On October 21, 2009, executives from Ernst & Young, a corporate partner of Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU), visited PMU to express their satisfaction with the partnership established between both institutions, and to discuss several ways to integrate industry with academia. The delegation was led by Mr. Bobby George, Partner of Advisory Services Group at Ernst & Young Middle East. Ernst & Young is a member of a ‘Big 4’ top accounting firms in the world, and it has been operating in the Middle East for the last 85 years. Through its corporate partners, PMU enhances its curriculum with real-life expertise thus preparing students graduating from PMU to be more competitive in the marketplace.(http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/International/Home).

PMU is the first private university in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia currently enrolling 2,000 students. Applying state-of-the-art technology to education, PMU offers twelve degrees in the areas of business, engineering and information technology to Saudi men and women, and international students, including an Executive MBA program for local professional men and women (http://www.pmu.edu.sa).