JEDDAH: Effat University has become the first university in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region to receive institutional accreditation from the New England Commission of Higher Education. The accreditation also makes Effat the fifth university in the Middle East to receive recognition from NECHE, a US-based nonprofit institutional accreditor recognized by the US Department of Education. It follows an evaluation of the university against standards covering areas including governance, academic progra

Source: Arab News