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Unit 2

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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 universities and some private ones.

Let’s look closely at some of them.

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• 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.

•King Saud University

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Al-Qassim University (QU), founded in

2004, has over 12,000 male and female

students. Al-Qassim unversity offers

degrees in Islamic studies, Arabic

language and literature, social studies,

medicine, economics, administration,

agriculture, veterinary, engineering and

sciences.

•Al-Qassim University

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King Abdul Aziz (KAAU) is the country’s

second largest university with over

54,000 male and female students. It was

founded privately in 1967 and became a

government institution in 1971. It is

located in Jeddah. KAAU teaches the

sciences, medicine, economics and the

humanities and the marine sciences.

•King Abdul Aziz University

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• in the Middle East. It offers degrees in

pure sciences, engineering, industrial

management, computer sciences and

environmental design.

•King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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• 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 Khalid University

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• 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 sciences and medicine.

King Faisal University

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• Prince Sultan Private University (PSU) was

established in 2000. It is located in Riyadh. It has

over 1,600 male and female students. It offers

bachelor degrees in computer sciences,

information system, accounting, finance and

marketing.

•Prince Sultan University

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• Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University

(IMSIU), founded in 1974, has branches abroad.

Nearly 25,800 students both men and women are

studying at present for degrees in Islamic studies,

Arabic language and literature, and languages and

translation.

Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University

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• 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.

Students at the Islamic university can study for

degrees in linguistics, Islamic law, Qur’anic

studies and Islamic literature.

The Islamic University

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• 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.

Umm Al-Qura University

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