Job offer from Kuwait University

sakiasha wrote:

Hi all,
My husband got a job offer from KU but it didn't mention health insurance and children education allowance
do you have any idea if kuwait university offer these benefits?
for those who are in USA how long it took you to get your documents ready and get the visa?
any help or ideas will be much appreciated

I would ask the university about this. If it is not mentioned it could well be at your cost.

I have worked before in Kuwait University but as a TA so what I know about benefits for Professors is from what I generally heard from others but I know for a fact.

- Faculty in KU get free admission for their children in government schools (which are not bad btw), however, these schools are Arabic schools and probably are not useful for non-Arabs. You might ask them (KU) whether they give an allowance for children education if you don't benefit from the one offered.

- Faculty in KU get free accommodation in the Faculty Housing Campus which has free transportation to other campuses. In case you don't benefit from that or they don't have a place to offer, a housing allowance is given.

- Health insurance in Kuwait is public. So everybody here is insured and can benefit from the public health services. It costs 1 KD (approx. 3.5$) for each case (and by case I mean something like pregnancy and delivery). There are other insurance schemes that benefit from private health services but I don't know if these are provided for faculty members or not.

Hope this helps

We will definitely ask , thanks for your reply

Thanks for your reply, he was offered a housing allowance.
the only missing benefits were health insurance and children education
we have to ask them about it

justfedup wrote:

I have worked before in Kuwait University but as a TA so what I know about benefits for Professors is from what I generally heard from others but I know for a fact.

- Faculty in KU get free admission for their children in government schools (which are not bad btw), however, these schools are Arabic schools and probably are not useful for non-Arabs. You might ask them (KU) whether they give an allowance for children education if you don't benefit from the one offered.

- Faculty in KU get free accommodation in the Faculty Housing Campus which has free transportation to other campuses. In case you don't benefit from that or they don't have a place to offer, a housing allowance is given.

- Health insurance in Kuwait is public. So everybody here is insured and can benefit from the public health services. It costs 1 KD (approx. 3.5$) for each case (and by case I mean something like pregnancy and delivery). There are other insurance schemes that benefit from private health services but I don't know if these are provided for faculty members or not.

Hope this helps

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