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Umm al-Qura University is a prestigious public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It was established as the College of Shari`a (Islamic Law) in 1949 before being joined by new colleges and renamed Umm al-Qura by royal decree in 1981. Umm Al-Qura university is primarily an Islamic university that offers degrees in Islamic Law and Arabic language studies. However, it offers degrees in medicine as well some applied sciences.