Investment Opportunities in Kingdom Saudi Arabia for Johns Hopkins University (JHU). SWOT Analysis

1. INVESTMENT IN MEDICAL EDUCATION IN
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

2. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
 JHU – private research university
 Founded in 1876
 Revolutionized higher education in the U.S. by integrating
teaching and research
 36 Nobel Prize winners have been affiliated with Johns
Hopkins
 Revenue – US $ 6 billion

3. JOHNS HOPKINS & SAUDI ARAMCO

4. STRENGTHS OF JOHNS HOPKINS
 Experience
 138 years old institute
 Experienced staff and faculty
 Rankings
 # 1 by National Science Foundation among U.S. academic
institutions in total science, medical, and engineering
research and development spending for 31 consecutive
years
 #12 in the U.S. News and World Report undergraduate
programs
 Global Presence
 Divisions in U.S., Italy, China, Singapore, and Malaysia
 Interconnected domains of medical education
 Curriculum design, instructional methods and assessment
measures

5. WEAKNESS OF JOHNS HOPKINS
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6. OPPORTUNITIES IN KSA
 World’s 8th highest spender education services
 New 5 year program costing 4 bn SR to provide 10,000
scholarships for studying in KSA
 Initiated a complete reform of the current education
system,
 Building new educational institutes
 Funding overseas degrees and training programmes
 Focus shifted to educate young Saudis to fill jobs which
are currently being held by expatriates in line with
Saudization
 FDI
 No minimum capital requirements
 100% foreign owned enterprise
 Prevalent diseases – diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders,

7. THREATS IN KSA
 Fulfilling demand for high quality faculty
 Award of scholarship to 150,000 students
 There are no centralised guidelines for assessments
for intakes
 Rapid increase in medical colleges over a short period
of time – Delay might exhaust the demand
 Influx of foreign medical graduates
 Language barrier towards English

8. BUSINESS PROPOSAL
 Providing Medical Education
 To be completed
 Number of Physicians passed out each year
 Assuming 50 doctors and 75 Nurses
 Required number of Physicians – to be at par with US
 Demand of hospital beds is to grow to 70,000 in 2016
whereas currently there are approx 59409 beds. (Booz
and co report)
 Due to growing population the hospital beds/1000
people have come down to 2.1 in 2013 from 2.2 in 2009
(worldbank.org)

9. WHY

10. WHY

11. WHY
 Cost of similar education in U.S.
 Tuition Fees: $48,000
 Miscellaneous Expenses$67,500 (Includes costs of
books/supplies, loan fees, health insurance, licensure fees, living
expenses, and transportation allowance)
 Total Cost ((48,000 + 67,500) * 4): $270,000
 Interest Incurred during Residency: $100,000
 Total Cost: $370,000
 Monthly Premium Repayment: $3,370 (180 instalments)
 Interest Incurred after Residency: $237,000
 Total Repayment: $607,000
 415 government and 127 private hospitals

12. REQUIREMENT
 Council of Higher Education mandates all institutes of
higher education to be accredited by the NCAAA
 Minimum 5 partners and 3 colleges

13. RECOMMENDATIONS
 Best 3 locations
 Set up – 22.8 days
 Cost if poss
 Something else better

14. THANK YOU