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Digital government in Arab states fails at the join between English vendor decks and Arabic citizen journeys. This degree starts there. You will treat national portals, fee waivers, and document attestation as policy instruments, and you will write a bilingual briefing a director can take into a cabinet committee without inventing a United Nations partnership. Arab Leadership University centres GCC, Levant, and Maghreb administrations because OECD digital-government indices hide the actual constraint: connectivity, Arabic UX, and evaluation of foreign credentials that attestation does not replace. You will interrogate dashboard theatre, design a service recovery path when the portal dies on Eid, and separate open-data slogans from files a journalist could FOI in jurisdictions that allow it. The award is academic. It is not a civil-service rank, not AU/UN employment, and not a cybersecurity licence. It is for people who must keep digital policy honest when the vendor has already invoiced for transformation. You will walk a citizen journey that starts in Arabic and dies in an English vendor ticket, then write the recovery path a municipality can staff. GCC identity wallets, fee waivers, and equivalency queues are treated as policy instruments. Maghreb and Levant portal capacity is compared without ranking theatre. Tuition-free online study still requires identity-checked exams. No ministry, AU, or United Nations logos appear in teaching images or student-facing banners. MSc Public Policy and Digital Government (Arab States) is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Arab State Policy Cycles and Cabinet Papers through Arab State Policy Cycles and Cabinet Papers; Identity, Fees, and Citizen Journeys; Attestation, Equivalency, and Evaluation Distinctions; Portals, Paper Backups, and Eid Failure Modes; Vendor Decks versus Operating Calendars; Data Protection and Arabic UX Constraints, and finish on Briefing a Director without Vendor Capture. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students say who decides, under which rule, and draft a note a professional could read. Reading is a statute or instrument, a case or policy paper, and a commentary. The artefact a marker expects is a memo or draft clause with sources and a revision note. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Write a bilingual cabinet-style briefing on a live service Map attestation queues as policy, not stationery Interrogate dashboard theatre in Vision 2030-style programmes Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course is academic. It does not admit the student to practise law and it is not a qualifying law degree. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: policy design, digital operations, bilingual briefing, and a service-file capstone. Tuition-free online. Identity-checked exams. No ministry, LAS, AU, or UN logos in photography.
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Tuition is free. Examinations are free. There is no exam fee. Study from anywhere in the world.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| ALU1301 | Arab State Policy Cycles and Cabinet Papers Students explain who decides, under which rule, in one dispute or policy choice. The module is Arab State Policy Cycles and Cabinet Papers.
| 3 |
| ALU1302 | Identity, Fees, and Citizen Journeys Students write both sides of a problem and say which facts would change the result. The module is Identity, Fees, and Citizen Journeys.
| 3 |
| ALU1303 | Attestation, Equivalency, and Evaluation Distinctions Students draft a policy note, clause, or briefing a professional could use. The module is Attestation, Equivalency, and Evaluation Distinctions.
| 3 |
| ALU1304 | EN+AR Policy Writing Students complete a supervised paper. This is not a qualifying law degree and does not confer a right of audience. The module is EN+AR Policy Writing.
| 3 |
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| ALU1305 | Portals, Paper Backups, and Eid Failure Modes Students explain who decides, under which rule, in one dispute or policy choice. The module is Portals, Paper Backups, and Eid Failure Modes.
| 3 |
| ALU1306 | Vendor Decks versus Operating Calendars Students write both sides of a problem and say which facts would change the result. The module is Vendor Decks versus Operating Calendars.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| ALU1309 | GCC Vision Programmes as Operating Facts Students explain who decides, under which rule, in one dispute or policy choice. The module is GCC Vision Programmes as Operating Facts.
| 3 |
| ALU1310 | Levant and Maghreb Service Capacity Students write both sides of a problem and say which facts would change the result. The module is Levant and Maghreb Service Capacity.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| ALU1313 | Service Recovery and Complaints Design Students explain who decides, under which rule, in one dispute or policy choice. The module is Service Recovery and Complaints Design.
| 3 |
| ALU1314 | Research Methods for Digital Government Students write both sides of a problem and say which facts would change the result. The module is Research Methods for Digital Government.
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Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English and Arabic (bilingual assessment; academic Arabic required for AR-medium tracks). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Arab Leadership University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@aleaderuni.com.
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| ALU1307 | Data Protection and Arabic UX Constraints Students draft a policy note, clause, or briefing a professional could use. The module is Data Protection and Arabic UX Constraints.
| 3 |
| ALU1308 | Dashboard Theatre and Honest Indicators Students complete a supervised paper. This is not a qualifying law degree and does not confer a right of audience. The module is Dashboard Theatre and Honest Indicators.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| ALU1311 | Municipal versus National Mandate Fights Students draft a policy note, clause, or briefing a professional could use. The module is Municipal versus National Mandate Fights.
| 3 |
| ALU1312 | No LAS/AU/UN Logo Ethics Students complete a supervised paper. This is not a qualifying law degree and does not confer a right of audience. The module is No LAS/AU/UN Logo Ethics.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| ALU1315 | Briefing a Director without Vendor Capture Students draft a policy note, clause, or briefing a professional could use. The module is Briefing a Director without Vendor Capture.
| 3 |
| ALU1316 | Capstone: Bilingual Digital Service File Students complete a supervised paper. This is not a qualifying law degree and does not confer a right of audience. The module is Capstone: Bilingual Digital Service File.
| 3 |