What is Osama Bin Laden's educational background?

[benburch]

I was unable to find much while Googling. I know he is said to have been an Engineer, but where did he go to school for that?

[democracyindanger]

1. 1979: Finishes his education as civil engineer

at King Abdul Aziz University of Jedda.

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/osama_b_laden.htm

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[Eric J in MN]

3. King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah in 1979

From wikipedia:

His family originally came from Hadhramaut, Yemen. He was raised as a devout Sunni Muslim and in interviews he frequently invokes Allah (God). After his graduation from secondary school in 1973, bin Laden went to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and allegedly frequented bars and nightclubs. As a college student, he studied business and project administration. He also earned a degree in civil engineering from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah in 1979, possibly in preparation for taking over parts of his father's extensive construction and civil engineering business.

[Just Me]

7. Maybe, he was being prepped to be an EHM.

(Economic Hitman) After all, they are tied to multi-national (re)construction corps. Then, when he got wind of the reality, he became a recalcitrant,...or, maybe not.

[stellanoir]

4. CIA 101

how to undermine a superpower circa late 80's. (hint-economically)

[Cocoa]

13. yep he's the CIA's star pupil n/t

[Frederik]

5. Not sure

I often read that he supposedly don't speak English, but I'm not sure if that is true. He used to live in Beirut, Lebanon, in the 70s. He's an engineer, of that I'm certain.

[ET Awful]

6. He went to Yale, he's Skull & Bones :) n/t

[leftofthedial]

8. wouldn't surprise me in the least

[Henny Penny]

9. i wrote that in post #2 and they deleted it!!!!!!

[fortyfeetunder]

10. Civil engineering

The irony, the profession responsible for structural creations as buildings, bridges, infrastructure, and the like. Too bad he took the direction toward destruction....with a little encouragement from...

[idlisambar]

11. A civil engineering background could be helpful in his line of work n/t

[Henny Penny]

14. with a little encouragement from...

his boss???

[Mugweed]

12. More important:

Rich family. Lots of money attracts parasites like the Bush family. That's why Bush 41 and Osama's dad are such good buddies (mutual profit). We don't hear much about Osama's dad or siblings anymore, do we? Have they all died? You can't tell me that NONE of them have been in contact with Osama since 09/11/01.

[Flucius]

15. He graduated

with a degree in public administration from the university in Jiddah. Although he's supposed to have a degree in civil engineering, I read somewhere that that isn't the case (although he has a background in it from his family's work in construction). He also purportedly spent some time in England in the late '70's and is/was a supporter of Arsenal FC.