Our History

King Abdul Aziz University bears the name of the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Abdul Aziz. The establishment of this university was in 1387 AH / 1967 AD as a private university, with the aim of spreading higher education in the western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With the efforts of the loyal people of this country, the dream turned into a reality and the idea came into existence as the members of the Preparatory Committee had a meeting with King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz, and he, may God have mercy on him, expressed all support and support for the idea of the project, and formed the founding committee of the university headed by the late King Faisal and His Excellency the Minister of Education at the time Hassan bin Abdullah Al Sheikh. More