Cooperating with Ministry of Higher Education, the SFDA has ended its program of stipend to obtain bachelor and postgraduate degrees, within the program of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, in different majors related to the SFDA work as: food sciences, pharmacology, biomedical engineering, law, accounting and information technology. More than 8000 students submitted their information through the SFDA electronic website; number of students had been interviewed and passed through oral tests, as a result 100 students had been chosen to study in Australia, Britain or New Zealand. 38 of them specialized in food sciences, 21 in pharmacology, 21 in biomedical engineering, 5 in law, 5 in accounting and 10 in information technology.
The SFDA interviewed the students and reviewed required documents. On Monday 22-9-1429H, all documents had been completed and names of candidates were submitted by the SFDA to the Ministry of Higher Education to fulfill stipend procedures as students will start studying during the second semester of the coming year.