King Abdulaziz University

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established = 1967
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undergrad = 40,000
postgrad = 2,000
doctoral = 900
city = Jeddah
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King Abdulaziz University (KAU) ( _ar. جامعة الملك عبد العزيز) was founded in 1967 in Saudi Arabia, 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

Faculty of Engineering

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

These programs are accredited by ABET as Substantially Equivalent Programs since 2003

http://www.abet.org/subequi.shtml

Faculty of Medicine

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

Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences

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
* X Rays Technology
* Clinical Nutrition
* Nursing

Faculty of Pharmaceuticals

Established in 2003. Now it has the following Departments:
* Pharmacology & Toxicology Science
* Natural Products
* Dispensaries
* Pharmaceutical Chemistry
* Clinical Pharmacology

Faculty of Dentistry

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 ["About KAU Dentistry" - [http://www.kau.edu.sa/faculties/dentistry/index.htm Faculty of Dentistry website] ]

Faculty of Economics & Administration

The Faculty is one of the largest colleges in the KAU, and has graduated the most famous KAU's alumnus. It has the following Departments:
* Economics
* Accounting
* General Administration
* Business Administration
* Politics
* Law
* Systems Technology

Faculty of Home Economics

Established in 1982, the faculty nowadays has 6 Departments:
* Nutrition
* Children Studies
* Pedagogy
* Religious Pedagogy
* Sewing
* House Administration

Faculty of Sciences

The Faculty was established in 1973. and it has now the following departments [" [http://www.kau.edu.sa/Faculties/Science/scij/editorialboard.htm Journal board of college of sciences] ". ] :
* Mathematics
* Physics
* Chemistry
* Biology
* Statistics
* Astronomy
* Biochemistry

and the department of Computer Science has been moved to "Faculty of Computing and Information Technology"

Faculty of Earth Sciences

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 at 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 the amalgamation of the Institute of Applied Geology and the Geology Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the KAU in 1978.It has these departments:
* Mineral Resources and Rocks
* Petroleum Geology and Sedimentology
* Structural Geology and Remote Sensing
* Geophysics
* Hydrogeology
* Engineering Geology
* Technical Training

Faculty of Marine Sciences

It contains five departments:
* Marine Biology
* Marine Chemistry
* Marine Physics
* Marine Geology
* Maritime Studies

Faculty of Meteorology & Agriculture

This Faculty was established as a Meteorological Institute by the "Ministry of Defense and Aviation" in the year 1974. Several years later it was upgraded into the Faculty of Meteorology, Agriculture and Environmental Studies, with the following departments: [" [http://www.kau.edu.sa/meteorology/ Website of meteorology] ". ] :
* Meteorology.
* Environmental Sciences.
* Agriculture.
* Hydrology and Water Resources.

Faculty of Environmental Designs

The Faculty of Environmental 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.

Faculty of Art & Humanities

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 [" [http://www.kau.edu.sa/Default.aspx?Site_ID=125&lng=AR ("Arabic") Faculty of Art & Humanities website] ". ]

Faculty of Community

officially an institute with 2 divisions:
* Computer Information Technology (CIT) Division.
* Business Information Technology (BIT) Division.

Faculty of Computing & Information Technology

Established in 2006, it was originally the department of computer sciences within the Sciences Faculty and converted in 2006 to Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, with 3 departments [" [http://www.kau.edu.sa/Default.aspx?Site_ID=611&lng=AR ("Arabic") Faculty of Computing & Information Technology website] ". ] :
* Computer Science
* Information Technology
* Information Systems

Notable alumni

* Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, Saudi economist, owner of Al Rajhi Bank, the 38th richest person in the world.
* Osama Bin Laden, attended but it is unknown if he graduated or not, founder of al-Qaeda.
* Amr Dabbagh: Saudi economist and businessman. Member of World Economic Forum and founder of Jeddah Economic Forum
* 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.
* Abdallah Bin Bayyah, famous Muslim scholar, teaches in the university. Bin Bayyah holds the Muritanian citizenship.

See also

* List of universities in Saudi Arabia

Notes & References

External links

* [http://www.kau.edu.sa University Website]