King Saud University

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The King Saud University (Arabic: جامعة الملك سعود, DMG Ǧāmi ʿ at al -Malik Sa ʿ ūd, English: King Saud University) is a university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with around 50,000 students.

The university was founded in 1957 by King Saud ibn Abd al - Aziz as Riyadh University and is the oldest university in Saudi Arabia. The University has long been the only higher education institution in the country with secular rather than the Islamic curriculum. In 1982 it was renamed in its present name.

Since the start of production of the Gazal -1 on 16 June 2010, King Saud University is an official automotive manufacturer and is at the same time as the first automotive brand in Saudi Arabia. The licenses of the Gazal -1 all located in the property of the University.

On the campus of the university is to run from the end of 2011 the trolleybus Riyadh, he will be the first in the country.