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Sulaiman Al Rajhi Colleges
Summary
Sulaiman Al-Rajhi University (officially abbreviated as SRC) (جامعة سليمان الراجحي) is a private, non-profit, research university, comprising three graduate colleges: Medicine, Nursing and Applied Medical Sciences as well as a state-of-the-art University Hospital. The university were founded by the Sulaiman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi Charitable Foundation and is located in Al Bukayriyah, Saudi Arabia.
Sulaiman Al Rajhi University aims are to produce highly trained and specialized cadres of manpower as required for development. The project of establishing the Medical, Nursing and Applied Medical Sciences Colleges with a University Hospital is envisaged to further improve the health sciences education, patient care and biomedical research to match international standards. The rationale behind establishing the university is due to a calculated estimate demand for higher education in the kingdom.
The university's main campus is near the Madinah-Riyadh Highway
SRC's campus is specifically located beside the highway connecting Riyadh and Madinah and sits approximately 370 km from the capital city of Riyadh. When completed it will cover an area of 10,100 hectares.
As of January 2008, Professor Dr. Saleh Bin Abdullah Al Damegh was named the chief supervisor and founding dean of Sulaiman Al Rajhi University. In his concluding statement Sheikh Al Rajhi indicated that the general supervision of the university has been commissioned to Prof. Dr. Saleh Bin Abdullah Al Damegh, for his long academic background and wide experience in the field of medicine.
In the pursuit of creating the "Islands of Excellence," Sulaiman Al Rajhi University signed a memorandum of understanding under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Khalid bin Mohammad Al Angary, the Saudi Minister of Higher Education, H.E. Ms. Maria Josephina Arnoldina, Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs, and in the presence of Dr. Mohammed Al Ohali, the ministry's deputy for education.
The agreement between KPMG and SRC forms the basis of an extensive and intensive effort by the University and KPMG to build world-class organizational and operational capacity of SRC.
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