Dar Al-Hekma College

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Dar Al-Hekma College

General Info.
Mail	PO Box 34801, Jeddah 21478, Saudi Arabia
Established	1999
Location	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Enrolment	Unknown number of Female Students.
Phone	+966-2-6303333
E-Mail	Admissions@daralhekma.edu.sa
Website	www.daralhekma.edu.sa
Global Membership	None.

Dar Al-Hekma College (Arabic: كلية دار الحكمة الأهلية) in Jeddah is the first private college for women in Saudi Arabia. All courses are taught in English except Arabic and Islamic Studies.

By the mid-1990s, community leaders in Jeddah decided to found a school that would offer 4-year college education while adhering to the Islamic culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Working in conjunction with non-profit Texas International Education Consortium, the College opened its doors in September 1999 planning on a total enrollment of 1500 students in 2005.

The school currently offers six bachelor's degrees:

A program for Law Studies is planned for future. The College also provides College Preparation Program (CPP) to improve the student's English language skills before the freshman year. It also gives an admission for TOEFL exam.

The college has been criticized as being "bad" and "liberal".^[1]

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^ Saudi King Tries to Grow Modern Ideas in Desert, Thanassis Cambanis, New York Times, October 26, 2007.

But the college is also great in many ways having majors that cannot be studied in any other university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is powered by a female Dean, Suhair Al - Qurashi and she has been working for nine years (so far) to make the college have a more active, healthy and friendly lifestyle.