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King Abdulaziz University
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| Established | 1967 |
| Type: | Public |
| Rector: | Prof. Habibullah B. |
| Principal: | Prof. Taieb, O. |
| Staff: | 2,300 |
| Undergraduates: | 40,000 |
| Postgraduates: | 2,000 |
| Doctoral students: | 900 |
| Location | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Campus: | Both urban and rural. |
| Nickname: | KAU |
| Website: | http://www.kau.edu.sa |
King Abdulaziz University (KAU) (Arabic: جامعة الملك عبد العزيز) was founded in 1967, and had 2,000 teachers and more than 37,000 students in 2000/2001. Established initially as a private university, King Abdulaziz University was converted to a state university in 1971. It has the following Faculties:
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Economics and Administration
- Faculty of House Economics
- Faculty of Sciences
- Faculty of Earth Sciences
- Faculty of Marine Sciences
- Faculty of Meteorology and Agriculture
- Faculty of Environment Designing
- Faculty of Art and Humanities
- Faculty of Community
- Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
College departments:
- Nuclear Engineering
- Aeronautical Engineering Department
- Chemical & Materials Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Production Engineering and Mechanical Systems Design
- Thermal Engineering and Desalination Technology
The Faculty of Medicine was established in 1975. And later on 1977, University Hospital was established to provide teaching facilities for both medical and nursing students. It has the following Departments:
- Medical Biology
- Medical Physics
- Medical Chemistry
- Anatomy
- Medical Microbiology
- Human Pathology
- Surgery
- Anesthesia
- Roentgenology
- Community Medicine
- Physiology
- Parasitology
- Molecular Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Internal Medicine
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- ENT
- Eye Surgery
- Hematology
- Urology
- Orthopedics
Established in 2003. (was a branch of faculty of medicine since 1981) This faculty is now one of the four major Health Faculties in the campus of the Medical Center of KAU. it has the Following departments:
- Medical Laboratories.
- Natural Medication
- XRays Technology
- Clinical Nutrition
- Nursing
Established in 2003. Now it has the following Departments:
- Pharmacology & Toxicology Sciense
- Natural Products
- Dispensaries
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Clinical Pharmacology
The establishment of the Faculty of Dentistry and its four departments at KAU was in 1985. The college departments are:
- Oral Basic and Clinical Sciences
- Oral/Maxillofacial Rehabilitation
- Preventive Dental Sciences
- Conservative Dental Sciences
The Faculty is one of the largest colleges in the KAU, and has graduated the most famous KAU's alumnis. It has the following Departments:
- Economics
- Accounting
- General Administration
- Business Administration
- Politics
- Law
- Systems Technology
Established in 1982, the faculty nowadays has 6 Departments:
- Nutrition
- Children Studies
- Pedagogy
- Religious Pedagogy
- Sewing
- House Administration
The Faculty was established in 1973. and it has now the following departments[2]:
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Statistics
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
and the department of Computer Science has been moved to Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
The Faculty occupies two modern and well-equipped two-story buildings within the premises of KAU. In 1970 ,the Ministry of Petroleum established the Center of Applied Geology for training graduate geologists in geological mapping and mineral exploration. The training program of the Center was later expanded to include hydrogeology and engineering geology. In 1975, the Center was attached to the KAU as the Institute of Applied Geology. The Faculty of Earth Sciences in its current embodiment is the result of amalgamation of the Institute of Applied Geology and the Geology Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the KAU in 1978. and now it has these departments:
- Mineral Resources and Rocks
- Petroleum Geology and Sedimentology
- Structural Geology and Remote Sensing
- Geophysics
- Hydrogeology
- Engineering Geology
- Technical Training
It contains five departments:
- Marine Biology
- Marine Chemistry
- Marine Physics
- Marine Geology
- Maritime Studies
This Faculty was established as a Meteoroloical Institute by the Ministry of Defense and Aviation in the year 1974. After several years later it was upgraded into the Faculty of Meteorology, Agriculture and Environmental Studies. with the following departments[3]:
- Meteorology.
- Environmental Sciences.
- Agriculture.
- Hydrology and Water Resources.
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The Faculty of Enironmental Designs was first established in 1976 as a part of Faculty of Engineering in order to eventually develop as an independent faculty. The faculty eventually did separate because of the many differences between engineering and environmental design. Independent study program was prepared accordingly. The school curriculum was based on the curriculum developed by Harvard University.
The faculty established in 1970. The English language Dept. was the first department opened in 1970 which was changed to Department of European Languages. The establishment of the faculty passed through a number of stages. In 1992-93 the separation of two faculties (Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Economics) took place as it was a combined for the first year as a preparatory year, and the preparatory year was abandon entirely before. The faculty of Arts is the second biggest faculty in the KAU, contains nine departments:
- Arabic Language & Literature
- European Languages & Literature
- Geography
- History
- Library & Information Science
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Mass Communication
- Islamic Studies
officially an instittue with 2 divisions:
- Computer Information Technology (CIT) Division.
- Business Information Technology (BIT) Division.
Established in 2006 , it was the department of Computer science in Sciences Faculty , and converted in 2006 to Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology with 3 departments[5]:
- Computer Science.
- Information Technology.
- Information Systems.
- Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, Saudi economist, owner of Al Rajhi Bank, #37, world's richest person.
- Osama Bin Laden, Attended but it is unknown if he graduated or not, founder of al-Qaeda.
- Amr Dabbagh: Saudi economist and businessman.
- Nahed Taher, Saudi economist, chief executive officer of Gulf One Investment Bank. Ranked 72nd in Forbes Magazine's list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 2006.
- ^ About KAU Dentistry - Faculty of Dentistry website
- ^ Journal board of college of sciences.
- ^ Website of meteorology.
- ^ Faculty of Art & Humanities website.
- ^ Faculty of Computing & Information Technology website.
- University Website
- King Abdul Aziz University Sport Center Images from worldarab.net