Kuwait University Council Approves Final Accounts and Promotes 23 Academics

The Board of Trustees of Kuwait University approved the university’s final accounts for the academic year 2025–2026, as well as the promotion of 23 faculty members from various practical, humanities, and social science colleges to the ranks of professor and associate professor. This came during its meeting held this morning (Wednesday), chaired by the university’s president, Dr. Dina Al-Milhim. In a press statement, she emphasized the need to continue developing the academic system and enhancing institutional performance quality, stressing the importance of integrating efforts across its different sectors to support its progress and achieve its objectives in various fields.

Dr. Al-Milhim commended during the meeting the efforts and preparations of the colleges across all university sites, and their commitment to providing an appropriate academic environment and support services to welcome students and ensure the orderly commencement of the educational process. She expressed her hope that the year would be full of productivity and achievement. She also appreciated the efforts of all colleges, sectors, departments, and working teams that contributed to these preparations, reiterating the importance of maintaining the same spirit of work throughout the academic year to realize the university’s aspirations and enhance performance quality across its various sectors.

She stressed the importance of activating the role of committees in scientific departments and colleges, ensuring their formation and the conduct of their work in accordance with applicable regulations and bylaws, thereby strengthening procedural integrity and organizing academic work. She also emphasized the necessity of adhering to approved mechanisms for approving university textbooks through specialized committees, and restricting the purchase of approved textbooks to the Kuwait University Student Bookstore, to ensure the clear and uniform implementation of organized procedures in this regard.

Dr. Al-Milhim noted the formation of selection committees for the deanship of several colleges of the university, in accordance with the regulations, systems, and laws governing this matter, with selection committees for the deanship of the remaining colleges to be formed subsequently in line with established frameworks and guidelines.

For her part, Dr. Noura Al-Suwaihi, Acting Secretary-General of Kuwait University and the university’s official spokesperson, stated: “The decisions approved by the Board contribute to supporting the university’s work progress and continuing the development of academic and administrative performance, thereby helping to achieve Kuwait University’s objectives and elevate its institutional system.”