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Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University is leveraging technology and societal trends to deliver forward-looking and technology-driven education

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Forecasting future scenarios to inform today’s teaching methods is a responsibility for those involved in shaping higher education, says Al Anezi. This future-centric sensibility steers PMU’s teaching methodologies. “In 20 years, we foresee PMU as a self-managed university where learning will take place not only in 바카라사이트 classroom but also across 바카라사이트 entire campus,” he says.

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