Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Saud Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, OUS is now a recognized member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (which is part of The Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization - ISESCO)

This new achievement will give our students from Islamic countries more acceptance in their country. OUS Team and Students are thankful for His Royal Highness Prince Saud Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for all support His Royal Highness gave to OUS in order to achieve this international recognized membership.

ISESCO is a recognized Educational body in all Islamic countries. This new membership proves that OUS is a Unique Swiss Independent University. We are the first University in Switzerland to achieve this membership. 

Around 300 Universities are part of ISESCO from all over the world (including non-Islamic countries) like

• The university of Alberta in Canada
• Anton de Kom Universiteit van in Suriname
• Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique
• Tatar State University in Russia
• and more...

Following countries are part of ISESCO:

• The REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
• The HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN
• The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN
• STATE OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
• The REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
• The REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
• The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
• The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
• The KINGDOM OF BAHREIN
• SULTANATE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
• PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH
• The REPUBLIC OF BENIN
• BURKINA FASO
• The REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
• The REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
• The REPUBLIC OF CHAD
• The REPUBLIC OF TOGO
• TUNISIAN REPUBLIC
• PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA
• The REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI
• KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
• The REPUBLIC OF SUDAN
• The REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
• The SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
• REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE
• The REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL
• The FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA
• The REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
• SULTANATE OF OMAN
• The REPUBLIC OF GABON
• REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA
• The REPUBLIC OF GUYANA
• The REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
• The REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU
• The STATE OF PALESTINE
• The REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
• The STATE OF QATAR
• The UNION OF COMOROS
• KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
• The REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
• REPUBLIC OF COTE D’IVOIRE
• The STATE OF KUWAIT
• The REPUBLIC OF LEBANON
• The STATE OF LIBYA
• The REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES
• The REPUBLIC OF MALI
• MALAYSIA
• The ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
• The KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
• The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA
• The REPUBLIC OF NIGER
• The FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
• The REPUBLIC OF YEMEN