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Custodian of the
Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz has approved
a number of resolutions adopted by the council
of higher education. Minister of Higher Education
Dr. Khalid Al-Anqari reports that these include
overseas scholarships for outstanding Saudi students,
and scholarships for excelling students from a
number of Muslim countries in specializations
like medicine, engineering, and applied sciences
in the fields of nursing, hospital management,
laboratories, electronics and meteorology. The
resolutions also include the setting up of a national
commission for academic evaluation and approval;
and endorsement for the establishment of two private
universities, one for the Riyadh Charitable Foundation
for Sciences, and the other for the King Faisal
Charitable Foundation.
Source: Saudi Embassy |
