KKU INFO - About the university

Speech from university employees

Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and companions. On my own behalf and on behalf of the members of the university, I would like to welcome you to King Khalid University. This university is one of the beacons of light in knowledge and education that our leadership has provided full attention and care for, under the guidance of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince - May God protect them all-. At King Khalid University, we work as a unified force to accomplish a comprehensive academic transformation in line with Saudi Vision 2030, and giving the upmost importance to the three pillars of a modern university; education, research, and community service. In this context, the university is keen to encourage its colleagues, male and female faculty members, to perform their duties to the fullest extent, and will spare nothing in order to serve and motivate them. The university is also keen to attract outstanding faculty members to contribute to the establishment of scientific teams that bring together different outlooks and international experiences. The university aspires to cooperate in this regard with prestigious international universities. The university is aware of the importance of research, which is a feature of our modern times in all aspects, as all tools of development are built upon results of research. The university works to enrich exceptional research culture among its employees through financing applied and theoretical research projects and support writing and translation projects, reaching distinguished international publishing. The university aspires to provide unique services for the Saudi society and the community of the region of Asir in particular, and aims to develop a connection between its programs and the needs of society with all its government and private sectors. The university ensures to provide performance-based skill development to all age groups that will help them with improving their careers, and their lives at large. The university is committed to the principle of fairness in providing opportunities to all programs and specializations and aims to provide a proper work environment that highlight every department in the university, because scientific departments are the fundamental units for serious academic work. The university is highly interested in entrepreneurship through enriching cooperation with the private sectors and building academic programs that are acutely tied with the needs of local modern society and providing remote educational opportunities for a number of programs, in line with students' needs and the capabilities of the university's departments. Students' service and qualification is one of the university leading goals, as it ensures to follow the most prestigious methods of teaching and training to encourage students to be productive citizens that are welcomed in government and private authorities. The university follows modern methods of development in various fields of knowledge, aiming for international academic accreditation to achieve exceptional success, through benefiting from international universities' experiences while keeping the balance between our values and modern scientific principles.