Kuwait-Country Profile

Region: Middle East Capital: Kuwait City

Population: 4.2mn (Local-1.3mn Expat-2.9mn)

GDP(PPP): $175.8b (2013) GDP per Capita(PPP): $88,170 (2013)

Tota
l
%
Age
2024
%

Illiter
ate

Read
&Writ
e

Prima
ry

Intermedi
ate

Secon
dary

Diplo
ma

Univer
sity

1,32,6
46
3.7%

9,25,5
18
25.6%

3,69,9
06
10.2%

8,88,4
48
24.6%

4,66,26
2
12.9%

1,47,3
66
4.1%

2,45,17
2
6.8%

3,214

63,21
9

38,58
6

92,00
6

70,348

5,737

6,130

1.1%

21.7%

13.2%

31.5%

24.1%

2.0%

2.1%

Post
Gradu
ate
Studie
s

Not
State
d

Total

4,26,8
33
11.8%

36,13,2
39
100.0%

24

12,67
4

2,91,93
8

0.0%

4.3%

100.0%

11,088
0.3%

Kuwait by Qualification (2015)

Private University Enrolment

CAGR

University

200910

201011

201112

2012
-13

Arab Open University

5,684

4,781

5,063

7,794

11.10
%

Gulf University of Science

and Technology

2,843

3,291

3,397

3,540

Kuwait - Maastricht
Business School
American University of
Kuwait
American University of
the Middle East

258

275

236

329

2,019

2,201

2,100

2,343

7.58
%
8.44
%
5.09
%

518

895

831

2,487

Australian College of
Kuwait
Boxhl College for Girls Kuwait
Middle East College of
American
Kuwait International Law
Total

1,947

1,931

2,051

2,269

590

732

693

630

483

819

754

1,145

15,125

941
20,537

University /
college
2011-12

14,342

Kuwaiti
s

The number
of nonKuwaitis

10291

5057

Public University Enrolment

Kuwait University

14,925

The
number
of male
6519

Number of
female
8606

68.70
%
5.23
%
2.21
%
33.34
%
12.71
%

Total
student
s
15125

The university has seen its enrollment grow from about 418(1966) to 36,411 (CAGR9.55%)students, faculty members from 31 to 1560,
Constructing a University City with integrated facilities with all University Colleges
within one campus over 6 million square meters
Last disclosed tertiary GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio)(2013)- 27.03%
Major Segment: Business, Finance, Arts, Shortage in engineering and medical

Distance and online Education Market

Arab Open University (AOU)- Distance education

Biggest private university in terms of enrolments (7,794 students- 2012-13)

More than 28,000 students and 20,000 alumni across eight Arab countries.

Major courses offered in English, Business and IT at Certificate, Diploma, Under graduate
and Post Graduate Levels

Teach through multiple mediums including online, classroom, video and psrinted, Content
provided by OU UK

Price Points
Distance AOU
Price
Level
point
Level
UG
$5,177
PG
$1,872
UG
PG/MBA
Diploma
$1,248

On Campus(Private)
Price
point
$86,453
$35,856

Qualitative Data and Articles

ICEF Article: Kuwait: Expanded scholarship support helping to drive growth in
outbound mobility (31 Aug 2015)
Expanding education market: Kuwait will reach US$8.3 billion by 2016
Kuwait sent 16,799 students abroad in 2012, with the US, Canada, and the UK being
the top three receiving countries
In 2012, the Kuwaiti government announced a plan to send 4,500 of its nationals
abroad for 2013/14 through scholarship programmes administered by Kuwait University
and the Ministry of Higher Education

Tertiary enrolment in the country is projected to rise from 131,000 in 2011 to 147,000
by 2017.

Private institutions in the country were operating near full capacity and that the system
would not be able to keep up with demand unless more universities were opened.

University of Massachusetts Lowell has recently announced its partnership with the Gulf
University for Science and Technology, where it is planning to offer both graduate and
undergraduate degrees in fields including engineering, business, education, and
science

Gulf news and Saudi Gazette-Mideast private investment in ed-tech

alarmingly sparse(march 2016)

In fact, since 2011, approximately 3,200 education companies around the world have
received private ed-tech investments and only 12 were based in the Middle East,
according to a new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with The
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) titled New Vision for Education: Fostering Social and
Emotional Learning through Technology

Private investment in ed-tech for all age groups globally has increased at a 32%
average annual pace, from $1.5 billion in 2011 to $4.5 billion in 2015, with investment
in preschool through secondary school accounting for the bulk of total investment
(38%) over that time span

The explosive growth in ed-tech is concentrated in the US, where 77% of total
investment dollars has been directed since 2011, with China and India the next biggest,
with 9% and 5% since 2011

97% of the total investment is concentrated in five countries, none of which are in the
Middle East

Total investment in ed tech is at USD 1mn since 2011

Arab Times-GOVERNMENT READIES MASSIVE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS CB

warns on rating, policy shift

Falling oil prices and Huge fiscal deficit of USD 40.7 bn causing government to
undertake 60% privatization

Target Sectors
Sector
Government sector
Private sector
Family sector
Unemployed

kuwaity
331589
91114
0
11670

%
76.1
20.9
0.0
2.7

Non kuwaity
142545
1380747
587696
17498

%
6.67
64.58
27.49
0.82

Subsections of the profession

Legislators and senior officials
Corporate managers
General managers
Physical, mathematical and engineering science professionals
Life science and health professional
Teaching professionals
Other professionals
Physical and engineering science associate professionals
Life science and health associate professionals
Other associate professionals
Office clerks
Customer service clerks
Personal and protective services workers
Models, salespersons and demonstrators
Market-oriented skilled agricultural and fishery workers
Extraction and building trade workers
Metal, machinery and related trades workers
Precision, handicraft, printing and related trades workers
Other craft and related trades workers
monitor production , heads and foremen of the workers
Stationary plant and related operators
Machine operators and assemblers
Drivers and mobile plant operators
Sales and services elementary occupations
Agricultural, fishery and related labourers
Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport
Not Stated
Total

kuwaity
1213
9048
468
14052
6323
33529
20589
20122
5361
74429
152013
2955
65370
3884
121
1141
7741
602
355
302
2160
1600
1319
73
0
21
11113
435904

%
0.28
2.08
0.11
3.22
1.45
7.69
4.72
4.62
1.23
17.07
34.87
0.68
15.00
0.89
0.03
0.00
1.78
0.14
0.08
0.07
0.50
0.37
0.30
0.02
0.00
0.00
2.55
100.0

Non kuwaity
953
52986
710
39281
13602
25367
41141
34177
37379
13300
89299
24393
562659
127172
20391
69184
99984
2833
20386
14951
5703
54147
312941
276402
39268
9269
150285
2138163

%
0.04
2.48
0.03
1.84
0.64
1.19
1.92
7.84
1.75
0.62
4.18
1.14
26.32
5.95
0.95
3.24
4.68
0.13
0.95
0.70
0.27
2.53
14.64
12.93
1.84
0.43
7.03
100.00

Classification of Economic Activities

Agriculture, hunting and forestry
Fishing
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
Electricity, gas and water supply
Construction
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles
and personal and
Hotels and restaurants
Transport, storage and communications
Financial intermediation
Real estate, renting and business activities
Public administrationand defence; compulsorysocial security
Education
Health and social work
Other community, social and personal service activities
Private households with employed persons
Extra-territorial organizations and bodies
Not Stated

Kuwaity
851
1
342
5864
0
22871

%
0.20
0.00
0.08
1.35
0.00
5.25

Non kuwaity
61013
0
1468
137771
95
342241

%
2.85
0.00
0.07
6.44
0.00
16.01

22305

5.12

371445

17.37

2416
4535
8712
16925
329012
2386
696
4267
146
5
14570

0.55
1.04
2.00
3.88
75.48
0.55
0.16
0.98
0.03
0.00
3.34
100.0
0

86230
63388
14847
123947
139924
28801
15478
103188
585568
479
62280

4.03
2.96
0.69
5.80
6.54
1.35
0.72
4.83
27.39
0.02
2.91

Total

435904

2138163

100.00

Analysts Evaluation- Kuwait

Macro economy and demography: Mature(Declining) and Instable,

Petroleum responsible for 50% of the GDP and 95% of export revenues

Mass privatisation about to happen to tackle government deficit

34% of the population from the Subcontinent, 21% of population from other Arab
Nations

Size of Education market: Small

Huge number of Students go abroad 16.8K(2012) most of them to US, UK, Canada. In
2013-14, 7,288 students went to US (62.4% undergraduate; 8.3% graduate students)

Purchasing Power: High

Likely to decrease due to crises

Competition in Education Market: Medium

Dominated by the Kuwait University

Competition in Distance and online education: Inconclusive

The Arab open University has captured the market it is the biggest Private university
apart from this Kuwait is exposed to the international market

Program Recommendations: Accountancy, Financial modelling, Real Estate, Supply

chain Management, International Trade.

Since Business and commerce based courses consistently formulate a major chunk of
the market share