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What are you going to do when you leave school
Perhaps you would like to get a university degree.
Saudi Arabia has more than fourteen public ones.
Let's look closely at some of them.
King Saud University
King Saud university (KSU) was established in 1957
And is the oldest university in Saudi Arabia.
With over 55,000 students, both men
And women. It is also the largest.
The university's new Riyadh campus was opened
By King Fahd in December 1984. KSU offers more
than 150 degrees, which include
Agriculture, education ,
pharmacology and medicine.
Al-Qassim University
Al-Qassim University (QU). Founded in 2004, has over
12,000 male and female students
Al-Qassim university offers
degrees in Islamic studies
Arabic language and literature,
social studies, medicine, economics,
administration, agriculture,
veterinary, engineering and
sciences
.
King Abdul Aziz University
King Abdul Aziz (KAU) is the country's second largest
University with over 54,000 male and female students.
It was founded privately in 1967
and become a government institution
in 1971. It is located in Jeddah.
KAU teaches the sciences,
medicine, economics and the
Humanities and the marine sciences.
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
King Fahd University of Petroleum and
Minerals (KFUPM), which was founded in 1963, is one of
Saudi Arabia's smallest universities
with around 12,000 male students.
It is located in Dhahran. KFUPM is considered
to be the leading centre for the study
of energy sciences in the Middle East.
It offers degrees in pure sciences,
engineering, industrial management,
computer sciences and environmental design
King Khalid University
King Khalid University (KKU), established
in 1998, located in Abha with branches
in Najran and Bishah. It has nearly
12,400 male and female students
studying for degrees in Islamic studies,
Arabic language and literature,
medicine, administration,
English language and sciences.
King Faisal University
King Faisal University (KFU), established
in 1975, has approximately 15,000
male and female students on campuses in
Dammam and Hofuf. Subjects
which students can study include
agriculture , veterinary sciences,
education, foreign languages,
social science and medicine
.
Prince Sultan University
Prince Sultan Private University (PSU) was established
in 2000. It is located in Riyadh.
It has over 1,600 male and female student
It offers bachelor degrees in computer
science, information system,
accounting, finance and marketing
Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University
Imam Muhammad bin
Saud Islamic University
(IMSIU)
Founded in 1974, has branches
abroad. Nearly 25,800 studying
at present for degrees in Islamic
studies, Arabic language and literature
and language and translation
The Islamic University
The Islamic University in Madinah (IU) was founded
in 1961. It has nearly 6,000 students
including a large number from all over
the world. Student at the Islamic university
can study for degrees in linguistics, Islamic law
Qur'an studies and Islamic literature
Umm Al-Qura University
Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), founded in
1981, has over 24,000 students both men
and women. It is located in Makkah.
Umm Al-Qura offers courses in
Islamic studies, teaching and the
sciences. It also has an Arabic language institute
Taiba University
Taiba University was founded by the royal order of
combining the two branches of Emam
Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University
(EMSIU)
and King AbdulAziz University (KAU). So. It was officially
established in 2003 – 1423 in Medina and was given the
name of (Taiba), one among many famous names of Medina
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