KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Program
Department of Islamic Studies

Degrees Offered
BA
Graduate program currently under study and is likely to be instituted in the near future

Courses
The broad, comprehensive program in Islamic Studies generally requires five years to complete.
The focus is upon Islamic Law but also includes:
Arabic Language
Quranic Sciences
Hadith
Prophetic Biography
Islamic Legal Theory
Economics
Political Theory
Research Methodology
Comparative Religions
Islamic Sects and many aspects of general Islamic culture and civilization

Faculty
Adel Abu-al-Ula
Hamad A. Abu Baker
Mustafa Abu-Jiyab
Abdul Ghaffar Abdul Rahim
Abdullah Abdul Majed
Naji `Ajam
Ali-Ba-Jaber
Ahmed Al-Ahdal
Kamel Al-Dugs
Omar Al-Faruq
Muhammad A. Al-Husari
Ahmed Al-Maghrabi
Ali Al-Najim
Abdul Latif Al-Sabbagh
Rida Al-Sanusi
Muhammad F. Al-Sarjani
Abdullah Al-Zaid
Abdul Rahman Barud
Abdullah Bin Bayyah
Abdul Aziz Dardeer
Abdul-Hamid Hasabu
Murad Kamel
Abdullah Nazir
Ahmed Obaid
Hasan Safar
Ahmed Shaheen
Talal Sultan

Director
Talal Sultan

Scholarships/Graduate Support
Scholarships are available to Muslim students of any nationality only

Additional Information
There is a full program for women as well as men. All instruction and study is in Arabic. The university offers special sessions for teaching and strengthening Arabic competence

Inquiries
Department of Islamic Studies
King Abdul Aziz University
PO Box 21413
Jeddah 21415
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 08, 2004

 

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