Higher Education Ministry approves 13 research centers in Universities

Riyadh, November 09, SPA -- The Ministry of Higher Education has
approved the establishment of 13 research centers in various Saudi
universities at a cost of SR550 million.

This is part of the first phase of the Centers of Research
Excellence project to help universities develop scientific research,
according to a report of Arabic newspaper "OKAZ."

The Centers of Research Excellence designated to benefit are: King
Saud University’s Material Engineering Center, Biology Center and
Science and Mathematics Education Development Center; King Abdul Aziz
University’s Genomic Medicine Center, Environmental Studies Center,
Osteoporosis Center, and Water Desalination Center; King Fahd
University for Petroleum and Minerals’ Petroleum and Petrochemicals
Refining Center, Renewable Energy Center, and Corrosion Center; the
Palms and Dates Center at King Faisal University; the Hajj and Umrah
Center at Umm Al-Qura Univesrsity, and the Fiqh Center of
Contemporary Affairs at Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University.

--SPA