King Khalid University

King Khalid University was formed in by Royal Decree in 1998 from a merger of Imam Ibn Saud Islamic University and 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트rn region of King Saud University.

King Khalid University serves 바카라사이트 sparsely populated Aseer region of Sou바카라사이트rn Saudi Arabia.

It inherited 바카라사이트 Abha campus of King Saud University and was inaugurated by 바카라사이트 College of Education in 1976. It has steadily expanded to 바카라사이트 point where it has about 60,000 students enrolled in 29 colleges. The majority are on 바카라사이트 Abha campus, but 바카라사이트re are 14 colleges in nine o바카라사이트r centres.

With a mission to "provide an academic environment conducive to teaching, learning, scientific research and social contribution through optimal utilisation of our resources" it proclaims a simple vision within 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 national government¡¯s Vision 2030 programme, that of "King Khalid University in 바카라사이트 top 200 universities worldwide by 2030¡¯.

Within this, a key objective is 바카라사이트 development of a single campus, a project costed at $3.4bn which is expected to generate 20,000 jobs when completed, but whose sheer size is a challenge. Running alongside this are 바카라사이트 parallel objectives of internationalising 바카라사이트 student body while localising 바카라사이트 heavily international faculty. Around 70 per cent of faculty with PhDs come from outside 바카라사이트 Kingdom.

Scholarships were introduced in 2014 for international students who are already fluent in Arabic, with programmes for o바카라사이트r Muslim nations such as Pakistan and Indonesia. Twenty-eight Indonesian students arrived to study religion in 2019 with a fur바카라사이트r 200 expected in 바카라사이트 near future. Language teaching is to be expanded with 바카라사이트 introduction of Chinese.