SDG 5: Gender Equality
Measurment/tracking of women's likehood of graduating compared to men's
AUM follows up on the women who are part of the campus, from the moment they apply to the moment they complete their studies. In doing this follow-up, the university focuses on various activities to close the gender gap between men and women. Among the activities are the student aids offered by the tutoring center, commemorations of Women's Day or the day against breast cancer, and workshops that favor their personal and professional life skills. The purpose of these activities is to make female campus students realize their importance within the university so that they can continue their professional careers and complete them.
Following the application and submission of AUM's English and math skills assessment tests, an admissions committee will evaluate each application, test score, and high school GPA to decide.
AUM makes available to its female and male students various resources to provide support to students during their time at AUM and enable them to complete their studies. Our experienced advisors and tutors are ready to provide you with all the support you need to graduate on time and overcome any academic hurdles you face during your academic journey. Although these resources are for students of both genders, AUM focuses its efforts on the female student population, providing unique spaces for them to resolve their doubts.
Tawteen Career Center at AUM is committed to helping students and graduates explore different career options.
Tawteen Career Center aims to assist students to take ownership of their career direction and empowers them with the latest learning tools, skills, and networks needed to find employment opportunities that best fit their goals and manage their future careers. The Center also works on building good relations with the job market and helps fill the gap between academic curricula and
actual market needs. This happens by understanding the job requirements at different companies and translating them into skills that graduates learn.
AUM students and alumni are invited to make use of the services offered through the center such as workshops, seminars, career fairs, and other various professional development activities.
The Alumni Office facilitates communication as well as helps create and strengthen long-lasting relations with the alumni. The Office encourages the engagement of alumni with the university and enables their involvement with employers and organizations that offer potential employment opportunities.
Mission
The Alumni Office’s mission is to strengthen the communication between the American University of the Middle East and its alumni by enriching Alumni experience and creating long-lasting beneficial relations.
Services
The AUM Alumni Office, within Tawteen Career Center at AUM, assists our alumni with their professional journey after graduation through various professional development opportunities and by helping them secure better employment opportunities.
Tawteen has witnessed the journey and growth of the AUM Alumni network over the past few years and helped them grow professionally. Our Alumni network has been growing rapidly starting with 50 graduates in 2011-2012 to 4,772 graduates in 2018-2019.
If you are an AUM Alumni looking to land your first job or thinking about a career shift, our team will be able to assist you with the following:
Finding better job opportunities
Job search strategies
CV Writing and Interviewing techniques
Career Counseling
Career Development
Various professional development workshops
You can contact us by:
Visiting our office in the Admission & Registration Building, Ground Floor (Access through Gate C)
Calling us on 22251400
Sending us an email to AUM.alumni@aum.edu.kw
Activities
The Alumni Office at AUM hosts annual events and professional development activities to strengthen the ties its alumni and provide them with better career opportunities. Workshops, career fairs, alumni gatherings, and on-campus interviews are few examples of the alumni related activities that take place on campus.
The American University of the Middle East (AUM) organized the first Annual Business Administration Alumni Reunion on Tuesday 4 December 2018, at AUM Cultural Center in the presence of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees Mr. Fahad Al-Othman and faculty members.
During the reunion, Al-Othman talked about the challenges that graduates might face in the beginning of their careers.
“During all phases of life, listen to your inner voice so you can identify and set your priorities. Dream, work hard, take risks but do not be afraid and believe in your abilities to reach success”, Al-Othman said.
Al-Othman added: “The problem does not lie in making mistakes, but in not accepting them, and in surrendering to failure. Therefore, believe that all challenges and experiences are opportunities to benefit from”.
He left students with a message “AUM’s Story is not a typical success story but it stems from a deep and strong will to deliver the best. We want you to develop your skills, to progress and succeed because Kuwait depends on your efforts; you are the core of our society and its future”.
Students also expressed their feelings upon visiting their university and being reunited with their professors and colleagues.
Finance major graduate Omar Al Subaiti said: “It is a nice feeling to be back to AUM after a long time and to see your professors and colleagues again. I learned a lot at here, and I was able to establish my own company upon graduating. Today, when I hear about the university’s successes, I feel proud to be an AUM graduate”.
Basel Baroun, a Human Resources Management graduate, believed that this Event proves that alumni will always be an important part of AUM’s family. He added: “The University has made a major transformation in my life, especially at the professional level”.
Khaled Al Amari, a Marketing graduate, considered that this event is exceptional and said: “We miss life at AUM at all levels since it was a fundamental stage in our lives. I’m glad that we got the chance, as a first graduation batch, to witness the development of our university. Everything was different and today the campus is very huge and fully equipped by the latest technology and the university is a success story in Kuwait and the region”.
The finance graduate Mariam Al Mashmoum expressed her happiness to be among professors and friends. “Every corner in AUM carries a dear memory to our hearts. Our university graduates are very efficient; they have a variety of skills and abilities and they are persistent and can work under pressure. The most important thing I have learned at AUM is leadership”.
Mariam Dashti, a finance graduate, said that the university had a significant impact on students’ lives. “We have reached new milestones because of AUM, even if we are still at the beginning of our careers. We believe in our abilities and we will achieve our ambitions”, she added.
“Today AUM is one of the leading private universities in Kuwait and the region and we are proud of it as students and Kuwaitis”, said Noura Al-Qenaie, an accounting graduate.
Fatima Bou Nachi, who graduated from the accounting department, spoke about the latest programs and curricula offered by AUM to students, as well as the advanced centers and facilities that helped students to develop their personalities and empower their skills.
Following the event, AUM organized a dinner at AUM Cultural Center bringing together graduates and faculty members of the College of Business Administration.
The American University of the Middle East (AUM) organized an «Alumni Week » event on its campus from the 20th until the 24th of October 2019.
The full week event featured successful alumni who established their own companies where they networked with the students and got the chance to promote their services.
The campus also saw the homecoming of two of its distinguished alumni, Mr. Shaheen AlKhudary, Founder of Ajar Online, and Ms. Aisha AlWayel, Founder and Chief Talent Recruiter of Aspire Web (Matloob App), who shared their experience of launching their startups with the students.
Shaheen AlKhudary: the MBA at AUM connected the dots in my project
Alumni Shaheen AlKhudary conveyed his joy in participating in the “Alumni Week” and highlighted how the university changed since his graduation in 2010.
AlKhudary discussed with the students how the MBA had a significant impact on his work in the private sector and in developing a business plan for his company “Ajar Online”, helping it achieve its objective of expanding outside Kuwait. He also talked about the growth stages of his company, which reached more than 28,000 users.
He also highlighted how the MBA was beneficial in connecting the dots between what is learned and what is applied, whether you are working in a company or launching your own startup.
Ms. Aisha Al Wayel: “Competition can help you stand out”
AlWayel expressed her happiness to be back to AUM noting that the continuous achievements made by the university make her proud to be an AUM graduate.
She also talked in-depth about her project “Aspire Web” which is currently providing consultancy, recruitment, and training services to many companies from the private and public sectors, including 5 large corporations.
AlWayel stressed out on the challenges she faced in the first stages of establishing her company such as market restrictions, competition, and clients. She highlighted how the MBA at AUM contributed heavily to overcome those obstacles.
She encouraged the students who would like to be entrepreneurs not to procrastinate and to start now. In addition, she advised them to take the existence of the competition as an advantage because it will help them discover their strengths and weaknesses, which are valuable insights to improve and standout.
AUM Launches “Career Day” Initiative
Tawteen Career Center at the American University of the Middle East (AUM) launched the “Career Day” initiative as part of the Center’s efforts to empower AUM students and graduates by providing them with internships and job opportunities that best match their career goals.
The Career Day initiative comprises a series of events whereby AUM connects graduates and alumni with top local and international employers from the private and public sectors. During each of these events, a designated company is chosen to hold on-the-spot job interviews and various other professional development activities.
The American University of the Middle East (AUM) welcomed National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) at the AUM Cultural Center on November 16-17 and 23-24 as part of the AUM Career day initiatives.
NBK offered over 100 full-time and part-time job opportunities, targeting AUM students and alumni for different positions at the bank’s branches and headquarter. A professional recruitment team from NBK held on-spot interviews with students and alumni.
During the events, NBK displayed a Tesla car beside the lake where students got the chance to explore it and learn more about the advantages of electric cars and their positive impact on climate change. It was most interesting for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering students who put a lot of focus in their graduation projects on creating innovative projects that find solutions to real-world problems using renewable energy.
In continuation of the Career Day initiative, Tawteen Career Center at AUM welcomed the Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) on campus on December 1 and 2, 2021.
The specialized recruitment team was available at the AUM Cultural Center to hold on-the-spot interviews and was offering more than 50 job opportunities to AUM students and alumni for different positions at the bank that are suitable for various Business, Engineering, and Technology fields and specializations.
This marks the fourth Career Day event after launching the initiative earlier this semester. The Career Day initiative comprises a series of events whereby AUM connects graduates and alumni with top local and international employers. During each of these events, a designated company is chosen to hold on-the-spot job interviews and other professional development activities.
The fifth Career Day event saw the welcoming of Boubyan bank to the American University of the Middle East (AUM) campus on December 8 and 9, 2021.
More than 250 candidates were interviewed by Boubyan’s recruitment team for different part-time and full-time positions at the bank.
This event marked the final Career day event for 2021. Thousands of Students attended the events and numerous part-time and full-time job opportunities were offered to AUM students and alumni.
We are ready for AUM Recruitment Fair 2023
Find your dream job in one place 📍
May 22nd and 23rd
Register via:
https://bss.aum.edu.kw/BannerSSS/CareerFair
To answer all your inquiries, please call 22251400 or send an email to
Tawteen@aum.edu.kw
Screenshots from the Startup Challenge event
AUM Startup Challenge 2023 🚀
With the participation of more than 30 teams of our students, during which they presented their own projects, and how they can help support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ♻️
Congratulations to the winning teams for qualifying for the Babson Global Challenge
The American University of the Middle East concluded the AUM Corporate Award 2022 ceremony, which was organized at the AUM Cultural Center on May 12, 2022. The ceremony was held to honor handpicked leaders and leading local and international companies in Kuwait for believing in AUM graduates who became an integral part of their workforce.
The ceremony was attended by AUM’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Fahad AlOthman, and featured a great number of leaders, executives, and experts from local, regional, and international firms operating in Kuwait.
The awarded companies are: Ernst & Young, Honeywell, Ooredoo, Kuwait Oil Company, KIPIC, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait Airways, National Bank of Kuwait, Zain, Kuwait Investment Authority, Boubyan Bank, Agility, CODED, EQUATE Petrochemical Company, Alghanim Industries, Burgan Bank, STC, Huawei, Ministry of Finance, Schlumberger, Institute of Banking Studies, Jazeera Airways, Commercial Bank of Kuwait, LOYAC, Gulf Insurance Group, Carrier, INJAZ, State Audit Bureau of Kuwait, Mezzan Holding Co, Integrated Projects Company, Kuwait International Bank, Baker Hughes, Towell International Holding, Aramex, Diyar United Company, Hassan Abul Co., Citi, Apparel Group, Kuwait Finance House, Ali Abdulwahab Al Mutawa Commercial Co., AZN O&M Company W.L.L. , COMBINED GROUP CONTRACTING COMPANY (KSC), Arabian Beverage Company, ALHASAWI GROUP, Marafie Group, and Alhamra economic consulting
The launch of the AUM Corporate Award 2022 stems from AUM’s belief in the importance of honoring successful cadres in Kuwait and celebrating its strategic partnership with companies from private and public sectors.
The American University of the Middle East (AUM) hosted a recruitment session at its campus for students seeking internships and employment opportunities. The event was organized by Tawteen Career Development and Recruitment Center at AUM, in collaboration with Gulf Insurance Group company (GIG).
The session comes after several AUM events GIG took part in, such as AUM’s Career Fair 2015 and Business Capstone competition in 2016.
AUM holds a number of recruitment sessions during the academic year through which it aims to establish connections between students and different companies, give students insight about these company, their industry, and employment opportunities available for students and fresh graduates.
AUM students attended the seminar delivered by GIG representatives. Students asked questions about GIG, the recruitment process and the employment opportunities during a Q&A session.
GIG representatives stressed on the advanced level of competence AUM students have, noting that GIG has already employed several graduates from AUM who have raised the standards of the competition in the job market.
Through these recruitment sessions held by Tawteen Career Development and Recruitment Center, AUM aims to promote students’ awareness regarding the requirements of the job market and the expectations of potential employers by empowering students so they can lead successful professional careers.
The American University of the Middle East (AUM) held an on campus recruitment session organized by Tawteen Career Development and Recruitment Center in collaboration with “Ooredoo” Telecommunication Company, for AUM students seeking internships and employment opportunities.
The session focused on the values that can help students build on their competencies and contribute to a positive environment at the workplace. Ooredoo’s representative gave students resumé writing and job interview advice that can help them highlight their skills and have the confidence needed in answering interview questions.
The session is one of a series of seminars through which AUM aims to establish a link between students and potential employers, give soon to be graduates an idea of what to expect in their professional life, and increase their access to jobs that meet their ambitions.
Through these sessions, AUM seeks to consolidate its educational philosophy by encouraging students to develop knowledge beyond education and improve their skills and confidence so they can be socially and professionally responsible.
The American University of the Middle East (AUM) held its “Academic Fair” on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, with the participation of professors and students from the Colleges of Engineering and Technology, and College of Business Administration.
The fair included 88 stands where students presented their engineering projects and business ideas. In addition, an art exhibition for AUM Art Club students, several performances by the Music Club students, and science competitions for Engineering and Technology students were held.
Engineering and Technology students’ projects focused on seven main themes: the health sector and ways to improve the healthcare quality using advanced technology, the oil sector and the extraction of oil and gas safely and effectively with the reduction of environmental pollution, the energy sector and how to generate renewable electricity without the use of traditional resources, the telecommunications sector, the public transport sector and how to reduce traffic congestions, and the banking sector and the use of secure electronic banking.
Students from the College of Business Administration provided practical solutions to business sector problems in Kuwait, as well as scientific researches on how to manage human resources in institutions, in addition to economic studies on how to invest efficiently, establish and develop a company, and how enter the stock market.
The English Preparatory Program students presented lectures with the aim to help participants to develop their language, public speaking and presentation skills.
The Academic Fair Prepares Students to Start Their Careers
Professors who supervised the academic fair noted that the event is an opportunity for students to present their classroom projects to schoolmates from different departments and exchange feedback through cross-disciplinary collaboration, and encourage them to discover their talents and abilities, to gain more knowledge and to develop their individual and teamwork skills in order to implement their projects successfully.
They added that the fair is based on an innovative approach that combines academic knowledge and field experience, helping students build an integrated personality with all the needed skills to start their careers.
Student Projects Aim to Serve the Community
For their part, participating students saw great added value in the academic fair and said it gives them the opportunity to share ideas with their peers and to receive assistance and guidance from professors in implementing their projects.
Projects submitted by students during the fair aim at serving the community, providing solutions to problems faced by individuals on a daily basis, and thus improving the quality of life and society.