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The university started its first academic year in 1968, with a relatively small number of students (68 male - 30 female). In 1969, the first faculty was established (Faculty of Economics and Administration). In 1970, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities was established. The university was named after King Abdulaziz, founder of Saudi Arabia.
University/College Foundation City Website: Riyadh Region; King Saud University: 1957: Riyadh: www.ksu.edu.sa: Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University: 1970
King Abdulaziz University; King Abdulaziz University College of Health Sciences; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; ... additional terms may apply.
King Saud University is the first established university in Arab States of the Persian Gulf. [ 3 ] According to the governmental records, the number of Saudi students who registered for higher education in 2006 was 636,000 (268,000 were males, and 340,657 were females). 528,146 of them applied for a bachelor's degree, 9,768 applied for a master ...
The university was established as the College of Sharia (Islamic law) in 1949 during the reign of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud before being joined by new colleges and renamed as Umm al-Qura through a royal decree in 1981. [1] [2] UQU started primarily as an Islamic university offering degrees in Islamic Law and Arabic language studies.
Faculty of Earth Sciences (FES) is a specialized geology college in the Middle East.It was founded in the beginning as the Applied Geological Center belonging to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia.
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.
The Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) is a Saudi Arabian scientific prize, established on 21 October 2002 by Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. [1] [2] The Prize has its headquarters at the Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert (PSRCEWD) at King Saud University. [3]