None of Kuwait’s nine private universities provide masters or PhD courses, and its sole public university has few seats for such diplomas/degrees. The students’ major-related choices are limited as well.

The number of those graduating from high school are much higher than what Kuwait University can take in. The government provides full tuition for more than 6000 Kuwaiti students to pursue their education abroad, while the number of students studying inside Kuwait at one of the private universities at the expense of the government reaches up to 4,000 each year. The government also pays full tuition fees for 7,000 Kuwaiti students annually, who enrol at the country’s sole public university. Another reason for studying abroad lies in the fact that the private universities in Kuwait do not offer higher education classes for a masters’ degree and PhD, while the University of Kuwait has a limited number of seats for those wishing to pursue any of those degrees.