[3] The university aims to preserve and transmit knowledge through scholarship, and encourage innovation and development in the arts and the sciences.

The main access to the Shuwaikh campus, Jamal Abdul Nassar Street, overlooks the Arabian Gulf.

[6] The university has seen its enrollment grow from about 418 to 40,000 students, faculty from 31 to 1,565, colleges from 4 to 17, and administrative and academic support personnel from 200 to more than 5,000.

Its executive powers are vested in the President, who heads the university, and is responsible for its scientific, intellectual, technical, administrative and financial affairs.

The President oversees implementation of KU laws, bylaws and the University Council's decisions, and sustenance of institutional development through policies, plans and strategies geared to advancement.

Kuwait University Libraries (KUL) information resources contain 526,000 titles/651,000 volumes of Arabic and non-Arabic monographs, reference materials, dissertations and reports.

The library catalog (OPAC) includes bibliographic records for the Arabic and foreign books and periodicals of all disciplines.

All admitted students choose the degree program they wish to join and the courses they wish to attend on a full-time basis.

An academic minor consists of a number of courses that usually constitute a less demanding specialization, taken in addition to the major.

Students who finish their program's requirements within the prescribed period and graduate with a grade point average of 3.67 are awarded an honors degree in recognition of their academic excellence.