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World's Largest Islamic University for Women : Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

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Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Campus services and facilities

The campus was constructed in a record time of two years, supported by 75,000 construction workers and the latest building machinery and methodologies. It is 8 million square meters in size,[8] with a maximum capacity of 60,000 students. The campus has 600 high-tech, smart buildings, large-capacity student dormitories, various models of faculty residence units, and three spacious, state-of-the-art recreation centers. In addition, it has pre-schools, primary schools, intermediate and secondary schools. It also has an elegant central library, research centers, a university hospital, student support centers, sport facilities that students can use,[9] a convention center and an automated metro system.

Sustainable Design

  • Water recycling plant
  • Solar thermal plant
  • 4000 sq. meters of Solar Panels, which provide 16% of heating and 18% of air-conditioning needs
38 of the university’s buildings, totaling a million square meters, have been submitted for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating and the library has applied for the second highest LEED "Gold" rating.

Central Library

The library holds over 2 million books in both Arabic and English with a maximum capacity of 5 million, in addition to numerous journal subscriptions, government publications, dissertations, databases, and manuscripts.[3]

Research Centers

Social Research and Women's Studies
  • Social Science Research.
  • Women's Studies Research
  • Human and Social Development Research
  • Natural Sciences Research Center
Aljazeera Chair
Academic Societies Established
  • Saudi Society for Child Care.
  • Arabic Language Society.

Student Support Centers

  • Clubs and Student Councils
  • Meeting Rooms and Offices
  • Media and screening rooms
  • Restaurants and Cafes
  • Banquet Halls
  • Bookstore
  • Pharmacy
  • Supermarket
  • Bank

Convention center

  • 2 large halls
  • 2,700 seats (largest in the country)
  • 1,350 seats
  • 13 conference and meeting rooms.

Transportation

Due to the physical size of the campus, an efficient means of transporting students needed to be developed. To this end, a 11.5 km automated guideway transit system, the Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Automated People Mover (PNU-APM), was constructed. The network, built to light metro standards, opened in 2012 and has 4 lines and 14 stations.[10] It has 22 two car AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro trains, each having a maximum capacity of up to 110 passengers and a maximum speed of 60 km/h.[11] The driverless technology used in the trains is the same as that of the Copenhagen Metro.[8][11]

International partnerships

Memberships in Regional and International Associations



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