King Abdulaziz University
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Coordinates: 21°29′38″N 39°15′1″E / 21.49389°N 39.25028°E
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| جامعة الملك عبد العزيز | |
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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 |
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King Abdulaziz University (KAU) (Arabic: 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 by a group of businessmen led by Sheikh Muhammad Abu Bakr Bakhashab Pasha and including the writer Hamza Bogary,[1] King Abdulaziz University was converted to a state university in 1971.
[edit] Faculties
[edit] Engineering
College departments:
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These programs are accredited by ABET as Substantially Equivalent Programs since 2003.[2]
[edit] Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine was established in 1975. Later in 1977, University Hospital was established to provide teaching facilities for both medical and nursing students. It has the following Departments:
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[edit] Applied Medical Sciences
Established in 2003, it was a branch of faculty of medicine since 1981. This faculty is now one of the four major Health Faculties in the Medical Center. It has the Following departments:
- Medical Laboratories.
- Natural Medication
- X Rays Technology
- Clinical Nutrition
- Nursing
[edit] Pharmaceuticals
Established in 2003, it now has the following Departments:
- Pharmacology & Toxicology Science
- Natural Products
- Dispensaries
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Clinical Pharmacology
[edit] 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
[edit] Economics and Administration
The Faculty is the oldest college in KAU, And one of the largest colleges, and has graduated the most famous KAU's alumnus. It has the following Departments:
- Economics
- Accounting
- General Administration
- Business Administration
- Politics
- Law
- Systems Technology
[edit] House Economics
Established in 1982, the faculty nowadays has 6 Departments:
- Nutrition
- Children Studies
- Pedagogy
- Religious Pedagogy
- Sewing
- House Administration
[edit] Sciences
The Faculty was established in 1973. It has now the following departments[4]:
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Statistics
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
The department of Computer Science has been moved to Faculty of Computing and Information Technology.
[edit] 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
[edit] Marine Sciences
It contains five departments:
- Marine Biology
- Marine Chemistry
- Marine Physics
- Marine Geology
- Maritime Studies
[edit] Meteorology and 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:[5]:
- Meteorology.
- Environmental Sciences.
- Agriculture.
- Hydrology and Water Resources.
[edit] Environment 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.
[edit] Art and Humanities
The faculty established in 1970. The English language department 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
- English Language Centre
- Geography
- History
- Library & Information Science
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Mass Communication
- Islamic Studies
[edit] English Language Centre
English Language Centre is one of the major nerve centers of the KAU. It promotes quality training to the learners of English as a Foreign Language and hones their communication skills.ELC is up graded to a centre in 2008. Presently, it comprises more than 160 faculties of English from across the world with potential teaching skills and experience in imparting the English language skills.
The faculty is from US, UK, New Zealand, India, Tunisia, and Pakistan.
[edit] Faculty of Education (Teachers College earlier)
This Faculty was established in Jeddah in 1988 and began the study in the first quarter of 1989 in a temporary building was dedicated to school. In the first semester in 1994 College moved to its new building located adjacent to the old building of the provisional, with the construction of two of the three roles on the total land area (20,000) square meters.
The school was affiliated to ministry of Education's decision to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, to include teacher-training colleges to universities in 2007. It also grants a bachelor's degree in education in the divisions of 14:
- Quranic studies
- Islamic Studies
- Arabic language
- Mathematics
- SCIENCES
- Education and Psychology
- Curricula and teaching methods
- Educational Technology
- Special Education
- Computerized
- English Language
- Art Education
- Physical Education
- Department of Social Studies
And also gives Diploma laboratories.
[edit] Community
Officially an institute with 2 divisions:
- Computer Information Technology (CIT) Division.
- Business Information Technology (BIT) Division.
[edit] Computing and 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[6]:
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Information Systems
[edit] King Fahd Medical Research Center
The King Fahd Medical Research Center (KFMRC) was established in 1980 to serve medical research and postgraduate studies. The KMRC is a part of the Medical Center which includes the faculties of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, applied technology, and nursing. This is a purpose built scientific research facility with more than 24 modern and efficient laboratories. The center has the capacity to expand more and been increasing its research units almost yearly. The latest addition is a central laboratory that houses highly sophisticated and expensive equipments with the capacity for analysis of almost any biochemical material.
[edit] 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 World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2006.
- Abdallah Bin Bayyah, famous Muslim scholar, teaches in the university. Bin Bayyah holds a Mauritanian citizenship.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ King Abdulaziz University list of founders.
- ^ http://www.abet.org/subequi.shtml
- ^ About KAU Dentistry - Faculty of Dentistry website
- ^ Journal board of college of sciences.
- ^ Website of meteorology.
- ^ (Arabic) Faculty of Computing & Information Technology website.
