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King Saud University

247= -   Arts & Humanities-  Natural Sciences
227  Engineering & IT-  Social Sciences
World Rankings97  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit

King Saud University is the premier university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is highly respected in Arab and Muslim countries. It is the oldest university in Saudi Arabia and has educated many members of the national business, political and academic elite, including the royal family. The university offers a broad range of undergraduate courses in the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities and professional studies. Tuition is completely free and generous scholarships are available for Saudi and international students. The medium of instruction in undergraduate programs is English for medicine and engineering and Arabic for other subjects. Applicants are required to pass an Arabic examination if they are from a non-Arabic speaking country. English language support at all levels is provided by the Languages Unit.

The university is located in a large modern state of the art campus and is equipped with the latest instructional technology. King Saud University has begun a massive program of investment and development that will enable it to achieve world-class status within a few years. It is already ranked first among Muslim countries on the Webometrics rankings and is confident of further international recognition of its achievements in the coming years.

Faculty

Number of Faculty Staff Headcount: 4,952 FTE: 4,886

Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lecturers, tutors or postdoctoral researchers. Please exclude research assistants*, PhD students who contribute to teaching, hospital residents and exchange scholars or visiting faculty staff who are members of another university. * The important distinction for us is that staff counted as 'research only' should be academically involved in that research and should be likely to publish research outputs. A research assistant, in our understanding, is any individual who is not doing own research and is therefore not likely to publish own research outputs. Said individual is (only) involved in research in terms of operation execution , such as lab technician or equipment operator.

Number of International Faculty Staff Headcount: 1,456 FTE: 1,456

Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
Number of Inbound Visiting Faculty Staff Headcount: 20 FTE: 20

Number of academic faculty staff contributing to teaching or research at your university in the last 12 months who are visiting from an overseas institution for a minimum period of at least 3 months.
Number of Outbound Visiting Faculty Staff Headcount: 20 FTE: 20

Number of academic faculty staff employed by your institution contributing to teaching or research at an overseas institution in the last 12 months for a minimum period of at least 3 months.

Undergraduate Information

Number of Undergraduate Students Headcount: 37,709 FTE: 37,709

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate’s degrees.

Number of International Undergraduate Students Headcount: 856 FTE: 856

Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if the language students take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'undergraduate degree program' they should be included under 'international undergraduate students' . Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Number of Inbound Exchange Undergraduate Students Headcount: 270 FTE: 270

Number of undergraduate students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Average Undergraduate Class Size Headcount: 25

The average size of class across all undergraduate programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.
Number of first year Undergraduate students Headcount: 5,128 FTE: 5,128

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor's level or equivalent degree in their first year of study. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate's degrees.

Graduate / Postgraduate Information

Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students Headcount: 4,603 FTE: 2,301

Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students)
Number of International Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 193 FTE: 96

Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if they take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'postgraduate degree program', they should be included under 'international postgraduate students'. Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Average Taught Graduate / Postgraduate Class Size Headcount: 10

The average size of class across all taught graduate / postgraduate programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.
Number of first year Postgraduate students Headcount: 1,713 FTE: 857

Number of students pursuing a Master's level or equivalent degree in their first year of study, including both taught and research postgraduates.

Students

Total Students Headcount: 42,312 FTE: 40,010

Total number of students.
Total International Students Headcount: 1,049 FTE: 952

Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
Average Class Size Headcount: 22

The average size of class across all programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.

Graduate Output

Proportion of Graduates Pursuing Further Study Headcount: 7 %

Proportion of graduates from undergraduate programs pursuing further study at your own institution or any other within 6 months after graduation.

Proportion of Graduates Employed Headcount: 85 %

Proportion of graduates (excluding those opting to pursue further study) in permanent employment within 6 months of graduation
Number of PhDs Awarded Headcount: 44

Total number of PhDs awarded in the last 12 months

Entry Requirements

Avg Entry Requirements Headcount: 3

Please express the average academic achievement entry requirements for your institution. Please convert your domestic requirements to the US Grade Point Average system. The five-point numerical scale is typically correlated with the A-F/A-E quality index. (A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D=1.0, E or F = 0.0) In our context, a value of 0 will imply to us that your institution has an "open access" admissions policy and will in no way count against your institution in any future table built upon this data. You can use World Education Services (WES) Toolkit as guidline: http://www.wes.org/gradeconversionguide/index.asp (copy and paste)

Internationalisation

Number of University Collaborations or Partnership Agreements Headcount: 214

Number of universities your institution has collaborations or partnership agreements with. These partnership agreements may include student and teaching exchanges, as well as collaborative research projects, exchange of academic materials and other information, and jointly offered executive development programmes. This includes collaborations at either a university or faculty level. Please also state the names of these institutions in the Submission Notes box. Click here to see a list of universities in top 500 over last 3 years
Main claims to international academic or non-academic excellence

Has recruited several distinguished international researchers

Has established a Nobel Laureates program

Has established several centers of research excellence

Has established an external lab at the Max Planck Institute, Germany

Has a very favorable faculty-student ratio

First among Arab countries in the 2008 Webometrics rankings

Has a high proportion on international faculty and administrative staff

Largest producer of research in Saudi Arabia according to Scopus and an analysis of Google Scholar results

Offers free tuition to undergraduate and postgraduate students

Offers generous scholarships to undergraduate and postgraduate students

Is housed in a large modern campus with advanced instructional facilities

The great majority of graduates are employed within a few months of graduation

Alumni include many government ministers, corporate leaders, members of the national consultative council and prominent academicians

KSU Portal has begun to broadcast academic activities over the Internet

Staff and students are actively involved in a variety of community service projects

Range of Fees

King Saud University does not charge tution fees.

Basic TOEFL/IELTS requirements

None

Accommodation

Available for all students

Accommodation Range

Shared room 1,000 Saudi Riyals per semester
Single room 1,500 Saudi Riyals per semester

Finance and Scholarships

For information about finance and scholarships for international students see this page

http://www.ksu.edu.sa/sites/Colleges/CollegeofScinces/Pages/ForeigStudentsAffairs.aspx

Entry Requirements

Admission Requirements (BS level):

All requirements from Arabic Language Institute plus the following:
The high school certificate must be equated with the Saudi high school certificate
His grade in High school must not be less than 85% (or equivalent)
Application Form for BS studies (Available from the university)
All students from non-Arabic speaking countries are requested to pass the Arabic Language institute first where upon the result they can continue for the BS degree or stop at the language level. For All Arab countries, Students can directly apply for BS degree.

Admission Requirements (For Arabic Language Institute):

The following requirements are applicable only for the non-Arabic speaking countries:

A letter indicating the agreement of the student's government for the student to study at KSU
High School certificate indorsed from authorities in his country.
A letter of Recommendation from a known Islamic authority (Institute, organization, ...)
A medical report that proves health condition of the students
A copy of birth certificate
Certificate of a good behavior and conduct
3 recent personal photos
A copy of valid passport.

Language Support

Provided by the Lnguages Unit at all levels.

Non-English Language Requirements

All students from non-Arabic speaking countries are requested to pass the Arabic Language institute first where upon the result they can continue for the BS degree or stop at the language level. For All Arab countries, Students can directly apply for BS degree.



MSc, MA and PhD . 1000 available @ USD 0
There are a number of PhD, MA, and MSc scholarships for almost all the university Programs, please contact info@ksu.edu.sa
Four year fully funded PhD studies on almost all the university programs.
Two year MSc (or MA) studies on all programs