DEPARTMENTS CONTRIBUTED IN WINNING GENEVA PRIZE AWARDED BY MU RECTOR

Under the patronage of Dr. Khalid Al-Mugren and in the presence of vice-rectors, deans and directors, an award ceremony was held to award all departments that have played a significant role in the winning of MU a number of certificates of excellence at the World Summit on the Information Society 2019 held in Geneva. A record number of 1,140 projects from 193 countries have competed for the prestigious WSIS Prizes 2019. Saudi Arabia was honored for 8 projects, 3 of which have been won by Majmaah University.
Dr. Mohammed Al-Wanien, Dean of Information Technology, launched the award ceremony by congratulating MU Rector, Dr. Khalid Al-Mugren, this achievement and thanked him for invariably following-up the progress of work at MU to achieve the National Transformation Program 2020. Thanks were also extended to Prof. Musallam Al-Dosari, Vice-Rector, all participants departments in this success and IT staff for their remarkable efforts to develop these systems, an initiative undertaken by in-house Saudi staff from IT Dean’s Office.
Dr. Khalid Al-Mugren, MU Rector, congratulated all MU staff this success and considered it to be an extension of a series of extraordinary achievements locally which qualified the University to compete internationally.
Memorial photos were taken at the end of the award ceremony for all participating departments with MU Rector and vice-rectors.