Ahlia University
Ahlia University is a private institution in Manama, Bahrain, accredited by Higher Education Council (HEC) of the Kingdom of Bahrain — established 2005 by Royal Decree under the Ministry of Education to oversee licensing, recognition, and quality of higher-education institutions. Operates jointly with the Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA, formerly QAAET) which performs institutional and programme-level external review and quality assurance. Both bodies sit under the broader Ministry of Education (MOE) Bahrain. Bahrain has been a member of the Bologna Process Quality Initiative and engages with regional GCC accreditation frameworks.. Primary language: Arabic + English (HE bilingual medium). AlmiStudy lists 6 canonical subject areas, all verified against Higher Education Council (HEC) of the Kingdom of Bahrain — established 2005 by Royal Decree under the Ministry of Education to oversee licensing, recognition, and quality of higher-education institutions. Operates jointly with the Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA, formerly QAAET) which performs institutional and programme-level external review and quality assurance. Both bodies sit under the broader Ministry of Education (MOE) Bahrain. Bahrain has been a member of the Bologna Process Quality Initiative and engages with regional GCC accreditation frameworks..
- Country
- Bahrain (BH)
- City
- Manama
- Control
- private
- Language
- Arabic + English (HE bilingual medium)
- Accreditation
- Higher Education Council (HEC) of the Kingdom of Bahrain — established 2005 by Royal Decree under the Ministry of Education to oversee licensing, recognition, and quality of higher-education institutions. Operates jointly with the Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA, formerly QAAET) which performs institutional and programme-level external review and quality assurance. Both bodies sit under the broader Ministry of Education (MOE) Bahrain. Bahrain has been a member of the Bologna Process Quality Initiative and engages with regional GCC accreditation frameworks.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-14.
- Source
- Ahlia University — collector batch + HEC/BQA cross-verification (Day 14) · tier: tier_2_directory
- Website
- https://www.ahlia.edu.bh
Subjects offered
Show all 6 listed subjects (raw)
Engineering & Technology · Business & Management · Computer Science & IT · Arts & Humanities · Law · Natural Sciences
Founded 2001 (chartered as Ahlia University by Royal Decree as one of Bahrain's first private universities; "Ahlia" means "national/civic" in Arabic — same Arabic root as Al-Ahliyya Amman University Jordan 1989). Major private university in Manama, founded 2001 by Royal Decree as one of Bahrain's first private universities. 'Ahlia' means 'national/civic' in Arabic. Colleges: Engineering, Business and Finance, Information Technology, Arts and Science, Law, Graduate Studies. English-medium for most programmes. Strong international academic partnerships including with UK universities for double-validated degrees. Sister-name institution to Al-Ahliyya Amman University Jordan (UNI in earlier Jordan batch) — both private, both meaning 'national/civic', though no formal institutional relationship.
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