King Abdul Aziz University
| جامعة الملك عبد العزيز | |
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| Endowment | US$1 billion |
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| President | Abdulrahman Obaid AI-Youbi |
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Administrative staff
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2,300 |
| Students | 180212 |
| Location | Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia |
| Campus | Both urban and rural |
| Nickname | KAU |
| Website | official website |
Coordinates: 21°29′38″N 39°15′1″E / 21.49389°N 39.25028°E
King Abdulaziz University (KAU) (Arabic: جامعة الملك عبد العزيز ǧāmiʿat al-malik ʿabd al-ʿazīz) was founded in 1967 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Designed by English architect John Elliott, it had 2,000 faculty and more than 37,000 students in 2000/2001. Established initially as a private university by a group of businessmen led by Sheikh Muhammad Abu Bakr Bakhashab Pasha and including the writer Hamza Bogary. in 1974 King Abdulaziz University was converted to a public university by a resolution of the Council Ministers of Saudi Arabia. In 2016, it was ranked the top Arab university by Times Higher Education.
Faculty of economics and administration was the first college to be established in the new university, and until this day it is called "The Base of Founder's University" , referring to the founder of the country, which the university were named after later.
In 2015, FEA received its fourth international accreditation, the AACSB making it one of the top business colleges in the middle east and across the world.
College departments:
These programs are accredited by ABET as Substantially Equivalent Programs since 2003.
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