Umm Al-Qura University (UQU; Arabic: جامعة أم القرى Jāmiʿah ʾUmm Al-Qurā) is a public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The university was established as the College of Sharia (Islamic Law) in 1949 before being joined by new colleges and renamed as Umm Al-Qura by royal decree in 1981.