Riyadh, Ramadan 8, 1437, Jun 13, 2016, SPA -- The United States of America has topped the world countries in receiving Saudi students of King Abdullah Foreign Scholarship Program by 30%, followed by Britain with 15%, Canada 11% and Australia 08%, registering more than 84,000 Saudi males and females on scholarships while the number of the first Saudi student mission to the United States in 1947 was made up of (30) students enrolled at the University of Texas. The total number of Saudis studying in universities across the United States of America exceeds 125,000 of Saudi males and females on scholarships and their companions, as well as students studying at their own expense and staff on scholarships to benefit from the scientific expertise of which the global prestigious universities are full, including the American Universities, supervised by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission which was established in the United States for more than 60 years. This move comes as part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's interest, since its inception by the late King Abdulaziz Al Saud, in education as an important pillar of the Saudi human building, so that the leaders of this blessed country go on this approach until the current era of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who has spared no effort to support education and the educated in various disciplines. --More 14:04 LOCAL TIME 11:04 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w