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His Royal Highness Prince Dr. Faisal bin Meshal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Qassim Region, praised the achievements made by the university during the past period, the academic and institutional accreditations obtained by the university and the advanced and distinguished positions it has achieved in local and international rankings, thanking His Excellency the President of the university, Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Dawood, its vice presidents, deans, and all university employees, stressing that this outstanding model gives us an indication that there are men working for this university to rise to the highest levels.
This came during the graduation ceremony of the eighteenth batch of the university, which was held today, Tuesday, 12/11/1442 A.H., in the main lobby of the university city, in accordance with the specified protocol and the precautionary measures followed, where His Highness congratulated all male and female graduates on this occasion, expressing his happiness in celebrating this outstanding and distinguished cohort in person after we have been celebrating the graduation of our male and female students remotely in the past period. His Highness expressed his happiness in celebrating this distinguished and distinguished group of graduates in person after we have been celebrating the graduation of our male and female students remotely during the past period, asking God Almighty to preserve our wise leadership under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - may God protect them - and his Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman - may God protect them.
HH the Emir of Qassim praised the efforts of the dedicated men of this country who are at the top of the education pyramid at the Ministry of Education, universities and colleges, and their efforts to prepare the sons and daughters of this country to be active members of society, and thanked HE Minister of Education Dr. Hamad Al-Sheikh and all those who work diligently and sincerely.
Addressing the graduates, His Highness said: "I recommend you to fear God, I recommend you to the Big House, I recommend you to the homeland, and I recommend you to defend the homeland, by word and letter. Defend your homeland at all times, not only with weapons, but even in your home, your car, and anywhere when you hear those who offend your homeland, defend it with all merit and patriotism, and ask God to keep this country safe and secure and to be a role model in all fields and ask God to triumph his religion and exalt his word."
For his part, His Excellency Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Dawood, President of Qassim University, expressed his great pleasure in holding this ceremony in the presence of His Highness the Emir of the region and with the honor of the families of the graduates, after life began to partially return to normal after the closure caused by the Corona pandemic, saying that our celebration today according to the specified protocol is one of the manifestations of this return, indicating that this would not have happened without the grace of God, then the great efforts made and exerted by our wise government to control this pandemic that affected the whole world.
Al-Dawood extended his thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and His Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - may Allah protect them - for their efforts for the sake of science, knowledge and education. He also thanked His Highness the Emir of the region for his continuous support and patronage of the university and His Excellency the Minister of Education for his efforts in support and follow-up, stressing that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was an example of a conscious and caring state that exerts its efforts to preserve the lives of its citizens and residents on its pure land regardless of their gender, religion or language, which is no wonder as caring for and maintaining human beings is a methodology.
He congratulated the graduates on this occasion and congratulated them on their graduation from the university after many years of hard work, patience, perseverance and endurance, saying: He congratulated the graduates on this occasion and congratulated them on their graduation from the university after many years of hard work, patience, perseverance and endurance, saying: "Here you are reaching the goal and reaching the end, so praise Allah for the graduation and thank Him for the completion. I also recommend you to be sincere in your work, diligent in your giving, exerting all your efforts in loyalty to this dear homeland that nurtured you with education, guidance and direction, and to be good building blocks that build, protect and defend under the shadows of your wise leadership and your blessed homeland."
Addressing the graduates, Al-Dawood said: "You have graduated from a prestigious scientific institution that took it upon itself to fulfill the vision of its wise leadership: You have graduated, praise be to God, from a prestigious scientific institution that took it upon itself to realize the vision of its wise leadership, and did its best to achieve successes, until it became advanced in the ladder of national and international universities, and it is enough to mention its entry into the international QS ranking for universities, and obtaining an advanced rank among universities in the world, indicating that the university obtained full institutional accreditation for the second time as the third Saudi university, and entered more than fourteen international rankings. In addition to its graduates obtaining high pass rates in the tests of employment bodies, the most important of which were the tests of the Health Specialties Authority, where the university graduates achieved advanced levels at the level of Saudi universities.
His Excellency the President of the University praised these achievements, which would not have been possible without God and then the great services and directives exerted by the wise leadership, which supports the scientific and educational renaissance of this country, and the support, guidance and stimulation received by the University from His Highness the Emir of the region. He also extended his thanks and appreciation to the colleagues of the University staff who make great efforts at all levels, which helps the University to develop itself, enrich its status, and fulfill its mission, hoping to achieve local and international excellence.
For his part, Dr. Fahad Al-Ahmad, Dean of the Deanship of Admission and Registration at the university, expressed the pride of the nation, the pride of the university and the joy of its officials in the outcome and harvest of a whole year, in this exceptional year full of changes and developments, and full of challenges that created achievements, the most important of which was the wedding of nearly 12 thousand male and female graduates, the fruit of the summer semester of last year and the first and second semester of 1442 AH, in various humanitarian, sharia, social, medical, health, engineering and scientific disciplines.
Al-Ahmad explained that female students accounted for nearly seventy percent of the total number of graduates, as the number of female graduates in all stages reached 8077 graduates, distributed among 7730 graduates for the bachelor's stage, 258 graduates for the master's stage, 24 graduates for the doctoral stage, and 65 graduates for the diploma stage The number of male graduates amounted to 3799 graduates of all stages, distributed among 3158 graduates of the bachelor's stage, 110 graduates of the master's stage, 42 graduates of the doctoral stage, and 489 graduates of the diploma stage.
The Dean of the Deanship of Admission and Registration congratulated the graduates who today feel the joy of graduation, as the university celebrates them and shares with them and their parents the moment of joy and feelings of pride, asking Allah Almighty to grant them success in their future lives and join the labor market to serve their religion, their country and their leadership, and to preserve our dear country and keep it safe and secure.
In their speech, the two graduates expressed their thanks on behalf of all graduates to their dear country and their wise leadership, which provided them with all forms of support and assistance at all stages of education, and did not hesitate to provide everything for the health and future of its children. They also extended their sincere thanks to Qassim University and all its employees, expressing their pride and pride in their affiliation with this great scientific edifice.
After that, a story was presented by a blind student "Jihan", who obtained a bachelor's degree in Islamic Sharia, during which she talked about how visual disability was not a barrier to success, but rather a motivation to achieve more achievements, after she lost the gift of sight but did not lose her vision, turning her disability into an energy of light, fueled by determination and determination to compete for the first ranks of excellence.
