Alfaisal University

Alfaisal University is a private, non-profit, research university located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the second co-educational university in Saudi Arabia after KAUST. It commenced its academic programs in 2007. The university was founded by a consortium of King Faisal Foundation, Harvard, MIT, Cambridge, ISU, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, KACST, MODON, Thales, Saudi Aramco and Boeing. The College of Medicine is established in partnership with King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center and Security Forces Hospital. KFSC is a state-of-the-art 894 bed Joint Commission... International-accredited academic medical facility located in Riyadh. The teaching hospital has collaborations with Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, UCLA, and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Partners Harvard Medical International , a subsidiary of Harvard University, has collaborated with Alfaisal on the development of the curriculum, design of the facilities, organization of the administrative structure and development of the faculty. PHMI shares in the advisory board and other administrative bodies within the college.
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