#News

<
Apr 25, 2014
In the Presence of Queen Rania, University of Jordan Awards Prince Alwaleed 24th Honorary Doctorate


HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), visited the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on Tuesday 22nd April 2014, during the visit Prince Alwaleed was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in International Business from the University of Jordan in the presence of HM Queen Rania.

The degree was awarded to Prince Alwaleed by Prof. Ekhleif Tarawneh, President of the University of Jordan. HRH was honored for his significant influence on economic and social development, in addition to his support for cultural studies. This is the 24th honorary degree that HRH has thus far received.

Prince Alwaleed’s speech during the ceremony included: “In granting me an honorary doctorate degree in international business, the university is providing ample proof of the harmony between its mission and the message that sets our foundations. Both aim at reasserting their affirmation of the massage of hope and faith in development, reconstruction and excellence, above all else”.

The ceremony was attended by a delegation from KHC that included Ms. Heba Fatani, Senior Executive Manager, Corporate Communications Department and Mr. Naief Alzuhair, Website and Social Media Manager, Corporate Communications.

From HRH’s private office, the attendees were Dr. Nahla Nasser Alanbar, Private Executive Assistant to HRH the Chairman, Ms. Hassna Alturki, Department Head Travel & External Affairs, Mr. Hassan Mukhtar, Advisor to HRH the chairman, and Mr. Fahad Bin Saad Bin Nafel, Executive Assistant to HRH the Chairman and Mr. Mohammed Alfaraj, Assistant Manager Travel & External Affairs.

The delegation from Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation were Mrs. Abir Kaki, Secretary General and Dr. Alsheikh Ali Nashwan, Religious Advisor to HRH the chairman, Ms. Nauf AlRawaf Executive Manager of International Projects Department and Princess Lamia Bint Majed Bin Saud Alsaud, Executive Manager, Media and PR.

Also during the visit, Prince Alwaleed met with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and Her Majesty Queen Rania at Al Husseiniya Palace.

In 2008, Prince Alwaleed held a meeting with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan at the George V Hotel in Paris. In 1997, HRH was awarded “The Star Decoration of the First Order” by the late King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan, in recognition of the Prince’s regional and international investments and philanthropy.

Prince Alwaleed’s investments in Jordan through Kingdom Holding Company, in the hospitality sector, include the Four Seasons Amman hotel, four hotels managed by Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts; two in Petra, one in Aqaba and another in the Dead Sea, and investment in the banking sector through Citigroup.

Prince Alwaleed’s Honorary Degrees & Academic Awards

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1992

 


Doctorate of Humane Letters, honoris causa, University of New Haven.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

1998

 


Doctorate in Business Management, Kyungwon University in Seoul, Korea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

1999

 


Doctorate in Law, Syracuse University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

2002

 


Doctorate in Law, Exeter University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

2002

 


Doctorate in Law, American University in Cairo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 


Doctorate in Humanities, AlAqsa University in Gaza.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 


Doctorate of Letters, honoris causa, University for Development Studies in Ghana.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

2005

 


Honorary Doctorate of Letters, The Islamic University of  Uganda,

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 


Honorary Doctorate, The University of the 7th of November at Carthage in Tunis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 


Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration with Distinction from the International Islamic University in Malaysia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 


Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance in Malaysia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 


Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from the  Commission on Higher Education Autonomous Region in Muslim  Mindanao & Wisdom International School for Higher Education Studies in Philippines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 


Honorary Doctorate of Commercial Sciences -The St. John’s University, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 


Honorary Doctorate of Management Science - Brawijaya University- Indonesia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 


Honorary Doctorate, honoris causa, from Thracian University in Bulgaria.

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 


Honorary Doctorate, honoris causa, from Madagascar University in Antananarivo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 


Honorary Doctorate, honoris causa,-Bangui University in Republic of Central Africa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

2010

 


Honorary Doctorate, honoris causa, from Edinburgh University in Scotland, 2010. Received from the Chancellor, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

2010

 


Honorary Doctorate of Science, honoris causa-Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

2010

 


Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters-the Lebanese American University–LAU, Lebanon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 


Honorary doctorate from the Global Business School of Tarragona – Spain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 


Honorary doctorate in literature from the University of Khartoum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 


Honorary doctorate in Law, honoris causa -the University of Monash – Australia.

 

 
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, during the award ceremony for his honorary doctorate from the University of Jordan