Alfaisal University is a private university in
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...
,
Saudi Arabia
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, located in the compound enclosing the vicinity of the
al-Ma'dhar Palace. Established in 2002, the institute offers courses in various subjects up to post graduation and is named after
King Faisal bin Abdulalziz.
It was founded in 2002 by the King Faisal Foundation. The first students were admitted in 2008. Alfaisal's total enrollment now exceeds 2500. The enrollment is 67% Saudi National with the remaining 33% being students from over 40 other nations. The total number of faculty is nearly 200 with international faculty from 31 countries.
The Board of Trustees includes representatives from five firms, four international firms, and a representative from the Ministry of Education.
Ranking
It is ranked 1805 internationally and 7 nationall
on CWUR It is ranked 5442 internationally and 23 nationall
They don't show up in th
Academic Ranking of World Universities
It is ranked between 731-740 on QS world university rankings
Alfaisal University is ranked betwee
301-350 worldwide by Times Higher Education (THE) in its World University Rankings 2022, 601–800th in its Impact Rankings 2022, 36th worldwide in the "Young Universities" category, which looks at universities under 50 years old
It is also ranked 9th by the Times Higher Education in its categor
The world’s best small universities 2021where Caltech is ranked 1st, and also ranked 20th by the Times Higher Education in its categor
Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020 A reference to the different ranks of this University in THE is made at
University rankings are mostly meaningless
See also
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List of universities in Saudi Arabia
References
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Universities and colleges established in 2002
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2002 establishments in Saudi Arabia