Under the auspices of the custodian of the two Holy Mosques, the International Conference of higher education discusses the social responsibility of universities

Under the auspices of the custodian of the two Holy Mosques, Dr. “Khalid Bin Mohamed Al Anqari”, Minister of Higher Education, opened on Tuesday (15/4/2014) the “International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education” (IECHE) in its fifth session, under the slogan “Innovation in Higher Education”.

The exhibition, which runs through Thursday (17/04/2014) (436) university and the international organizations from (37) countries, and (15) Saudi university and organization, during the exhibition and conference (75) workshops will take place in addition to a number of public lectures with (22) international experts speaking, which provides an opportunity for students visiting the exhibition to be introduced to best leading universities.

The Minister said "the Conference and Exhibition is to strengthen cooperation between Saudi universities and their international counterparts, to achieve  scientific partnership between them, which we saw the fruits of in the previous Exhibition and Conference sessions, which confirms the quality of our universities at the international level", he added that the Ministry had invited to participate in the Exhibition and Conference the best universities on the world ratings list, along with a number of higher education institutions and other relevant international organizations, also Saudi universities, higher institutes, measurement and evaluation authorities, accreditation, e-learning, distance education, centers of research and studies are participating in the Exhibition and the Conference, his Excellency also stressed the importance of providing fair opportunity to introduce leaders and officials of the leading universities in the world, and professionals and experts in higher education to the scientific and practical potential of Saudi universities, and the opportunity for an exchange of experiences between participants in practical and scientific areas in the higher education sector, and strengthen ties among them, pointing to the importance of addressing the main theme of the Conference of the social responsibility of universities.