Kuwait University
Kuwait University is the main forum of academic discussion in Kuwait.  It is a co-ed institution made up of five campuses in Kuwait City. When courses started there, students studied in a combined Faculty of Science, Arts and Education. In addition, there was the Girl's College.  An Amiri Decree was passed in April, 1966 on the organization of higher education in Kuwait. Following this, the Kuwait University (KU) came into being with the establishment of two faculties: the Faculties of Science, Arts and Education and the Girl’s College. Full-fledged studies started in 1966-67 with 418 students and 31 faculty members.

Kuwait University is considered to be one of the oldest universities in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. It is preceded by only three universities in Saudi Arabia. University of Kuwait offers a profound learning experience, symbolizing the students hope for tomorrow. Its programs are diverse and competitive, challenging minds, inducing critical thinking and encouraging creativity through a multitude of exposures, interactions and experiences that are unique, and intellectually stimulating.

In the first batch, 359 students were Kuwaitis. The number of students admitted at the University represented 70 per cent of the total number of students who passed the secondary school certificate examinations. Females represented 42 per cent of the total number of students enrolled that year.

Soon, the new university was expanded. Its days of prosperity and fame started with the growth in the number of students and faculty. The number of the registered students in 1984-85 in the first academic term was over 15,000. The number of staff members increased 28 times over the same period. The university’s 13 colleges offer wide ranging programs in sciences and humanities at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels, with an internationally renowned and culturally diverse community of professors and academicians, providing the highest level of teaching, research and scholarship.

The university budget provides for scientific, technical and administrative expertise to secure sound work procedures. Among the specialized study centers that the university has is a Language Centre that was established during the academic year 1973-74. It was started as the technical and administrative authority entrusted with the teaching of all foreign language courses in the university.

The aim of the University is to allow its students to benefit from the fruits of knowledge, culture, heritage and intellectual creation, to develop human resources, raise their productive ability and their cultural and social level, and to contribute to society’s development. Today, Kuwait University has expanded and grown to be recognized internationally as one of the most prominent universities in the Gulf.

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