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As many as 20 universities across Saudi Arabia have decided to switch over to two semester system instead of the three-semester system effective from the new academic year, that will start on Sunday, Aug. 20. All these universities have revoked their existing three semesters and made the changes to transform into two semesters in the academic calander accordingly. These universities include King Abdulaziz University of Jeddah, King Saud University of Riyadh, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University of Dammam, King Faisal University of Al-Ahsa, King Khalid University of Abha, Al-Qassim University, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University of Riyadh, Jeddah University, Taibah University of Madinah, Al-Jouf University, Najran University, Tabuk University and Hafar Al-Batin University. The universities also included Shaqra University, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Electronic University, Majmaah University, Bisha University, Taif University and Hail University. According to the university sources, 9 universities will continue their three-semester system despite the growing calls for a return to the two-semester system, starting from the beginning of the new academic year.
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The number of Saudi universities that found a place in the Shanghai Ranking shot up from seven in 2022 to 12 in 2023. Five Saudi universities advanced to the list of the world’s top 1,000 universities in the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), which is also known as Shanghai Ranking. The ARWU ranking for 2023 was unveiled by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. The Saudi universities that advanced to the ranking for the first time are the Riyadh-based Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, the largest woman’s university in the world, with a ranking that falls between 601and 700. It was followed by King Faisal University of Dammam, Al-Qassim University and Umm Al-Qura University between the rankings of 801 and 900, and then Al-Jouf University within the 901-1000 ranking. The outcome of the classification confirmed the constant care and follow-up pursued by the Saudi education system and universities over the past years, which contributed to achieving the strategic goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which reflects the efforts that have been made. Saudi universities achieved distinguished positions, as King Saud University maintained a position between 101-150 globally, followed by King Abdulaziz University, which ranked between 151-200 globally, while Taif University advanced significantly this year by […]
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