Program Language:Arabic

Program Duration: One academic year (Two Semesters)

Program Fees: 50,000 SR

​​Higher Diploma in National Security Studies Program

It seeks to prepare specialized cadres and expertise capable of employing modern and applied tools and techniques in the field of contemporary strategic analysis, risk assessment, and preservation of national security in its comprehensive sense and strengthens the tools for dealing with international influences and phenomena and the degrees of internationalization of national security issues and protection mechanisms. National interests.



1 Special admission requirements

  • Obtaining a bachelor’s degree in one of The following fields of knowledge: (security sciences, military sciences, strategic sciences, political sciences, International relations, law, computer science and its branches, and any of the Fields that the admission body believes are cognitively close to the field of national security.
  • ​Conducting a personal interview.

2 Program Goals

  • Promoting the values of dedication to work, scientific honesty, and confidentiality related to national security tasks
  • Enabling those responsible for national security to employ scientific methodologies to support the decision-making process in national security issues
  • Introducing them to the tools and mechanisms for protecting national security and ways to confront future strategic challenges and risks
  • Preparing expertise and qualified cadres in the field of strategic work and providing them with the knowledge and skill aspects in the field of national security studies.

3 Learning outcomes expected from the programme

  • Commitment to professional standards and a sense of security to maintain confidentiality in dealing with national security issues.
  • Commitment to the values of scientific honesty in collecting information or preparing reports on national security issues.
  • Collecting information from open and other sources and preparing reports in the field of national security studies to deal with national security issues.
  • Using modern methods and mechanisms to resolve disputes in national security issues.
  • Analyzing and following up on national security policies, thinking critically in dealing with its issues, evaluating threats, risks, and opportunities, and strategic planning for national security issues.
  • Familiarity with international and local laws related to international relations, international and humanitarian security.
  • Interpretation of the basic roles and tasks of relevant agencies for making and directing national security policies, and an in-depth understanding of the objectives and operations of national security strategies and policies.

4 Study Plan


OScheduledNumber of hours
1 International Relations3
2 International and humanitarian law and international organizations3
3 International economics and energy2
4 Intelligence: theory and practice3
5 International conflicts and wars2
Total13

OScheduledNumber of hours
1 National security and its special topics3
2 Intelligence and international security issues3
3 Contemporary strategic issues2
4 Strategic analysis and future forecasting3
5 Information gathering and cybersecurity2
Total13

5 College of Criminal Justice

كلية العدالة الجنائية

College of Criminal Justice; One of the leading colleges in the Arab world in its various specializations. It offers academic programs in the fields of: "Financial Integrity, Criminal Law, Forensic Evidence, Police Sciences, and Security Management", through A group of experts and specialists in the fields of criminal justice, and includes 4 academic departments, offering academic programs in the higher diploma and master’s degrees to prepare competencies and cadres equipped with the latest necessary knowledge, skills, and capabilities,

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6 Security management

قسم الإدارة الأمنية

This department aims to disseminate administrative and security knowledge and deepen its concepts, theories, and applications among students through outstanding academic programs that aim to develop the theoretical and practical capabilities and skills of leaders and functional cadres from various beneficiary security and civil sectors. Efforts are ongoing to develop and develop related academic programs in line with the university's strategy.

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