Identificatie
Soort entiteit
Instelling
Geauthoriseerde naam
King Saud University
Parallelle vormen van de naam
Gestandaardiseerde naamvorm(en) volgens andere regels.
Aandere naamsvormen
- Riyadh University
Identificatiecode voor organisaties
Beschrijving
Bestaansperiode
1957-
Geschiedenis
King Saud University is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulalziz to address the country's skilled worker shortage, it is the first university in Saudi Arabia. It was known as Riyadh University from 1964 until it was reverted to its inceptive name in 1982. It was converted into an independent non-profit academic institution in 2023