Increase in Student Enrollment for the Second Semester

Mr. Sulaiman Maqbool, Director of Undergraduate Student Affairs at the Islamic University of Minnesota, announced that the number of enrolled students for the second semester has reached 1,643, following the addition of 653 new students, comprising 653 male and 990 female students.

Sulaiman explained that the Business Administration Department in the College of Economics and Business Administration ranks first in terms of student numbers, followed by the Cybersecurity and Networking Department in the College of Computer Science and Information Technology, then the Arabic Language Studies Department in the College of Islamic Studies, the Law Department in the College of Sharia and Law, and finally the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Department.

In terms of colleges, the College of Computer Science and Information Technology leads the list, followed by the College of Economics and Business Administration, then the College of Islamic Studies, the College of Arts and Humanities, and finally the College of Sharia and Law.

Regarding the nationalities of the students, Mr. Suleiman pointed out that Yemen ranks first, followed by Syria, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, among more than 60 nationalities represented by the students, with the majority coming from Asia and Africa, followed by students from Europe and North America.

In a related context, Ms. Omaima Adel, Director of Graduate Student Affairs, stated that the number of graduate students in the second semester is 441, with 327 in the master's program and 114 in the doctoral program.

She added that the College of Sharia and Law has the highest number of graduate students, followed by the College of Islamic Studies, and then the College of Economics and Business Administration. At the departmental level, the Business Administration Department in the College of Economics and Business Administration ranks first, followed by the Department of Jurisprudence and Its Foundations in the College of Sharia and Law, and the Department of the Quran and Its Sciences in the College of Islamic Studies.

Omaima noted that there are 124 female students in both programs, while the number of male students is 317. They belong to more than 50 nationalities, with Yemen leading, followed by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Somalia, and Djibouti.