continuing education courses. It also enables students to apply for scholarships, view results, and inquire about the status of the application, and search, reserve and borrow books. 3. In addition, university students were able to get and verify their transcripts and graduation certificates, edit their data electronically, learn about admission requirements in various universities and apply online. Both University of Bahrain and Bahrain Polytechnic students were able to pay tuition fees electronically, and University of Bahrain students were able to purchase textbooks online. As for students abroad, they were able to submit equivalency of certificates application and receive the results online, search for recommended universities, and verify approved qualifications. Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 83