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This paper aims to delineate to which extent the objectives of scientific centers in KSA are accomplished, and the breadth of student involvement in the programs and activities of these centers. The paper also puts forward some suggestions of potential development for the scientific centers’ projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the light of vision 2030. To answer the study questions and to accomplish its goals, the descriptive survey methodology was used. The population of the study comprised supervisors of scientific centers in the kingdom numbering (22). The study was applied to all of them in in Aseer, Taef and Jeddah. To accomplish the research goals, a survey was utilized. The study concluded that the goals of the scientific centers were accomplished to a very large extent (at a percentage of 40%), whereas 60% of the goals were accomplished to a large extent. It was also found out that students’ involvement in the programs and activities of the scientific centers to a very large extent was 75%, and to a large extent it was 25%. Towards the end, the study posits areas of potential improvement to the scientific centers project, and it also posits a number of recommendations. (Published abstract)