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King Saud University (KSU, Arabic: جامعة الملك سعود, romanized: Jāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd) is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulalziz to address the country's skilled worker shortage, it is the first university in Saudi Arabia . [ 3 ]
In 1998, Royal Order no. 7/78/M of 11/3/1419 decreed that King Khalid University be created in the south. The branches of Imam University and of King Saud University consequently formed the new university. In the same year, after the issuance of the unified regulations for Graduate Studies at Saudi universities, the Graduate College became the ...
The first university was established in 1957. This was the King Saud University. This was also the first university in all the Arab states of the Arabian Gulf. [36] There were only twenty-one students enrolled. But twenty-five years later, in 1982, Saudi Arabia already had seven universities with 63,563 students enrolled. [37]
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) is a nonprofit [1] research university in Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1963 by King Saud bin Abdulaziz as the College of Petroleum and Minerals , it is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in Saudi Arabia .
The university was formally established in 2005. The advanced medical facilities at the King Abdulaziz Medical Cities in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al-Ahsa proved to be critical foundations for the successful inception of the university. KSAU-HS's main campus is in Riyadh with two additional campuses in Jeddah and Al-Ahsa.
The College of Medicine in King Saud University was established as the first medical college in the Kingdom in 1967. One year later, King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, became affiliated with the college and subsequently in 1981, King Khalid University Hospital and the new college building were established to become the main teaching campus and patient service facility.
In 2006, Ali Al-Naimi chaired a Saudi Aramco team to undertake the building and planning of the academics. Nadhmi Al-Nasr was chosen to lead the project. They employed the Washington Advisory Group's Frank H. T. Rhodes and Frank Press to design the academic structure, SRI International to develop the four research institutes, and the architectural firm of HOK for the campus master plan, which ...
In 1953 King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud established and merged the Directorate of Knowledge to Ministry of Knowledge and appointed Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as the minister on 24 December 1953. [4] In 1960, Crown Prince Faisal established General Presidency for Girls' Education. In 2002, King Fahd issued a royal decree which merged ...