King Saud University (KSU, Arabic: جامعة الملك سعود) is a public university located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdul Aziz as Riyadh University, as the first university in the kingdom not dedicated to religious subjects. The university was created to meet the shortage of skilled workers in Saudi Arabia. It was renamed to King Saud University in 1982.
The student body of KSU today consists of about 37,874 students of both sexes. The female students have their own disciplinary panel. Additionally, the university boasts a center supervising the progress of the female students, either through the female faculty members or through the male faculty members via a closed television network. The university offers courses in the natural sciences, the humanities, and professional studies, for which it charges no tuition. The medium of instruction in undergraduate programs is English except for Arabic and Islamic subjects.
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