Research and Development Center Contacts Tel 6952506 Ext 52035 Fax 6951283 Ins-RC @kau.edu.sa http://irc.kau.edu.sa -The Center was established in The Center awards Postgraduate Diplomas and Specialized Diplomas (post-secondary school. The Center issues many publications including Economy and Administration Magazine Saudi Systems Newsletter Economics and Administration in the Quran and Sunna Series Islamic Economics Research Center Contacts Tel: 6400000 Ext 26011 Fax 6952119 rdc@kau.edu.sa http://rdc.kau.edu.sa P.O. Box 80292 Jeddah The Center was established in 1976. This was under the recommendation of the First Conference for Islamic Economics held in Makkah in 1976. Its aim was promoting research in Islamic Economics through establishing an academic library on Islamic Economics books and publications indifferent languages. Researchers at the Center are specialized in Economics and Islamic Law and many hold distinguished academic positions and have many published contributions. Many are recipients of academic and scientific prizes. The Center publishes many peer-reviewed journals and keeps a scholarly level in all its publications. It was awarded the Islamic Bank Prize for Development in 1993 in Islamic Economics in appreciation of its innovative and distinguished research. The objectives of the Center areas follows: --To provide research facilities for researchers, scholars and students of Islamic Economics at KAU and other universities. To encourage cooperation among universities and other academic and research institutions involved in Islamic Economics. To provide financial support for theses and dissertations in Islamic Economics and to finance and encourage lectures, academic meetings and conferences. To contribute to translating Islamic Economics literature. To develop curricular textbooks for courses in Economics and other related fields (such as accounting and business administration) from an Islamic perspective.
