place

King Saud University

1957 establishments in Saudi ArabiaAll pages needing cleanupEducation in RiyadhEducational institutions accredited by the Council on Occupational EducationKing Saud University
National universities and colleges in Saudi ArabiaUniversities and colleges established in 1957Universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia

King Saud University (KSU, Arabic: جامعة الملك سعود, romanized: Jāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd) is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulalziz to address the country's skilled worker shortage, it is the first university in Saudi Arabia. It was known as Riyadh University from 1964 until it was reverted to its inceptive name in 1982. It was converted into an independent non-profit academic institution in 2023.The student body of KSU today consists of 40,000 male and female students, 7% of which are international. The female students have their own disciplinary panel, and there is a center supervising the progress of female students, either personally by female faculty members or by male faculty members via a closed television network. The university offers courses in the natural sciences, the humanities, and professional studies, and many courses are tuition-free. The medium of instruction in undergraduate programs is English and Arabic depending on the chosen major. Among Arab universities, its medical programs are highly regarded.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article King Saud University (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

King Saud University
King Khalid Road, Al Maathar Municipality

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Phone number Website External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: King Saud UniversityContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 24.722 ° E 46.627 °
placeShow on map

Address

جامعة الملك سعود (جامعة الرياض)

King Khalid Road 4545
12572 Al Maathar Municipality
Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
mapOpen on Google Maps

Phone number

call+96614670000

Website
ksu.edu.sa

linkVisit website

linkWikiData (Q1752043)
linkOpenStreetMap (13296000)

Share experience

Nearby Places

National Center for Assessment in Higher Education

Measurement is derived from the verb 'to measure' which means to assess something; in Arabic 'yaqees' 'measure' has the meaning of comparing something to something else. In this sense, measurement is a daily practice that manifests itself in all our assessment activities, whether we assess concrete things in terms of size and color, or abstract things such as human relations. The ultimate goal of 'measuring' something is to assess ourselves in comparison to everything else in the world. Some of measurement areas include measuring the level or standard of knowledge nationwide or measuring the standard of a particular sect of the whole population or measuring for licensing or admission purposes in university education, vocational or technical education, for example. Measurement can never be done without well-recognized and approved criteria. We use the 'meter', for example, as the measuring unit for distance and use 'gram' unit for weight and 'hour' unit for time and so on. Scientifically speaking, there have been numerous definitions of 'measurement' that vary depending on the measured object and the set criteria, goals and controls of measurement. Measurement varies based on: evaluating things in quantitative terms and in a graded manner based on the well-known rule that everything exists in quantities and every quantity is measurable. representing properties in numerical terms based on certain rules. measuring some mental processes and psychological traits via a group of stimuli especially set to do quantitative and qualitative evaluation.Assessment simply means to evaluate something, and in scientific terms it refers to the process of passing judgment to evaluate capacity, knowledge, actions, solutions, methods, materials, etc. This is often done by applying certain criteria and standards to check adequacy, accuracy and effectiveness. In other words, evaluation means to give something a value based on approved standards. In the educational field, assessment refers to testing students' achievement and how far is obtained relative to some known educational objectives or goals. Measurement and assessment are so related and integrated.