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Facts and Achievements• Upon establishment, King Abdulaziz University included the College of Shariah in Makkah, the oldest and only existing college in the country at the time which served as a beacon of Islamic sciences and graduate studies.• The University earned advanced ranking (275) in the 2009 QS World University Rankings in Life Sciences and Biomedicine with an overall World University Ranking between 501 and 600.• King Abdulaziz University has many unique specializations that are unavailable in other Saudi Universities such as Marine Science Meteorology and Arid Land Agriculture Earth Science Nuclear Engineering; Aeronautical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Astronomy.• 90 - 95 % of the University’s Saudi faculty members are doctorate graduates from distinguished universities in The United Kingdom and The United States.• The University has achieved 37 international accreditations to its programs from leading global bodies including The American Board of Engineering Technology (ABET, The Global Congress on Dental Education (DentED), The American Council of Occupational Education (COE), and The Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation,• The University has signed more than 80 agreements with world-class universities in US, UK, Canada, France, Spain, Australia, China, Japan and Argentina, • T 
