Royal University for Women
الجامعة الملكية للبنات
Bahrain's first purpose-built private university for women, teaching art and design, business, law and engineering on a 224,000 square metre campus in West Riffa.
About Royal University for Women
The Royal University for Women was licensed in 2002 and began teaching in October 2005 in temporary premises. It moved to its permanent campus in West Riffa in August 2006. It describes itself as the first private, purpose-built international university in Bahrain dedicated to women.
Teaching is organised in three colleges: Art and Design, Business and Law, and Engineering and Technology, supported by a Centre for General Studies. Its early degrees were developed with McGill University in Canada and Middlesex University in the UK. It also offers foundation study for students who need to strengthen English or academic skills before starting a degree.
Programmes include bachelor's degrees in areas such as interior, graphic and fashion design, business specialisms and a bilingual law degree taught in English and Arabic, as well as postgraduate study including an MBA. The university holds national accreditation, and its programmes are placed on Bahrain's National Qualifications Framework.
The campus covers about 224,000 square metres at Gate 366, Muaskar Highway, West Riffa. It works with the Supreme Council for Women on research and community programmes through its Centre for Women's Studies. By 2022 the university had more than 1,600 graduates.
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Highlights
- First private university for women in Bahrain
- Campus of about 224,000 sq m in West Riffa
- Colleges of Art and Design, Business and Law, Engineering
- Bilingual law degree
- Postgraduate programmes including an MBA
- Centre for Women's Studies
Good to know
- Check ruw.edu.bh for the current programme list and admission dates.
- Some programmes are recognised by ministries in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman; confirm for your specific degree.
- The campus entrance is from Muaskar Highway, Gate 366.
Getting there
The campus is on Muaskar Highway in West Riffa, at Gate 366, reached by car from Riffa, Isa Town or Manama.
Questions people ask
Is the Royal University for Women only for women?
Yes. RUW is dedicated to educating women and was Bahrain's first private university for women.
What colleges does RUW have?
It has colleges of Art and Design, Business and Law, and Engineering and Technology, plus a Centre for General Studies.
Where is the Royal University for Women?
It is at Gate 366, Muaskar Highway, West Riffa, on a campus of about 224,000 square metres.
