We have reviewed the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Letter 13981 dated 13 Jumada Al-Thani 1447 [4 December 2025], which includes a copy of the Minister of Culture Telegram 2167 dated 28 Rabi Al-Awwal 1446 [1 October 2024], regarding the establishment and founding of an independent cultural university, and the clarifications provided by him and the opinion of the General Committee of the Council of Ministers in this regard,
approve the following
First
The Riyadh University of Arts is hereby established in accordance with its constitution, attached to Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers Memo 380 dated 27 Muharram 1447 [22 July 2025] .
Second
The Minister of Culture is hereby authorized to exercise the powers of the Board of Trustees of the Riyadh University of Arts—stipulated in the constitution referred to in clause First above—until the board of trustees is formed in accordance with the mentioned constitution.
Third
The Minister of Culture, in agreement with the Minister of Finance, shall determine the amount of an annual subsidy to be allocated by the state to the Riyadh University of Arts through the approved budgets of the culture sector, until the year 2030, and the allocation of government subsidies to the university after this must be considered in accordance with the established procedures.
Fourth
The approval of the regulations governing the financial affairs of the Riyadh University of Arts, as well as provisions with financial impact in regulations, policies, and the like, and any amendments to them, must be carried out in agreement with the Ministry of Finance, for the entire period during which the University receives government subsidies. The management of any costs must be from the approved budgets of the cultural sector, after re-prioritizing the expenditure, and must not entail any additional financial impact on the general budget of the state or request to increase the approved ceilings. If this is not possible, funding must be sought from the approved ceilings for the relevant approved regional and sectoral strategies. So complete what is required by it.
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
Issued on: 16 Ramadan 1447
Corresponding to: 5 March 2026
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5149 issued on 13 March 2026.