Education in Kuwait - Levels of Education - Vocational, Post-secondary and Tertiary Education - Higher Education

Higher Education

There are four state-supported higher education institutions in Kuwait.

  • Kuwait University
  • The College of Basic Education in PAAET
  • Higher Institute for Theater Arts
  • Higher Institute of Music Arts

In the academic year 2005/06, the total enrollment within these institutions reached 27,308, an increase of 7 percent from the previous year. The proportion of females in the undergraduate studies is 70 percent. The gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education in both private and public institutions in 2006 was about 18 percent; the male gross enrollment ratio was 11 percent, a slight increase from the previous year, and for females it was 26 percent, a three percentage points decrease from the previous year.

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