Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University

Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية Jāmaat Al-Imam Mohammad bin Saud Al-Islamiyah

Established	1974
Type	Public
Academic staff	1,300
Students	24,000+
Location	Riyadh^[1]^[2], Saudi Arabia
Website	imamu.edu.sa/sites/en/Pages/default.aspx

Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University (Arabic: جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية‎) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was founded in 1953^[3]. In 1974 it was granted university status by royal decree^[4]. The university houses 10 faculties. It currently has more than 24,000 students and 1,300 faculty^[5]. It has intermediate and secondary Islamic institutes in major cities of Saudi Arabia, Ras al-Khaimah, the USA, Indonesia, Malaysia, Djibouti and Japan.^[6]. The university as a cultural and intellectual institution aims to promote knowledge offering undergraduate as well as postgraduate studies. One of the most important aims is to promote translating and publishing as the university has its own print house. Moreover, the university achieves its goals within the Islamic Shari'a. ^[7]

1 Former students and faculty
2 Colleges
3 Media
4 Sports and athletic activities
5 External links
6 References
7 See Also

Former students and faculty

‘Abdul-Rahman bin Nasir al-Barrak, former professor
Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan Al-Fawzan

Colleges

Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University is organized into 11 colleges:

College of Shari'ah
- Department of Fundamentals of Jurisprudence
- Department of Jurisprudence
- Department of Islamic Culture

College of Fundamentals of Islam
- Department of The Holy Quran and its Sciences
- Department of The Sunnah and its Sciences
- Department of Faith and The Contemporary Schools

College of Arabic Language
- Department of Literature
- Department of Rhetoric, Criticism and The Approach of Islamic literature
- Department of Syntax, Morphology and Philology

College of Social Sciences
- Department of Sociology and Social Work
- Department of History and Civilization
- Department of Education
- Department of Geography
- Department of Psychology

College of Advocacy and Media
- Department of Advocacy
- Department of Media

College of Languages and Translation
- Department of English Language and Literature

College of Computer Science and Information Sciences
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Information System
- Department of Information Studies

College of Economics and Administrative Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Funding and Investment
- Department of Banking

College of Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics

College of Medicine
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Internal Medicine
- Department of Medical Education
- Department of Pharmacology
- Department of Anatomy
- Department of Family and Community Medicine
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Gynaecology

College of Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Architectural Engineering

Media

The university has a newspaper named Mir'at al-Jami`ah (Arabic: مرآة الجامعة‎) (English: University Mirror).

On October 14, 2008 the university launched an online channel named Qanat al-Jami`ah (Arabic: قناة الجامعة‎ (English: al-Jami`ah Channel) that can be viewed through the university's official website.

Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University

Contents

Former students and faculty

Colleges

Media

Sports and athletic activities

External links

References

See Also