King Saud University

Continente:: Asia
Country:: Saudi Arabia
Address:: King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Web Site:: www.ksu.edu.sa

About King Saud University:

King Saud University is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulaziz as Riyadh University, as the first university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The university was created to meet the shortage of skilled workers in Saudi Arabia. It was renamed King Saud University in 1982. The student body of KSU today consists of 40,000 male and female students, 7% of which are international. The female students have their own disciplinary panel, and there is a center supervising the progress of female students, either personally by female faculty members or by male faculty members via a closed television network. The university offers courses in the natural sciences, the humanities, and professional studies, and many courses are tuition-free. The medium of instruction in undergraduate programs is English and Arabic depending on the chosen major. Among Arab universities, its medical programs are highly regarded.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
World University Rankings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	318	296	284	289	220	180	146	123	121	84

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Agriculture	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	235	166	157	160	159	99	51	33	21	12	11
Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	151	150	147	132	110	75	98	96	80	129
Life Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	269	246	261	256	176	161	137	108	109	115
Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-450	351-400	301-350	351-400	351-400	351-400	301-350	300	257	253
Natural Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	301-350	301-350	301-350	301-350	227	195	131	81	67	55
Social Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	351-400	269	201	191	172	208

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Agricultural Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	222	160	160	148	134	88	54	39	35	25	27
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	204	209	144	125	104	97	93	73
Chemistry	-	-	-	-	-	185	130	132	150	125	89	64	80	44	37	38
Chemical Engineering	-	-	-	226	191	138	81	86	88	105	70	34	23	14	11	21
Civil Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	124	117	99	88	215	134	112	192	206	204
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	301-350	301-350	301-350	301-350	296	300	247	257
Computer Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	106	82	54	54	49	31	41	83	74	82
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	190	153	129	111	88	59	82	105	99	163
Environment / Ecology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	73	47	36	31
Geosciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	294	262	206	209	208	196	228	224
Materials Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	168	156	193	153	122	104	102	81	69	113
Mathematics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	77	124	67	43	41	47	45	35	38
Mechanical Engineering	-	-	127	203	234	215	164	157	187	188	170	194	226	201	203	184
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	216	252	236	195	121	83	81	78
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	234	240	170	185	155	98	120	136
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	296	-
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	182	144	186	161	139	106	97	97	85	57	35	27	18	16	20
Physics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	207	181	163	125
Plant & Animal Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	104	99	96	102	61	31	22	17	11	9
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	451-500
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	301-350	232	160	132	113	142
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	173	124	93	80	65	79
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112	62	40	35	25	38
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-