24 Graduate Programs at 21 US Universities Added to Accreditation List - Sarmad
The National Accreditation Authority issued a decision to add 24 graduate programs at American universities to the approved list.
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
Dr. Jassem Al-Ali, Director General of the National Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education, issued Administrative Decision No. (87) for the year 2026, which adds 24 graduate programs at 21 universities in the United States to the list of higher education institutions approved for enrollment.
The recently issued decision noted that these programs are distributed as follows: 13 master’s programs, 7 doctoral programs, and 4 joint master’s-doctoral programs.
Regarding the master’s programs, the additions include the Multidisciplinary Engineering – Robotics program at Purdue University – West Lafayette, and the Robotics Engineering program at Johns Hopkins University. Additionally, two programs were added from New York University: Mechatronics and Robotics, and Human Skeletal Biology.
Other additions include the Data Science program at the University of North Texas, the Public Policy program at the University of Virginia, and the Molecular and Integrative Physiology program at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.
From Case Western Reserve University, the Medical Physiology and Applied Anatomy (thesis track) programs were added.
The additions also include the Public Health program with a specialization in Health Policy and Administration at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, the Integrative and Biomedical Physiology program at Pennsylvania State University, the Pathology and Anatomical Sciences program at the University of Missouri – Columbia, and the Medical Physiology program at the University of Illinois – Chicago.
At the doctoral level, the decision added the Cell Biology and Anatomy program at Augusta University, the Molecular and Cellular Pathology program at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, and the Health Policy and Clinical Practice program at Dartmouth College.
From the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, the Biomedical Pathology and Translational Sciences program, as well as the Health Policy and Administration program, were added.
The decision also includes the Molecular and Integrative Physiology program at the University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, and the Molecular Physiology and Biophysics program at Vanderbilt University.
The joint master’s-doctoral programs comprise Anatomical Sciences and Neuroscience at the University of Louisville, Anatomy at Saint Louis University, Health Services Research and Policy at the University of Pittsburgh, and Integrative Biology and Physiology at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
The decision stipulates that studies must be conducted through regular attendance under the traditional education system, and that the program must have graduated its first cohort.
The decision mandates compliance with the regulations issued by the Ministry of Higher Education regarding enrollment in studies abroad, and it takes effect from the date of its issuance.
