Higher Education makes steady progress

Riyadh, Nov 22, SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made big
strides in the field of higher education.

It has now 21 governmental
universities and 4 private universities with about 200 faculties in
addition to 19 non-governmental university colleges.


The universities enjoy to some extent independence in the academic
and administrative domains, and they are performing their
distinguished missions at university cities that are designed in line
with most modern architectural standards.


In the academic year 1428-1429 AH, the number of the students at the
universities exceeded 700,000 while the number of the members of the
academic staff amounted to more than 30,000.