Al Yamamah University Riyadh
Al Yamamah University located on King Fahd Road, Al Qirawan District, Northern of Riyadh City. it is a private university, was established in May 2001, it founded by Al-Khudair family. This marked their second major contribution to education in Saudi Arabia, having pioneered the establishment of the first private schools in Riyadh in 1957. Al Yamamah University provides academic instruction and professional training of the highest standard that impart to its students a lifelong dedication to learning and self-development, while enabling rising generations to shape a future marked by positive social and economic progress. Al Yamamah University aspires to be the foremost Saudi educational institution renowned for its effective preparation of creative and entrepreneurial professionals who are consistently in high demand by leading public and private sector organizations.
Al Yamamah University was authorized as an institution of higher learning by the Ministry of Higher Education, Al Yamamah College opened its doors to male students in September 2004 and to female students in September 2006. In 2008, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued a royal decree approving the elevation of Al Yamamah College to university status.
The university includes separate campuses for its male and female students.
The men’s campus features a main academic building that incorporates faculty and staff offices, classrooms, computer labs, a VIP room, and two small auditoriums. It also houses the SABB Investment Research Center, and Microsoft Innovation Center. Other self-standing campus facilities include the university’s main library, the grand auditorium with seating for 1,000 people, and the mosque. For sports and recreation, students use an outdoor soccer field with stadium seating, outdoor basketball and tennis courts and running tracks. The campus also features a sports and fitness center with indoor facilities for soccer and basketball, a gym with free weights, a variety of exercise machines, and a bowling alley.
The women’s campus is dominated by a central edifice that provides facilities for virtually all administrative, academic and recreational activities. In addition to modern educational facilities and office space, the building houses the women’s branch library, gymnasium and bowling alley, the building also houses a health clinic, a children's nursery and a restaurant lounge.
Al Yamamah University includes these academic programs:
- College of Business Administration: offers a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with concentration options. The concentration are as follow:
Accounting
Finance.
Insurance.
Management Information Systems.
Marketing, and Quality Management.
Quality Management.
Real Estate Management.
Family Business and Entrepreneurship.
- College of Computer and Information Systems: offers an undergraduate program leading to the bachelor of science degree with concentrations in e-commerce, graphics and multimedia, networking and security, or programming and database.
- College of Engineering and Architecture: offers a bachelor degree in engineering and architecture with major options, in the area of interior architecture, furniture design, lighting design, Architecture, building science and technology and Environmental design.
Al Yamamah University was authorized as an institution of higher learning by the Ministry of Higher Education, Al Yamamah College opened its doors to male students in September 2004 and to female students in September 2006. In 2008, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued a royal decree approving the elevation of Al Yamamah College to university status.
The university includes separate campuses for its male and female students.
The men’s campus features a main academic building that incorporates faculty and staff offices, classrooms, computer labs, a VIP room, and two small auditoriums. It also houses the SABB Investment Research Center, and Microsoft Innovation Center. Other self-standing campus facilities include the university’s main library, the grand auditorium with seating for 1,000 people, and the mosque. For sports and recreation, students use an outdoor soccer field with stadium seating, outdoor basketball and tennis courts and running tracks. The campus also features a sports and fitness center with indoor facilities for soccer and basketball, a gym with free weights, a variety of exercise machines, and a bowling alley.
The women’s campus is dominated by a central edifice that provides facilities for virtually all administrative, academic and recreational activities. In addition to modern educational facilities and office space, the building houses the women’s branch library, gymnasium and bowling alley, the building also houses a health clinic, a children's nursery and a restaurant lounge.
Al Yamamah University includes these academic programs:
- College of Business Administration: offers a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with concentration options. The concentration are as follow:
Accounting
Finance.
Insurance.
Management Information Systems.
Marketing, and Quality Management.
Quality Management.
Real Estate Management.
Family Business and Entrepreneurship.
- College of Computer and Information Systems: offers an undergraduate program leading to the bachelor of science degree with concentrations in e-commerce, graphics and multimedia, networking and security, or programming and database.
- College of Engineering and Architecture: offers a bachelor degree in engineering and architecture with major options, in the area of interior architecture, furniture design, lighting design, Architecture, building science and technology and Environmental design.