy framework to support the admission, access, and participation of female students across all colleges, disciplines, and educational levels. This is aligned with national Vision 2030 priorities and institutional commitments to gender equity in higher education.
Policy Commitment
PSAU’s Policy on Female Admission and Access to Education affirms that all academic programmes and facilities are open to qualified female applicants under the same criteria as male applicants. The University uses the central national admission portal managed by the Ministry of Education, which guarantees equitable, merit-based selection.
Access and Participation in Programmes
Women are proportionally represented across PSAU’s diverse programme offerings. For example, female students accounted for:
- 60.6% of admissions to M.Sc. programmes in Statistics and Mathematics in recent cohorts
- Over 50% of annual graduates across all faculties by 2023
These figures reflect broad and increasing participation, particularly in areas such as health sciences, computing, and mathematics.
Structural Support and Monitoring
Separate but equivalent women’s campuses ensure culturally appropriate access to laboratories, research infrastructure, and co-curricular opportunities. PSAU monitors access and inclusion through institutional performance units and programme accreditation reviews.
Outreach and Leadership Development
Targeted initiatives to encourage female participation include the i-Women Fellowship (launched with international partners) and pre-university outreach events such as STEM career camps for girls from local schools. Female students also participate in national and international conferences under university sponsorship.
Transparency and Continuous Review
Policies are reviewed biennially to ensure relevance, and updates are published through the PSAU admissions and quality assurance portals. Full policy texts and access guidelines are accessible at https://www.psau.edu.sa/en/admission-criteria.
PSAU remains committed to improving access and outcomes for women across all aspects of the academic experience—from admission to leadership.
Admissions @ PSAU
The PSAU admission guidelines stipulate a merit-based admission policy that seeks to attract the best students without any form of discrimination, especially based on gender. In fact, as of Fall 2025, the student population of the University is composed of a 67-33 female to male ratio.
The guidelines for admission and entry at PSAU include:
• The students/female students must be a Saudi national or have a Saudi mother.
• They should be recent high school graduate (not more than five years).
• They should perform the aptitude and achievement test held by the National Centre for Measurement and Evaluation.
• They should fill out the enrolment application form through our admission website. • They should pass the personal interview and written tests required by some colleges. • They should be medically fit.
• They should meet the required conditions at the time of application.
The admission process is advertised every year and each application passes through the four stages enumerated below.
The first stage: taking the admission test (abilities and summative evaluation).
The second stage: reviewing the admission procedures and the available majors on the electronic admission portal.
The third stage: filling out the application form and enter the desires electronically.
The fourth stage: Following up the electronic website according to the admission calendar to know the result of the candidate screening according to the following: (Screening goes through several stages for students only).
While further details on these guidelines and updated application dates can be obtained via webpages of the Deanship of Admissions and Registration (http://dar.psau.edu.sa), the latest version of these guidelines (version 5 (2024)) can be downloaded there.
Admissions Tracker
PSAU tracks applications, administers random readiness tests to track applications, tracks admission rates, monitors progress, and assesses graduation rates throughout the students' academic journey.
As of the 2025/2026 academic year, 67 percent of the students' population were female. Interestingly, the university established new programmes in electrical engineering (in 2023) and nursing (in 2024) for female students.
Proportion of first-generation students was 64.4% from the total number of students have brothers or sisters with a college degree.
The Proportion of first-generation students Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University has over 29 thousand students starting a degree, 63.1% are first generation students stating a degree.
Lifelong learning access policy PSAU
Central library and other libraries in different university branches are contributing actively to the community-related activities and the service of Alkharj city society. PSAU libraries are providing many services the society members as well as the students and faculty. The PSAU libraries have more than 60 thousand titles of books and periodicals. The Deanship also plays a vital role by offering scientific courses, awareness seminars, educational seminars, and scientific exhibitions to raise the researcher and student's efficiency, increase the awareness of society and its culture, and enrich its holdings with everything new.
Refer to PDF file below for further details on PSAU's admission policy and guidelines.
PSAU ADmission Policy and Guidelines
