Industry Partnership Unit
Welcome to the Industry Partnership Unit where we create collaboration between the University of Business and Technology and industries. To facilitate this, a program called the Industry Membership Program was created. The Industry Membership Program was designed to promote communication between academia and industries in order to facilitate the transfer of knowledge to industies.
Based on membership fees, this program provides an opportunity for an industry to contribute to academia specifically through research, consultancy, scientific chairs, careers and many other areas of interest.
Members receive a membership package including many services from UBT such as:
- Access to the latest research findings
- Participation in technical events
- Access to the best and most productive graduate students as prospective employees
The Industry Membership Program will serve UBT by:
- Supporting research in one or more research flagship
- Providing opportunity for interaction among industry members, faculty members, and students
- Enriching students’ educational experience
- Maintaining its credibility
- Contributing to its mission of teaching and research
Pros for a collaboration between the University and Industries:
For the University:
- Faculty/Researcher Retention & Recruitment
- Student Recruitment & Job Placement
- Make your community more attractive to industry
- Reputation
- Applied research & project
- Problem-solving
- Sponsorship

For the Industry:
- Workforce Development
- Expertise – Access to world-class talent
- Access to a large pool of potential subjects
- Facilities/specialized equipment
- On-the-shelf solutions
- Consultant
- Problem solvers
Guide for a successful partnership:
- Support the mission of each partner
- Strengthen the coalition
- Remove barriers
- Focus on fostering appropriate, long-term partnerships
- a win-win scenario
- Concentrate more on the objectives of the alliance, not the minutia of contract terms
- Strategic collaboration
Memberships; |
UBT offers |
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Platinum
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Booth on the University Campus
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Booth 4m²
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Booth 1m²
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Poster
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Poster
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Facilities to promote the company at UBT
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✓
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✓
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Booth on career day
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✓
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✓
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✓
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✓
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Access to senior students (PhD / Ms / Post doc) and Alumni DataBase for employment
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✓
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✓
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✓
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✓
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Invitation to UBT Industrial Day
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✓
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✓
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✓
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✓
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Access to attend workshops
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✓
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✓
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✓
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Visibility of their name and logo
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✓
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✓
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Overview of the R&D work done
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✓
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✓
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✓
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✓
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Access to UBT Labs
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✓
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Propose research projects to UBT for the company
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Open
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Up to 7
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Up to 2
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1
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Access to seed fund program, start-up and spin-off opportunities
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✓
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Access to interns
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✓
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✓
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✓
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✓
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Opportunity to join pilot project initiatives as a prelude to commercialization
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✓
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✓
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Consultancy projects
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Open
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Up to 7
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Up to 2
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1
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Visibility of the company on graduation day
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✓
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Discounts for UBT symposia, colloquia, and seminars
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✓
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✓
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Membership in the Advisory College board
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✓
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Membership Fees (in SAR)
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2,000,000
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1,000,000
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500,000
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200,000
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Organization |
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Arab British Chamber of Commerce |
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Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
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Federation of GCC Chambers |
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Jeddah Chamber |
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Saudi Council of Engineers |
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Springer Nature |
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China-Arab states technology & culture transfer center |
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AVAYA |
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Cisco Systems, Inc |
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Strategic Sustainability Solutions |
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Wadi Makkah |
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Global Council for tolerance and Peace |
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Arabian Mehad Excellence LTD |
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The INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY (I2EN) |
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