About

The Alumni Unit at Najran University is an independent unit affiliated with the University Agency for Educational Affairs, providing support and guidance to graduates in their professional, scientific, and community paths. The unit prepares lists of students expected to graduate each semester and automatically adds them to the Alumni Platform, creates databases of university graduates and continuously updates them. The unit also conducts opinion surveys among graduates and employers, analyzes their opinions, and prepares reports about them, as well as inviting graduates to participate in the unit’s activities, preparing programs for university graduates, and issuing periodic publications. The continuous work of the Alumni Unit aims to provide support and guidance to graduates, identify labor market needs, and improve graduate relationships with the University.

Vision

"Establishing an effective and sustainable partnership with graduates of Najran University to maintain their continuous connection with the University and provide them with ongoing support and services."

The message

    Strengthening partnerships with university graduates through training programs and events to develop their professional skills and enable them to engage in the job market.

objectives

Documentation of the Link Between Graduates and the University:

  • Create a database for graduates.
  • Organizing events and activities that connect graduates with the university.
  • Connecting with alumni through social media.
  • Motivating graduates to participate in activities and events held at the University.

    • Enhancing the Partnership between Graduates and the University:

    • Providing services and programs that contribute to developing graduates’ professional skills.
  • Preparing graduates for the job market.
  • Encouraging graduates to submit initiatives that contribute to the university’s excellence and community service.
  • Improving the quality of educational programs offered by the University.
  • Supporting the Vision 2030 of the Kingdom.

    • Offering services and programs that contribute to developing their professional skills:

    • Organizing workshops and training programs that contribute to the development of graduates' skills and capabilities.
  • Providing new graduates with the latest theoretical and practical concepts related to their specializations through the availability of updated educational and informational resources, enabling graduates to keep pace with developments in their professional fields.
  • Providing career guidance and counseling services to graduates.
  • Assist graduates in planning their professional future.

      •  Preparing Graduates for the Job Market:

    • Organizing job fairs.
  • Communicating with companies and institutions to employ graduates.
  • Providing marketing and communication services to graduates.

    •  Improving the quality of educational programs offered by the University:

    • Surveying graduate opinions about the programs they studied in.
  • Coordinating with relevant departments to improve these programs.
  • Keeping up with labor market requirements.

    • Support the realization of Saudi Vision 2030:

    • Motivating graduates to contribute to the national economy. 
  • Motivating graduates to establish social projects.
  • Encourages graduates to participate in community initiatives and events, and to take action to improve it through engagement in volunteer work and working in non-profit sectors.

    • Tasks

     Building databases for university graduates via "Al-Khorasani Platform" and ensuring their periodic updates:

    • Collect data from all colleges, departments, and related entities ("Admission and Registration").
  • Data verification and ensuring its accuracy.
  • Adding data to the alumni database.
  • Continuously updating the graduate database.

    • Preparing and updating periodic lists of students expected to graduate each semester, and automatically adding them to the graduates platform:

    • Collect data from all colleges and departments.
  • Data validation and ensuring its accuracy.
  • Adding data to the graduates database.
  • Continuous updating of the graduates database.

    •  Development and management of the "Alumni Portal" website, with the identification of appropriate communication mechanisms with alumni and employers:

    • Create a website for graduates.
  • Design the website to be user-friendly and rich in information.
  • Establishing mechanisms for communication with alumni and employers.
  • Monitoring the site and ensuring it functions correctly.
  • Continuous updates for the portal.

    • Design and implement surveys aimed at collecting feedback from graduates and employers:

    • Identifying the topics that will be raised in the surveys.
  • Design surveys to be short and easy to answer.
  • Distributing surveys to graduates and employers.
  • Collect and analyze surveys.

    • Analysis of aggregated opinions from graduates, employers, and providing detailed reports to the University’s Educational Affairs Agency:

    • Analyze survey results.
  • Identify areas needing improvement.
  • Preparing reports on the results of the analysis and submitting them to the University Agency for Educational Affairs.

    •  Encouraging graduates to participate in activities related to the Alumni Unit:

    • Organizing activities and events that attract graduates.
  • Connecting with graduates and inviting them to participate in activities and events.
  • Encouraging graduates to participate in activities and events.

    •  Development and distribution of special programs for graduates and periodic bulletins, in addition to developing a database of information that includes the scientific, professional, and social activities of graduates:

    • Identifying the programs that graduates need.
  • Design programs to be purposeful and valuable for graduates.
  • Issuing periodic publications about unit programs and graduate activities.
  • Establish a knowledge bank for alumni scientific, professional, and social activities.

      •     Developing the optimal strategies to enhance continuous communication between the University and its graduates:

      • Maintaining continuous communication with graduates.
    • Providing services and programs that meet the needs of graduates.
    • Encouraging graduates to participate in university activities.

      • Monitoring and analyzing the challenges that graduates may face when entering the job market:

      • Connecting with alumni and learning about the challenges they face.
    • Analyzing the challenges and identifying the causes that led to them.
    • Providing solutions for the challenges faced by graduates.

      •   Communicating with university alumni through its various programs and providing data on the matching between learning outcomes and labor market requirements:

      • Staying in touch with graduates continuously.
    • Providing services and programs that meet the needs of graduates.
    • Encouraging graduates to participate in university activities.

      •   Preparing an annual report that summarizes the achievements of the Alumni Unit and the extent of activity in this field:

      • Collect data on the unit's achievements.
    • Data analysis and identifying the areas in which the unit achieved accomplishments.
    • Prepare an annual report on the unit’s achievements and the extent of work activation.