DMU alumni from Saudi Arabia celebrated their time in Leicester at a special event held for the first time in Riyadh.
More than 40 former students turned up to the dinner at top-rated traditional restaurant Al-Najdiyah Village, organised to honour DMU’s large population of Saudi alumni as part of the university’s international ethos.
Among those who attended the lively reunion was Dr Jehad Alamri who graduated with MSc Information Systems Management in 2005 and returned to DMU for a PhD in Computer Ethics which he finished in 2012.
Dr Alamri is now Vice Dean in the Department of Computers and Information Technology at Taif University. He said: “The community in Leicester and at DMU is really friendly for all students.
“My research group, the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility had a 5* RAE research rating and is the only centre in the country specialising in computer ethics.
“I would recommend DMU because of the sense of community it offers and the friends I made. The quality of study is also excellent and I was able to gain important work experience while I was there.”
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Fahad Alyami who works as an Engineer Project Management Assistant and graduated with BEng Mechatronics in 2014, said: “DMU offers a chance to meet people from so many cultures around the world.
“The atmosphere is lovely and people are so friendly.”
“Thank you for organising the alumni event, it brought back great memories and I met many old friends!”
Many DMU alumni are currently working in important roles for universities and large companies in Saudi Arabia, including Dr Abdulsamad Marghilani, Dean of Scientific Research at the Northern Border University. Ali Ahmed Al Qahtani, another alumnus, works as Regulatory Affairs Manager at the MSD Scientific Office, known as Merck in the US and one of the largest healthcare companies in the world.
Recent MSc Mechanical Engineering graduate Ibrahim Binziyad said: “Leicester is a great city, which makes DMU a great place to study. There is a real mix of different cultures and DMU has excellent facilities including a prayer room.”
Committed to forging strong international partnerships, DMU is building links with a number of universities in Saudi Arabia, including Jubail University College who are planning to visit in May.
Posted on Tuesday 21 April 2015