Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) (), commonly known as Al-Imam University, is a

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in Baladiyah al-Shemal in northern

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. It was founded in 1953. represented by the College of

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Sciences (now known as the College of Sharia) and has developed since then until it became a university in 1974. 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. The university includes 14 colleges, 3 higher institutes, 70 scientific institutes inside the Kingdom, and five institutes outside the Kingdom in Indonesia and Djibouti. It currently has more than 60,000 students and 4,000 faculty members.

History

Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University was founded in 1973. The university was named after the emir of

Diriyah Diriyah ( ar, الدِرْعِيّة), formerly romanized as Dereyeh and Dariyya), is a town in Saudi Arabia located on the north-western outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family, and served ...

and founder of

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Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin ( ''Muḥammad bin Suʿūd Āl Muqrin''; 1687–1765), also known as Ibn Saud, was the emir of Diriyah and is considered the founder of the First Saudi State and the House of Saud, Saud dynasty, which are named for hi ...

Colleges

College of Engineering * Department of Civil engineering * Department of Mechanical Engineering * Department of Electrical Engineering * Department of Chemical Engineering * Department of Architecture Engineering College of Medicine * Department of Pediatrics. * Department of Internal Medicine. * Department of Educational Medicine. * Department of Pharmacology. * Department of Anatomy. * Department of Family and Community Medicine. * Department of General Surgery. * Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. * Department of Ophthalmology. * Department of Dermatology. * Department of Anesthesiology. * Department of ENT. * Department of Public health. * Department of Clinical Neurosciences. * Department of Pathology. * Department of Biochemistry. * Department of Forensic Medicine. * Department of Emergency Medicine. * Department of Physiology. College of Computer and Information Sciences * Department of Computer Science. * Department of Information Systems. * Department of Information Management. * Department of Information Technology. College of Sciences * Department of Mathematics and Statistics. * Department of Physics. * Department of Chemistry. * Department of Biology. College of Economics and Administrative Sciences * Department of Economics. * Department of Business Administration. * Department of Accounting. * Department of Finance and Investment. * Department of Banking. * Department of Insurance and Risk Management. College of Social Sciences * Department of Psychology. * Department of Sociology and Social Service. * Department of History and Civilization. * Department of Geography. College of Arabic Language * Department of Literature. * 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 ivine Legislationsand 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.

Institutes

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 Housing

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

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Curriculum

The university is organized into fourteen colleges. The fourteen colleges focus on:

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and

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, language and translation,

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and information science, economics and administrative sciences,

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, medicine, and engineering. The University is home to the

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, a facility dedicated to the translation of

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texts to foreign languages, and translation of foreign language texts into Arabic (''Arabization'').

Extracurricular activities

The university publishes a newspaper named ''Mir'at al-Jami`ah'' ( ar, مرآة الجامعة) (

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: ''University Mirror'').

Sports and traditions

Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University has a

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, a volleyball team, and a stadium.

Notable alumni

Abdulaziz al-Omari Abdulaziz al-Omari ( ar, عبد العزيز العُمري, , also transliterated as Alomari or al-Umari; May 28, 1979 – September 11, 2001) was a Saudi terrorist who was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the Sept ...

Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan Al-Fawzan Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan Al-Fawzan (Arabic: فوزان، عبد العزيز بن فوزان بن صالح) is an Islamic scholar and author in Saudi Arabia. He is also known as ''Abd al-Aziz b. Fawzan al-Fawzan'', ''Abd Al-Aziz Al-Fawzan''. Backgroun ...

Saleh Al-Fawzan Saleh Al-Fawzan ( ar, صالح بن فوزان الفوزان; born 1933) is an Islamic scholar and has been a member of several high religious bodies in Saudi Arabia. He is considered to be the most senior scholar of Islam in Saudi Arabia. His s ...

Saud Al-Shuraim Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Shuraim (Arabic: سعود بن ابراهيم بن محمد الشريم; born 19 January 1964), is one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. A Quranic reciter, ...

Abdullah Mohammed Al-Hugail Shaikh Abdullah Mohammed Al-Hugail (born 1942, Al Majma'ah, Saudi Arabia) is a businessman. He is the former and longest-serving Chairman of the Saudi British Bank SABB (an affiliate of the HSBC Group) for nearly twenty two years. From 1997 to ...

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* Ahmed Bin Taleb Bin Hameed *

Muhammad Khayr Ramdan Yusef Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mono ...

References

External links

Official website
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