I have had numerous emails asking about getting into al-Eman University so I decided to put the lowdown here for all to read.
If you are not Yemeni, and you want to study at this university you can enroll in the Arabic language section and learn Arabic and Deen at the same time but at a slower rate than the mainstream courses.
The "qisim al-Loghah" Language section is a 3 year course but you can start in second and third year depending upon how you go on the entrance exam.
The womens section of the university is completely closed off and private.
Study is free.
So far so good. Now the tricky part.
Al-Eman university does not do visas - at all - full stop - don't bother. They won't even tell you how to go about getting one through somewhere else.
All foreigners must have a letter of no objection from their embassy giving permission to study. This is a big problem for West Europeans, Americans, Australians and Canadians because all these embassies flatly refuse such a permission. You will find that most the students at the language section are East European, Asian (lots of Chinese and Malays) or African.
If you still want to study and cannot get these documents, you can be a "listener" that is that you study and take exams but no certificate at the end. It is the knowledge you want right? Not the certificate. And you can find all sorts of interesting people in the University.
You will find all sorts of opinions there - salafi style thought,Muslim Brotherhood thought, Jihadi thought, regular we don't want problems thought, and also fairly jahil. It is all there so you will find someone to hang with. (You wont find sufis - they go to hadhramout mostly).
If you are not Yemeni, and you want to study at this university you can enroll in the Arabic language section and learn Arabic and Deen at the same time but at a slower rate than the mainstream courses.
The "qisim al-Loghah" Language section is a 3 year course but you can start in second and third year depending upon how you go on the entrance exam.
The womens section of the university is completely closed off and private.
Study is free.
So far so good. Now the tricky part.
Al-Eman university does not do visas - at all - full stop - don't bother. They won't even tell you how to go about getting one through somewhere else.
All foreigners must have a letter of no objection from their embassy giving permission to study. This is a big problem for West Europeans, Americans, Australians and Canadians because all these embassies flatly refuse such a permission. You will find that most the students at the language section are East European, Asian (lots of Chinese and Malays) or African.
If you still want to study and cannot get these documents, you can be a "listener" that is that you study and take exams but no certificate at the end. It is the knowledge you want right? Not the certificate. And you can find all sorts of interesting people in the University.
You will find all sorts of opinions there - salafi style thought,Muslim Brotherhood thought, Jihadi thought, regular we don't want problems thought, and also fairly jahil. It is all there so you will find someone to hang with. (You wont find sufis - they go to hadhramout mostly).