The study aimed at being familiar with the reality of the higher education system in Germany and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the vocational and technical education, scientific research, funding of higher education) and having a thorough knowledge of the powers and factors which affect the higher education system in Germany and Saudi and revealing the aspects of similarity and difference between the German and Saudi higher education system, and then developing proposed mechanisms to take advantage of the German higher education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To meet the goals of study: The two researchers used the comparative descriptive methodology using the introduction of George Bereday in comparative studies. The study concluded several conclusions, notably: There is total reliance in funding the Saudi higher education, and there is also deficiency in linking the technical and vocational education to the needs of labor market and this is as a result of not linking it to higher education and scientific research. Also, there is a deficiency in the programs of linking between scientific research and needs of labor market. This is as a result of the lack of cooperation of university with the gigantic industrial institutions and the lack of partnerships among them in employing scientific research for the service of community and needs of labor market, leading to the increase of gap among the deliverables of university and needs of Saudi labor market, on the contrary of comparison country (Germany) which is concerned with all sides of the programs which serve scientific research and community service, and meet the needs of labor market. The two researchers provided proposed mechanisms used in the comparison country: adopting the concept of productive university which is based on the basis of production and production through providing the educational and consulting services and community partnerships with the governmental and national institutions through: Adopting the applied researches in developing and augmenting the quality of companies' products, and holding partnership with companies or institutions to provide programs serving these institutions to take part in its goals, pay its costs, employ its deliverables, and activate the cooperative education in universities to take advantage of companies and institutions in training students and qualifying them for the labor market, and establish consulting centers that render services and its revenues will be for the university and scientific research, and establish business centers in universities, and annex the vocational and technical education to universities to realize the vision of 2030 and to keep pace with the requirements of labor market.
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