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]
Department of Rhetoric, Criticism and the Methodology of Islamic Literature.
Department of Grammar and Linguistics.
College of Media and Communication
Department of Journalism and Electronic Publishing
Department of Radio, Television and Film
Department of Public Relations
Department of Advertising and marketing communication
Department of Graphics and Multimedia
Department of Specialized Media
College of Languages and Translation
Department of English Language and Literature
College of Sharia
Department of Sharia And Islamic studies.
Department of Principles of Fiqh.
Department of Fiqh.
Department of Islamic Culture.
Department of Laws.
College of the Fundamentals of Religion
Department of Holy Quran and its Sciences.
Department of the Prophetic Sunnah and its Sciences.
Department of Creed and Contemporary Doctrines.
College of Continuing Education and Community Services
Department of Administrative Sciences and Humanities.
Department of applied Sciences
College of Shari’ah [Divine Legislations] and Islamic Studies, Al-Ahsa Province
Department of Divine Laws.
Department of Fundamentals of Religion.
Department of Arabic Language.
Department of English Language.
Department of Geography.
Department of Administration.
Department of Laws.
Department of Computer Sciences and Information.
College of Education
Department of Foundations of Education.
Department of Educational Planning and Management.
Department of Curricula and Teaching Methods.
Department of Special Education.
Institutesedit
The Higher Institute of Judicial.
Department of Comparative Jurisprudence.
Department of Sharia Policy.
The Higher Institute of Dawah and Ihtisaab.
Department of Preaching of Islam.
Department of Hisbah and Observation.
Department of Contemporary Islamic Studies.
The Arabic Teaching Institute.
Department of Arabic Language and Islamic Sciences.
Department of Language Preparation.
Department of Applied Linguistics.
Student Aid and Housingedit
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]
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