Kuwait University Holds First Academic Aptitude Test for First Chance, with 5,995 Students Participating
Kuwait University held the first aptitude test for the 'First Chance' program today, Saturday, with 5,995 students participating in mathematics, Arabic, and English.
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Kuwait City – The University of Kuwait held today, Saturday, the first exam of the First Chance for the Academic Aptitude Tests for the 2026-2027 academic year, with 5,995 male and female students participating in mathematics, Arabic, and English, under both electronic and paper-based submission systems, alongside a dedicated test for students with disabilities.
University President Dr. Dina Al-Milhem, in a press statement during her inspection of the exam proceedings at the Sabah Al-Salem University City, emphasized the university’s commitment to deploying its resources to ensure the smooth conduct of the exams and to create a conducive environment that helps students focus and take their tests with ease and confidence. She was accompanied by the Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Salili, and the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs for Evaluation and Measurement, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Rafee.
Dr. Al-Milhem noted that field monitoring of the exams allows for direct observation of the workflow and facilitates direct communication with students, their parents, the supervisory committees, and the opportunity to hear their feedback, thereby contributing to the improvement and facilitation of procedures and enhancing coordination among the entities involved in organizing the exams.
She commended the efforts of the teams and committees working to organize and monitor the exams, highlighting their cooperation and coordination to ensure their regularity, and wished the student body success and achievement in their academic journey.
Exam centers were distributed across the administrative building and the colleges of Science, Engineering, Petroleum, Arts, Life Sciences, and Education in the southern buildings, according to the nature of each exam and its submission mechanism. The electronic exams were held in two sessions: the first from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and the second from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The paper-based exams were conducted according to specific schedules for each subject during the period from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (End) K.M.J. / T.A.B.
