According to the decree, the Sharjah Islamic University shall be the university’s official name in English.
The university’s headquarters shall be based in Sharjah and it may have other branches and offices inside and outside the country.
Presiding a preparatory meeting for celebrating Sharjah as the capital of Islamic culture at Al Badi Al Amir Palace, Shaikh Sultan said the Sharjah Islamic University will be built on one-million-square-metre area, bringing the emirate’s total university campus area to 15 million square metres.
Source: WAM