Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University and Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Sports signed a memorandum of cooperation in November 2016 to promote women's sport and encourage healthier lifestyles among female students in Riyadh.
The agreement focused on activating the university's sports facilities, which include sports halls, basketball and football areas, an athletics stadium, and an Olympic-size swimming pool. The spaces support a wide range of activities such as basketball, volleyball, aerobics, cycling, walking, weight-loss sessions, and full-body workouts.
The cooperation was designed to give female students greater access to well-equipped venues and to build regular physical activity into campus life. By pairing the university's infrastructure with the authority's expertise, the two sides aimed to make sport a routine part of students' daily routines.
Why it matters
The agreement supports a national goal of raising community sports participation from 13% to 40% by 2030. Expanding opportunities for women to take part in organized sport is a key part of that target, and university campuses offer a practical setting to reach large numbers of young women.
The available details do not specify any fees, application steps, validity period, or current booking channel. The former General Authority for Sports has since been replaced institutionally by the Ministry of Sport, and no renewed or replacement agreement has been confirmed in the information available.
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