The making of Kaust: The vision behind Saudi Arabia's science university
Saudi Arabia’s universities do not boast a long history. While the universities of Al-Karaouine in Morocco and Egypt’s Al-Azhar are both more than 1,000 years old, Riyadh’s King Saud University was only established in 1957, and Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz University 10 years later.
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