Dar Al-Uloom Colleges

Dar Al-Uloom Colleges
Dar Al-Uloom Colleges
(DAU)
Established 2008
Type Higher education
Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nickname DAU
Website http://www.dau.edu.sa

Dar Al-Uloom University is a Saudi Arabian higher-education institution based in Riyadh, which was established in the autumn of 2008 to help meet the kingdom's burgeoning demand for quality tertiary education. The stated mission of DAU is "To provide a high quality education and training programme that will be of value to the community and of particular relevance to today's world".[citation needed] All degree courses are taught mainly through the medium of English.

Departments

Initially, there were four colleges within the university:

All fully accredited by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE). In 2009 a fifth college, the College of Architectural Engineering & Digital Design was also accredited. In addition, the university operates a comprehensive Preparatory Year Programme, which has been designed to provide all incoming students with the requisite English language, mathematical, computing and study skills.

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