Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) visited Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan to discuss opportunities for collaboration in relation to endowment funds granted to PMU in different areas of research. Waseda University was represented by its Vice President, Prof. Dr. Katsuichi Uchida, and Dr. Eng. Takahiro Ohio, Dean of International Affairs, joined by Mr. Ryuichi Munakata and Mr. Shinichi Adachi also from the International Affairs Division. Dr. Issa Al Ansari was accompanied by Dr. Nassar Shaikh, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, Dr. Zlatica Kraljevic, Dean of Institutional Relations and Dr. Jamal Nayfeh, Dean of the College of Engineering.

In 2007, Waseda University celebrated the 125th anniversary of its founding by Shigenobu Okuma, scholar and government leader. Waseda is one of Japan's top private, co-educational institutions of higher learning. Founded as a college with three departments under the old Japanese system of higher education, it has since grown to become a comprehensive university with two senior high schools and a School of Art and Architecture. http://www.waseda.jp/eng/about.html

PMU is the first private university in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia currently enrolling over 2,000 students, with a targeted capacity of 5,500 students by 2013. Applying state-of-the-art technology to education, PMU offers twelve degrees in the areas of business, engineering and information technology, in addition to an Executive MBA program, serving Saudi men and women and international students. (http://www.pmu.edu.sa)