Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah region, inspected on Monday the construction of a branch of King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in Asfan, northern Jeddah. The Director General of Projects at the Ministry of Higher Education Dr. Talal Bin Abdulrahman Al-Raddadi, briefed the Prince on the University branch which is being constructed in an area of 25 million square meters, and which consists of colleges, student and staff housing, as well as sports facilities and an economic city. The new KAU branch will be able to accommodate as many as 25,000 male students and the same number of female students. During the inspection tour, Prince Khaled was accompanied by the Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khaled Bin Mohammed Al-Anqari and the University's President Osama Tayyib.