His Excellency Prof. Abdullah bin Omar Bahusain Bafail, President of Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), issued an administrative decision for the establishment of a general administration called "The General Administration for Self Resources", which will be directly affiliated to His Excellency.

This decision emanated from UQU's vision to organize and follow-up the activities that finance the revenues resulting from the provision of the educational services and programs as well as the research projects and studies by different sectors of the university. It is also a result of the university's vision to enter into strategic investment partnerships with the private sector, in a manner that achieves a profitable investment return.