King Saud University

Primary tabs

Levels

Undergraduate

King Saud University is the premier university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is highly respected in Arab and Muslim countries. It is the oldest university in Saudi Arabia and has educated many members of the national business, political and academic elite, including the royal family. The university offers a broad range of undergraduate courses in the natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities and professional studies. Tuition is completely free and generous scholarships are available for Saudi and international students. The medium of instruction in undergraduate programs is English for medicine and engineering and Arabic for other subjects. Applicants are required to pass an Arabic examination if they are from a non-Arabic speaking country. English language support at all levels is provided by the Languages Unit.

The university is located in a large modern state of the art campus and is equipped with the latest instructional technology. King Saud University (more ... )

Postgraduate

Website

King Saud University has recently begun a massive program of investment and development to create a truly world class research university. Among the many initiatives to realize this aspiration are the recruitment of many distinguished international researchers, the Riyadh Knowledge Corridor, the Nobel Laureates Program and the establishment of several centers of research excellence. Recent appointments include Louis Ignarro, winner of the 1996 Nobel Award for medicine.

There are no tuition fees at the university and generous scholarships are available for Saudi and international postgraduate students. Research and library facilities are of international standards. The university offers postgraduate courses in civil, electrical, mechanical, petroleum and chemical engineering, business administration, psychology, economics, accounting, law, political science, archaeology, European and Asian languages, education, social studies, Islamic studies and history and has special stren (more ... )

Details

Campus Locations

P.O. Box 2425

Riyadh 11451

Saudi Arabia

Phone:

966 1 4670000

Departments

Office of International Steering Group

A1.1 Department of Arabic Language (College of Arts)

A1. College of Arts

A1.2 Department of English Language (College of Arts)

A1.5 Department of Geography (College of Arts)

A1.4 Department Mass Communication (College of Arts)

A1.7 Department of Social Studies (College of Arts)

A1.6 Department of History (College of Arts)

A1.8 Department of Library & Information Sciences (College of Arts)

A2. College of Education

A2.7 Department of Psychology (College of Education)

A2.8 Department of Special Education (College of Education)

B1. College of Engineering

B2. College of Science

B3. College of Food and Agricultural Sciences

B4. College of computer and Information Sciences

B5. College of Architecture and Planning

DB1. College of Science in AlKharj

DB2. College of Engineering in alkharj

DB3. College of Arts and Science in Wady Addwaser

DB4. College of Administrative Sciences and ALMajma'ah

DB5. College of Computer Engineering and Sciences Alkharij

A3. College of Business Administration

A5. College of Languages

A4. College of Law and Political Science

A2.2 Department of Curriculum and Instruction (College of Education)

A1.3 Department of Art Education (College of Arts)

A2.4 Department of Educational Technology (College of Education)

A2.3 Department of Educational Administration (College of Education)

A2.1 Department of Education (College of Education)

A2.5 Department of Islamic Studies (College of Education)

A2.6 Department of Physical Education (College of Education)

A3.4 Department of Human Resources Management (College of Business Adminstration)

A3.3 Department of Finance (College of Business Adminstration)

A3.7 Department of Marketing (College of Business Adminstration)

A3.6 Department of Management Information Systems (College of Business Adminstration)

A3.5 Department of Management (College of Business Adminstration)

A3.2 Department of Economics (College of Business Adminstration)

A3.1 Department of Accounting (College of Business Adminstration)

C1. College of Medicine

C2. College of Dentistry

C3. College of Pharmacy

DC3. College of Pharmacy in AlKharj

C4. College of Applied Medical Sciences

C6. College of Nursing

DC2. College of Applied Medical Sciences In AlKharj

C5. College of Health Science

DC1. College of Applied Medical Science In AlMajmah

B1.2 Department of Civil Engineering (College of Engineering)

B1.4 Department of Electrial Engineering (College of Engineering)

B1.1 Department of Mechanical Engineering (college of Engineering)

B1.3 Department of Chemical Engineering (College of Engineering)

B1.6 Department of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering (College of Engineering)

B1.5 Department of Industrial Engineering (college of Engineering)

A4.4 Department of Political Science (College of Law & Political Science)

A4.1 Department of Civil Law (College of Law & Political Science)

A4.6 Department of Public Law (College of Law & Political Science)

A4.2 Department of Creminal Law (College of Law & Political Science)

A4.3 Department of Commercial Law (College of Law & Political Science)

A4.5 Department of Fiqh (College of Law & Political Science)

A5.1 Department of European Languages and Translation (College of Languages)

A5.2 Department of Asian Languages and Translation (College of Languages)

A5.3 Department of Languagues Unit (College of Languages)

A. Humanities Colleges

B. Science Colleges

C. Health Colleges

D. Satellite Campus

B3.1 Department of Agricultural Economics

B3.2 Department of Agricultural Engineering (College of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

B3.3 Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Society (College of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

B3.4 Department of Animal Production (College of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

B3.5 Department of Food Science & Nutrition (College of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

B3.6 Department of Plant Production (College of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

B3.7 Department of Plant Protection (College of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

B3.8 Department of Soil Sciences (College of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

B2.1 Department of Biochemistry (College of Science)

B2.3 Department of Botany & Microbiology (College of Science)

B2.4 Department of Chemistry(College of Science)

B2.5 Department of Geology and Geophysics (College of Science)

B2.5 Department of Mathematics (College of Science)

B2.6 Department of Physicis and Astronomy (College of Science)

B2.7 Department of Statistics and Operations Research (College of Science)

B2.8 Department of Zoology (College of Science)

B4.1 Department of Computer Science (College of computer and Information Sciences)

B4.2 Department of Computer Engineering (College of computer and Information Sciences)

B4.3 Department of Information Systems (College of computer and Information Sciences)

B4.4 Department of Information Technology (College of computer and Information Sciences)

B4.6 Department of Software Engineering (College of computer and Information Sciences)

B5.1 Department of (College of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

B5.1 Department of Architecture and Building Sciences (College of Architecture and Planning)

B5.2 Department of Urban Planning (College of Architecture and Planning)

DA1. College of Business Administration in Al-Kharj

A6. College of Tourism & Archaeology

A6.1 Department of Archaeology (College of Tourism & Archaeology)

A6.2 Department of Heritage Management and Tour Guidance (College of Tourism & Archaeology)

A6.3 Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management (College of Tourism & Archaeology)

A7. College of Teaching

A7.1 Department of Computer (College of Teaching)

A7.2 Department of Curricula & Methodology (College of Teaching)

A7.3 Department of Chemistry (College of Teaching)

A7.4 Department of Physics (College of Teaching)

A7.5 Department of Biology (College of Teaching)

A8. College of Physical Education & Sports

E1. Arabic Language Institute

E1.1 Department of Language and Culture (Arabic Language Institute)

E1.2 Department of Teacher training (Arabic Language Institute)

E1.3 Department of Teacher preparation (Arabic Language Institute)

C1.1 Department of Anatomy (College of Medicine)

C1.2 Department of Anesthesia (College of Medicine)

C1.3 Department of Biochemistry (College of Medicine)

C1.4 Department of Dermatology (College of Medicine)

C1.5 Department of E.N.T. (College of Medicine)

C1.6 Department of Family & Community Medicine (College of Medicine)

C1.7 Department of Medicine (College of Medicine)

C1.8 Department of Obs-Gynecology (College of Medicine)

C1.9 Department of Ophthalmologysite (College of Medicine)

C1.10 Department of Orthopedics (College of Medicine)

C1.11 Department of Pathology (College of Medicine)

C1.12 Department of Pediatrics (College of Medicine)

C1.13 Department of Pharmacology (College of Medicine)

C1.14 Department of Psychology (College of Medicine)

C1.15 Department of Physiology (College of Medicine)

C1.16 Department of Radiology (College of Medicine)

C1.17 Department of Surgery (College of Medicine)

C2.1 Department of Restorative Dental Sciences (College of Dentistry)

C2.2 Department of Maxillofacial Surgery & Diagnostic Sciences (College of Dentistry)

C2.3 Department of Preventive Dental Sciences (College of Dentistry)

C2.4 Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences (College of Dentistry)

C3.1 Department of Pharmacognosy (College of Pharmacy)

C3.2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy (College of Pharmacy)

C3.3 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (College of Pharmacy)

C3.4 Department of Pharmaceutics (College of Pharmacy)

C3.5 Department of Pharmacology (College of Pharmacy)

C4.1 Department of Biomedical Technology (College of Applied Medical Sciences)

C4.2 Department of Clinical Lab. Sciences (College of Applied Medical Sciences)

C4.3 Department of Community Health Sciences (College of Applied Medical Sciences)

C4.4 Department of Dental Health (College of Applied Medical Sciences)

C4.5 Department of Health Rehabilitation Sciences (College of Applied Medical Sciences)

C4.6 Department of Optometry (College of Applied Medical Sciences)

C4.7 Department of Radiological Sciences (College of Applied Medical Sciences)

C6.1 Department Maternal-Child Health Nursing (College of Nursing)

C6.2 Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing (College of Nursing)

C6.3 Department of Administration and Nursing Education (College of Nursing)

C6.4 Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing (College of Nursing)

C5.1 Department of (College of Health Science)

DB1.1 Department of Computer science (College of Science in AlKharj)

DB1.2 Department of Physics (College of Science in AlKharj)

DB1.3 Department of Mathematics (College of Science in AlKharj)

DB2.1 Department of Electrical Engineering (College of Engineering in alkharj

DB2.2 Department of Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering in alkharj

DB2.3 Department of Civil Engineering (College of Engineering in alkharj

DB3.1 Department of Arabic language (College of Arts and Science in Wady Addwaser)

DB3.2 Department of English language (College of Arts and Science in Wady Addwaser)

DB3.3 Department of Mathematics (College of Arts and Science in Wady Addwaser)

DB3.4 Department of computer science (College of Arts and Science in Wady Addwaser)

DB5.1 Department of Computer Engineering (College of Computer Engineering and Sciences Alkharij)

DB5.2 Department of Computer Science (College of Computer Engineering and Sciences Alkharij)

DB5.2 Department of (College of Computer Engineering and Sciences Alkharij)

DB5.3 Department of Information Systems (College of Computer Engineering and Sciences Alkharij)

DB5.4 Department of Software Engineering (College of Computer Engineering and Sciences Alkharij)

DC2.1 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (College of Applied Medical Sciences In AlKharj)

DC2.2 Department of Radiology & medical imaging (College of Applied Medical Sciences In AlKharj)

DC3.1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy (College of Pharmacy in AlKharj)

DC3.2 Department of Pharmacognosy (College of Pharmacy in AlKharj)

DC3.3 Department of Pharmaceutics (College of Pharmacy in AlKharj)

DC3.4 Department of Pharmacology (College of Pharmacy in AlKharj)

DC3.5 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (College of Pharmacy in AlKharj)

Development & Quality Management

Department of Electrical Engineering

Rankings

University Subject Rankings

World University Rankings

King Saud University

Primary tabs

Levels

Details

Study in Singapore or Malaysia

Bilingual Study in Spain at CESINE University

The World's Best Universities

The World's Top 100 Universities

Studying Abroad

Top international universities

QS World University Rankings

QS University Rankings: Asia

Meet the universities

QS Stars Universities

Student resources

Choosing a university