جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 1974 |
Founder | Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Ash-Sheikh |
Rector | Ahmed bin Salem bin Mohammed Al-Ameri |
Academic staff | 4000+ |
Students | 60,000+ |
Location | , 24°48′54″N 46°42′41″E / 24.814869092990563°N 46.71139425517835°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | imamu |
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Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) (Arabic: جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية), commonly known as Al-Imam University, is a public university in the sub-municipality of Shemal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1950 as an Islamic seminary by Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ash-Sheikh, the first Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. It was renamed the College of Sharia in 1953,[1] before becoming a full-fledged university through amalgamations of other colleges and assuming its current name in 1974.[2][3] The university also has overseas presence in Indonesia and Djibouti.
The foundation stone of its current university building was laid on 5 January 1982 during the reign of King Khalid Ibn Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. It was opened in 1990.[4] The university includes 14 colleges, 3 higher institutes, 70 scientific institutes inside the Kingdom, and five institutes outside the Kingdom in Indonesia and Djibouti.[5] It currently has more than 60,000 students and 4,000 faculty members.[6]
In 1950, King Abdulaziz assigned Muhammad ibn Ibrahim to establish an Islamic institute in Riyadh.[7] Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University was founded in 1974.[8] The university was named after the emir of Diriyah and founder of First Saudi State, Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin.
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College of Engineering
College of Medicine
College of Computer and Information Sciences
College of Sciences
College of Economics and Administrative Sciences
College of Social Sciences
College of Arabic Language
College of Media and Communication
College of Languages and Translation
College of Sharia
College of the Fundamentals of Religion
College of Continuing Education and Community Services
College of Shari’ah [Divine Legislations] and Islamic Studies, Al-Ahsa Province
College of Education
The Higher Institute of Judicial.
The Higher Institute of Dawah and Ihtisaab.
The Arabic Teaching Institute.
The university offers science and health major students 990 SR/month ($264), and humanities students 840 SR/month ($224), a 75% discount on foreign books, and fully furnished residences at the university housing/hostels complex, food within the university restaurant, free medical treatment, and full return tickets to their home country.
The university library is the Prince Sultan Library For Science and Knowledge. The library was founded in 1952, and was shared with a variety of schools in the city. The library is a partner of the World Digital Library.[9]
The university is organized into fourteen colleges. The fourteen colleges focus on: Shari'ah, Islam, Arabic language, social sciences, advocacy and media studies, language and translation, computer science and information science, economics and administrative sciences, formal science, medicine, and engineering. The University is home to the Institute of Translation and Arabization, a facility dedicated to the translation of Arabic texts to foreign languages, and translation of foreign language texts into Arabic (Arabization).[10]
The university publishes a newspaper named Mir'at al-Jami`ah (Arabic: مرآة الجامعة) (English: University Mirror).
Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University has a football team, a volleyball team, and a stadium.
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