Umm Al Qura University, Makkah
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Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah
Umm Al-Qura University majors
Conditions for accepting Umm Al-Qura University
Umm Al Qura University
Umm Al-Qura University is one of the Saudi public universities, which is located in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and was established in 1950.
The university was under the name of the College of Sharia in Makkah, to be the first university educational institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and since its inception it has passed through 3 historical stages:
The first stage (1369-1391):
At this stage was the beginning of the university, which dates back to the year 1369 AH, and at that time the College of Sharia was established as the first edifice in higher education, in its modern sense in the Kingdom.
While in the year 1372 AH, a higher institute for teachers was established, and it was under the name “Teachers College” where it continued until the year 1379 AH, after which the task of preparing teachers was assigned to the Faculty of Sharia in the year 1381 AH, and it was called the College of Sharia and Education, and in 1382 e The College of Education was established in the city of Mecca, which was independent of the College of Sharia.
The second stage (1391-1401 AH):
At that stage, the Colleges of Sharia and Education were joined to King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah as part of the university in Makkah Al-Mukarramah.
At the end of that stage, the College of Education was opened in Taif, in addition to the presence of several new scientific departments, as well as the establishment of a number of scientific centers.
The third stage (Umm Al-Qura University):
In the third stage, the university was established in the year 1401 AH, and this came through the issuance of an order from King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz, and in the first decade of the 15th century he founded 5 colleges, and they are:
College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion
- Faculty of Arabic Language
- Faculty of Applied Science
- Faculty of Social Sciences
College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture
The College of Education in Taif, which was opened in 1400 AH.
The College of Medicine and Medical Sciences was established in the holy city of Makkah in 1416 AH, and the Deanship of Community Service was transformed into a college, so that the number of colleges in the university became 12, in addition to a special institute for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers.
In addition to an institute for Hajj research, and a community college was recently opened in Al-Baha, after which the university is working to offer several types of specializations. applied, medicine and engineering.
The university includes about thirty thousand male and female students, in its headquarters in Makkah, and it was noted that the number of college majors at the university is in a state of continuous increase, as it is working to meet the needs of the community, in addition to the requirements of development plans from those scholars who are qualified to serve in various fields.
Majors of Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah
Umm Al-Qura University has many specializations, as a number of new scientific and literary specializations were made available in the year 1442 AH.
Below we will review the specializations of Sharia and administrative colleges for students of Umm Al-Qura University, which are:
Sharia and Islamic Studies.
Faculty of Judicial Studies and Regulations.
The Higher Institute for Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil.
College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion.
- College of Business Administration.
- Islamic economics and financial sciences.
While the specializations of the scientific and engineering colleges that are located at Umm Al-Qura University are:
- Faculty of Applied Science.
- Faculty of Computer and Information Systems.
College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture.
The specializations of the medical colleges at Umm Al-Qura University were identified as follows:
- Faculty of medicine.
- Faculty of Nursing.
College of Applied Medical Sciences.
- faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Dentistry.
College of Public Health and Health Informatics.
While the faculties of humanities and education consist of:
- Faculty of Social Sciences.
College of Community Service and Continuing Education.
- Faculty of Arabic Language.
- Faculty of Education.
- Community College in Makkah Al-Mukarramah.
Institute of Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers.
The specializations of the branch faculties that are located at Umm Al-Qura University are as follows:
First, Jamoum University College majors:
● Arabic language.
● Mathematics.
● Chemistry.
● Physics.
● Biology.
● Accounting.
● Notification.
● Social service.
● Specialties of Al-Qunfudhah Branch:
● Arabic language
● Mathematics
● Islamic Studies
● Physics
● English
● chemistry
While the specializations of the Al-Laith branch are environmental engineering.
The specializations of the university college in Adham governorate are as follows:
- Arabic.
- computer science
- Biology.
- mathematics.
Conditions for accepting Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah Al-Mukarramah
There are a number of conditions that are linked to admission to Umm Al-Qura University in the bachelor's program, whereby a bachelor's degree is granted to all high school graduates from scientific and theoretical disciplines.
The door for applying in this program is also opened once, so that it is before the beginning of the academic year, and also immediately after the results of high school results appear, according to the specific period that is announced through the Ministry of Education in the Kingdom.
Applications for admission are submitted through the unified admission portal that is located on the Umm Al-Qura University website, after which a comparison is made between all applicants, according to the terms and criteria that were announced according to the college’s absorption of the number of students.
From the differentiation between students, in addition to passing personal interviews as well as passing admission tests for departments whose acceptance condition is such, the next step is to confirm the nomination by the students and this is after the announcement of the admission results, and then the university number is issued after confirming the nomination directly.
There are a number of conditions that must be met by male and female applicants in order to be able to join Umm Al-Qura University in the undergraduate program. These conditions are as follows:
The applicant must be a Saudi citizen and have a Saudi mother.
The student has obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent, provided that it is from inside or outside the Kingdom.
- The student must not have graduated from high school for more than five years, and for the faculties of medicine and pharmacy as well as medical sciences, here is a necessary condition that the student has not graduated from the high school certificate two years.
- The student must be able to pass all the required admission tests, whether general aptitude tests or achievement abilities, which are organized through the National Center for Measurement and Evaluation.
- Among the conditions, the student should be able to pass a test or a personal interview for colleges, those in which this should be done (such as judicial studies, readings, as well as physical education, as well as art education, and Sharia).
The student must be of good conduct.
- He must not have been dismissed from the university or from any university due to an academic or disciplinary dismissal.
As for the papers and documents that are required for admission to the undergraduate program, which must be brought before applying for admission to the university, they are:
Before applying, you must bring a copy of the applicant's high school certificate.
Submit a copy of the result of the test for abilities, whether achievement or general abilities.
Bring the student's transcript, but this must be documented and sealed by the competent authority.
Submit a certificate of regularity, but it must be stamped by the university.
- A copy of the student's ID card must be brought
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