Graduate Catalogue 2023-2024
VISION Effat University prepares aspirational and effective leaders of international quality who contribute to national and global progress by interweaving Effat University Core Values into an innovative education which creates a culture of broad inquiry, intellectual engagement, and valuable societal impact.
MISSION Effat University strives to be recognized among the world’s higher educational institutions contributing to scientific discovery and innovation presenting solutions to societal challenges and serving as an agent of change that advances inspired leaders and scholars in fulfilling Queen Effat Al-Thunayan Al-Saud’s vision.
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ACCREDITATION Effat University is a degree-granting institution, fully licensed by the Ministry of Higher Education of Higher Education of Saudi Arabia. Effat University’s Final License Number is 327/A. Date 8/2/1430. The University is fully accredited by the Saudi Arabian Education Evaluation Commission – National Center for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (ETEC-NCAAA). Effat University has achieved full institutional re-accreditation from 2017 to 2024. All the bachelor degrees that have graduated students under its four colleges have received national accreditation and reaccreditation up to the years 2020, 2022 and 2024. The College of Engineering and all its bachelor programs have received full international accreditation from ABET from 2015 up to 2023. Also, the architecture program at Effat University has recently received accreditation from The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). In addition to winning the prestigious King Abdulaziz Quality Award, Effat University was also awarded five stars in the categories of Employability and Facilities, and four stars in the category of Teaching by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in 2015. It has also been ranked among the Top Arab Universities in the QS Arab Universities Rankings Since 2018. Effat is Also a member of the Association of Arab Universities.
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