King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
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King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM or UPM) (Arabic: جامعة الملك فهد للبترول و المعادن - short:(جامعة البترول )) is a public university
in Dhahran
, Saudi Arabia
.
It was established on 23 September 1963 by a Saudi royal decree
as the College of Petroleum and Minerals providing high-level education about petroleum and minerals, two of the most-valuable natural resources
in Saudi Arabia. It was elevated to university status in 1975.
Among Saudi universities, it is highest regarded for excellence in its science and engineering
programs. It offers some programs that are not offered elsewhere in Saudi Arabia.
It is named after King Fahd
. It was renamed to its current name in 1986.
, the campus is between the headquarters of the Saudi Arabian oil company, Saudi Aramco
and the Dhahran Air Base
. It is near the coast of the Persian Gulf
and is 7 kilometers from Khobar
city. The port city of Dammam
is 20 kilometres away. The oil-producing town of Abqaiq
is 70 kilometres west, and the oasis city of Al-Hasa
is about 130 kilometers south of the campus. The Kingdom of Bahrain is 35 kilometres from the Saudi coastline accessed via King Fahd Causeway
.
The 900 acres of the campus are divided into three sections: North, Central, and South. The North section consists of the Preparatory Year Campus, the North Faculty/Staff housing compound, and the student dormitories. The Central section contains all the academic facilities: classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, the University administration, the Research Institute, the Library, the Information Technology Center, and many support facilities. The South section contains faculty and senior staff housing.
magazine called it "a jewel of a university on Arabian sands." A water tower, located between academic buildings, has become the symbol of the university and can be seen from several kilometres away. There are more than thirty academic buildings whose facilities include:
The facilities also include a natural outdoor amphitheatre
, playing fields and indoor courts for intercollegiate and intramural sports, and the distinctive water tower with circulatory water systems.
Wireless service: The Wireless Connectivity (WiFi) Service is deployed within the university campus. This KFUPM Wireless LAN service is available in all academic and administrative buildings.
Smart Card Service: This Smart Card is an all-in-one card and is designed to make life easier for students, faculty and staff on the campus. It may be used for a range of campus services and access control including:
and Arabic language
are taught in Arabic. University offers degrees of Bachelor of Science
, Master of Science
, Master of Engineering
and Doctor of Philosophy
. The grading system is the standard 0 to 4.0 scale with classes of:
), and 50% for the collective test performances (test of high school's maths, physics, chemistry, English).
One of the best 400 universities around the world according to the famous world university ranking ARWU by Shanghai Jiaotong University (2011).
" recognition by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET). They were found substantially equivalent to similar accredited programs in the U.S.
The new trends in accreditation criteria have brought outcome assessment to focus. Accrediting agencies such the ABET, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
, the Computer Science Accreditation Board and the National Architectural Accrediting Board
require programs or colleges seeking accreditation to have self-assessment. Industry push and competitive job markets have also contributed to the need for continuous program-quality improvement that focus on student learning and preparation for professional practice after graduation.
Courses include:
s:
http://dtv.kfupm.edu.sa is destined to gather national and international research centers in one location. It is expected that outstanding services plus recreational activities will add to the vibrancy and networking amongst tenants in the Valley Community. Academic support from KFUPM is a commitment that can be counted upon. Other leading technological and scientific institutions in the area will also be fully used. The Techno-Valley consist of five entities at the KFUPM Dhahran campus: King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Science Park, The Innovation Center, Consulting Services Center, Technology Business Incubator, and Liaison Office. The valley includes a sixth entity of Sultan Bin AbdulAziz Science & Technology Center (SciTech), located on the shores of the Persian Gulf
at nearby Al-Khobar city.
, Ciba, Yokogawa, Honeywell
, UOP
, Baker Hughes
and JCCP have joined the park.
facilitates the flow of technology from university laboratories and research centers to the knowledge-based and technology marketplace. The Innovation Center supports new concepts from the idea generation stage through the prototyping steps until reaching to the proof of concept and including the intellectual property protection. The innovation vision of the university describes all the roads, distances, conditions and connections between where the entrepreneurs are and where they want to go. It provides many alternative paths to future innovation and all university entrepreneurs.
which contributes to their professional development and helps the outside community to resolve problems that require high intellectual and technological background. It is hoped that such interaction contributes to the professional development of the faculty members and to the university by providing practical applications and state-of-the art course content. The interaction would improve quality of research and design projects and would provide more training and employment opportunities for students.
city on 21,700 m2. The buildings area is 14,100 m2. It consists of seven main show halls, dealing with different sciences and technologies. There are more than 350 scientific exhibited pieces and the IMAX
scientific dome (the only IMAX
theater in Saudi Arabia
), the Astronomic Observatory, Educational Unit, Conference Hall, Temporary Exhibitions Hall and Administrative and Services Facilities. The center aims to cultivate the individuals of the Saudi society, especially teenagers, to let them know more about the principles of science, their application, and explanation; it simplifes them by presenting them in an interactive and interesting style, depending on education through entertainment/education through experiment and observation.
The technical expertise for applied research available in the RI is focused in its seven centers with their sections/labs.
The manpower of the RI as of 1 January 2005 was 258 full-time employees, of whom 53 held PhD degrees, 64 held MS degrees, 50 held BS degrees, and 91 held other credentials. Project teams are typically formed of 35% full-time RI researchers, 25% faculty members, 10% students, and 30% support staff.
The current collection of books and bound periodicals totals over 328,000 volumes, 32% in science, 21% in engineering, 24% in humanities, and 23% in social sciences. It has over 23,000 volumes in Arabic and over 300,000 volumes in English and subscribes to approximately 1,500 periodicals. In addition, there are some 490,000 research reports on microfiche and 63,000 documents in other media, including more than 25,000 educational films and 38,000 reels of journal back issues on microfilm. Audiovisual materials are provided through a well-equipped audio-visual
(AV) department with a collection consisting principally of motion pictures, filmstrips, videotapes, and audio cassettes. These AV materials can be used in the library auditorium which is also used for seminars, lectures, short courses, theses defense, and other presentations.
Public university
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in Dhahran
Dhahran
Dhahran is a city located in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Large oil reserves were first identified in the Dhahran area in 1931, and in 1935 Standard Oil of California drilled the first commercially viable oil well...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
.
It was established on 23 September 1963 by a Saudi royal decree
Decree
A decree is a rule of law issued by a head of state , according to certain procedures . It has the force of law...
as the College of Petroleum and Minerals providing high-level education about petroleum and minerals, two of the most-valuable natural resources
Natural Resources
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in Saudi Arabia. It was elevated to university status in 1975.
Among Saudi universities, it is highest regarded for excellence in its science and engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
programs. It offers some programs that are not offered elsewhere in Saudi Arabia.
It is named after King Fahd
Fahd of Saudi Arabia
Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, was King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005...
. It was renamed to its current name in 1986.
Campus
Located in DhahranDhahran
Dhahran is a city located in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Large oil reserves were first identified in the Dhahran area in 1931, and in 1935 Standard Oil of California drilled the first commercially viable oil well...
, the campus is between the headquarters of the Saudi Arabian oil company, Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco , officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.Saudi Aramco is the world's largest and most valuable privately-held company, with estimates of its value in 2011 to be $7 trillion USD.Saudi Aramco has both the largest proven crude oil reserves,...
and the Dhahran Air Base
Dhahran International Airport
Dhahran International Airport in Dhahran formerly served the Ash Sharqiyah Province in Saudi Arabia. In 1999, after the opening of King Fahd International Airport, all scheduled flights were shifted out of Dhahran and the airport now serves as the King Abdulaziz Air Base of the Royal Saudi Air...
. It is near the coast of the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
and is 7 kilometers from Khobar
Khobar
Khobar is a large city located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf. It has a population of 360,000 and forms part of the greater Dammam metropolitan area along with Dhahran, which together have a combined population of over two million...
city. The port city of Dammam
Dammam
Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the most oil-rich region in the world. The judicial and administrative bodies of the province and several government departments are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi...
is 20 kilometres away. The oil-producing town of Abqaiq
Abqaiq
Abqaiq, or in Arabic Bqaiq , is a Saudi Aramco camp in the interior of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, located in the desert 60 km southwest of the Dhahran-Dammam-Khobar metropolitan area. The camp was built in the 1940s by ARAMCO...
is 70 kilometres west, and the oasis city of Al-Hasa
Al-Hasa
Al-Ahsa is the largest governorate in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, named after Al-Ahsa oasis. The name Al-Ahsa is also given to the biggest city in the region, Hofuf. In classic Arabic, Ahsa means the sound of water underground. It has one of the largest oases in the world with Date Palms of...
is about 130 kilometers south of the campus. The Kingdom of Bahrain is 35 kilometres from the Saudi coastline accessed via King Fahd Causeway
King Fahd Causeway
The King Fahd Causeway is a causeway connecting Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The idea of constructing the causeway was based on improving the links and bonds between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain...
.
The 900 acres of the campus are divided into three sections: North, Central, and South. The North section consists of the Preparatory Year Campus, the North Faculty/Staff housing compound, and the student dormitories. The Central section contains all the academic facilities: classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, the University administration, the Research Institute, the Library, the Information Technology Center, and many support facilities. The South section contains faculty and senior staff housing.
The "Jabal" Hill
The academic buildings are on a 100-foot "Jabal" (Arabic for mountain). The Academic Complex of the "Jabal" dominates the surrounding countryside. FortuneFortune (magazine)
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magazine called it "a jewel of a university on Arabian sands." A water tower, located between academic buildings, has become the symbol of the university and can be seen from several kilometres away. There are more than thirty academic buildings whose facilities include:
- faculty/staff offices
- shops and laboratory buildings
- the Information Technology Center
- classrooms
- the Administration Building
- library
- the Faculty/Student Center, which includes the Faculty Dining Hall
- auditorium, which seats 850 people
- gymnasium
- mosque
- the Research Institute
- stadium, which seats 10,000 people
- the Medical Center
- the Conference Center
- multi-story parking garages
The facilities also include a natural outdoor amphitheatre
Amphitheatre
An amphitheatre is an open-air venue used for entertainment and performances.There are two similar, but distinct, types of structure for which the word "amphitheatre" is used: Ancient Roman amphitheatres were large central performance spaces surrounded by ascending seating, and were commonly used...
, playing fields and indoor courts for intercollegiate and intramural sports, and the distinctive water tower with circulatory water systems.
Wireless service: The Wireless Connectivity (WiFi) Service is deployed within the university campus. This KFUPM Wireless LAN service is available in all academic and administrative buildings.
Smart Card Service: This Smart Card is an all-in-one card and is designed to make life easier for students, faculty and staff on the campus. It may be used for a range of campus services and access control including:
- identification
- building-access control
- fingerprint access control for secure areas
Academics
The medium of instruction in KFUPM is English. However, courses on Islamic studiesIslamic studies
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...
and Arabic language
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
are taught in Arabic. University offers degrees of Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
, Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
, Master of Engineering
Master of Engineering
A Master of Engineering or Master of Technology or Master of Science in Engineering A Master of Engineering (Magister in Ingeniaria) (abbreviated M.Eng., ME or MEng) or Master of Technology (abbreviated M.Tech. or MTech) or Master of Science in Engineering A Master of Engineering (Magister in...
and Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
. The grading system is the standard 0 to 4.0 scale with classes of:
| Grade | Letter Grade | GPA |
|---|---|---|
| Exceptional | A+ | 4.00 |
| Excellent | A | 3.75 |
| Superior | B+ | 3.50 |
| Very Good | B | 3.00 |
| Above Average | C+ | 2.50 |
| Good | C | 2.00 |
| High-Pass | D+ | 1.50 |
| Pass | D | 1.00 |
| Fail | F | 0.0 |
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of only 15%, it is the most selective in Saudi Arabia. The university's admission policy applies certain criteria to ensure admissions of the most promising students. comprising 20% for the high school certificate, 30% for the general capabilities test (similar to SATSAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
), and 50% for the collective test performances (test of high school's maths, physics, chemistry, English).
Ranking
THE - QS World University Rankings ranked KFUPM at 221 amongst the top 300 universities around the world (2011).One of the best 400 universities around the world according to the famous world university ranking ARWU by Shanghai Jiaotong University (2011).
Accreditation
All programs of the engineering colleges were evaluated for "Substantial-EquivalencySubstantial equivalence
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" recognition by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
ABET, Inc., formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, is a non-profit organization that accredits post-secondary education programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology...
(ABET). They were found substantially equivalent to similar accredited programs in the U.S.
The new trends in accreditation criteria have brought outcome assessment to focus. Accrediting agencies such the ABET, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business was founded in 1916 to accredit schools of business worldwide. The first accreditations took place in 1919. The stated mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation and thought leadership. It is regarded...
, the Computer Science Accreditation Board and the National Architectural Accrediting Board
National Architectural Accrediting Board
The National Architectural Accrediting Board is the sole authority for accredited US professional degree programs for architecture in the United States, developing standards and procedures to verify that each accredited program meets standards for the appropriate education of architects...
require programs or colleges seeking accreditation to have self-assessment. Industry push and competitive job markets have also contributed to the need for continuous program-quality improvement that focus on student learning and preparation for professional practice after graduation.
Preparatory Year Program (Orientation Year)
Preparatory Year Program (Orientation Year) is a mandatory two-semester program for all students admitted to KFUPM before being enrolled in university's regular degree programs. The Preparatory Year Program aims at preparing newly admitted students for their undergraduate studies at the university. It is a non-credit program. A student must select a major by the end of the prep year. Students can be exempted from some courses after passing some promotion exams.Courses include:
- Precalculus MathematicsPrecalculusIn American mathematics education, precalculus , an advanced form of secondary school algebra, is a foundational mathematical discipline. It is also called Introduction to Analysis. In many schools, precalculus is actually two separate courses: Algebra and Trigonometry...
, - Orientation English Program: pre-university intensive English Language program with an emphasis on English for Academic Purposes and English for Science and Technology,
- introductory Physical Sciences
- preparatory Computer ScienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, - introductory workshop practice and engineering graphicsEngineering drawingAn engineering drawing, a type of technical drawing, is used to fully and clearly define requirements for engineered items.Engineering drawing produces engineering drawings . More than just the drawing of pictures, it is also a language—a graphical language that communicates ideas and information...
, - Physical Education,
- and university study skills.
College of Engineering Sciences
- Department of Aerospace Engineering http://beta1.kfupm.edu.sa/departments/ae/:
- Aerospace EngineeringAerospace engineeringAerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
(AE): B.Sc., M.Sc.
- Aerospace Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/che:
- Chemical EngineeringChemical engineeringChemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
(CHE): B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
- Chemical Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/ce:
- Civil EngineeringCivil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
(CE): B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Eng., Ph.D.
- Civil Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/ee:
- Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
(EE): B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. - TelecommunicationTelecommunicationTelecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
(TELE): M.Sc.
- Electrical Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/me:
- Mechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
(ME): B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. - Material Science and Engineering (MSE): M.Sc.
- Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Petroleum Engineering http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/pet:
- Petroleum EngineeringPetroleum engineeringPetroleum engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural gas. Subsurface activities are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, which are the activities of...
(PETE): B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
- Petroleum Engineering
College of Computer Science & Engineering
- Department of Computer Engineering http://www.ccse.kfupm.edu.sa/coe:
- Computer EngineeringComputer engineeringComputer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
(COE): B.Sc., M.Sc. - Computer Networks (CNW): M.Sc.
- Computer Science & Engineering (CSE): Ph.D. (joint program with ICS)
- Computer Engineering
- Department of Information & Computer Science http://ccse-kfupm.info/ics/:
- Computer ScienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
(CS): B.Sc., M.Sc. - Software EngineeringSoftware engineeringSoftware Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...
(SWE): B.Sc. - Computer Science & Engineering (CSE): Ph.D. (joint program with COE)
- Computer Science
- Department of Systems Engineering http://se.ikfupm.com/:
- Industrial & Systems EngineeringIndustrial engineeringIndustrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...
(ISE): B.Sc., M.Sc. - Control & Instrumentation Systems EngineeringControl engineeringControl engineering or Control systems engineering is the engineering discipline that applies control theory to design systems with predictable behaviors...
(CISE): B.Sc. - Supply Chain ManagementSupply chain managementSupply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers...
(SCM): M.Sc. - Systems EngineeringSystems engineeringSystems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over the life cycle of the project. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different teams, and automatic control of machinery become more...
(SE): M.Sc., Ph.D.
- Industrial & Systems Engineering
College of Sciences
- Department of Chemistry http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/chem:
- ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
(CHEM): B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. - Industrial Chemistry (ICHEM): B.Sc.
- Chemistry
- Department of Earth Sciences http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/es:
- GeologyGeologyGeology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
(GEOL): B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. - GeophysicsGeophysicsGeophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and...
(GEOP): B.Sc., M.Sc. - Environmental Sciences (ENVS): M.Sc.
- Geology
- Department of Mathematics & Statistics http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/math:
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
(MATH): B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. - StatisticsStatisticsStatistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
(STAT): B.Sc.
- Mathematics
- Department of Physics http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/phys:
- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
(PHYS): B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. - Medical PhysicsMedical physicsMedical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare...
(MEPH): Master of Medical Physics.
- Physics
College of Industrial Management (CIM)
- Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/cim/depts/AM/default.htm:
- Accounting (ACCT): B.Sc.
- Management Information Systems (MIS): B.Sc.
- Department of Finance & Economics http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/cim/depts/FE/default.htm:
- FinanceFinance"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
(FIN): B.Sc.
- Finance
- Department of Management & Marketing http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/cim/depts/MM/default.htm:
- MarketingMarketingMarketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
(MKT): B.Sc. - ManagementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
(MGT): B.Sc.
- Marketing
- Master of Business Administration Program MBA: http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/cim/mba/
- Executive MBA Program: http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/cim/emba/index.html
College of Environmental Design (CED)
- Department of Architecture http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/arch/:
- ArchitectureArchitectureArchitecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
(ARC): B.Sc.
- Architecture
- Department of Architectural EngineeringArchitectural engineeringArchitectural engineering, also known as building engineering, is the application of engineering principles and technology to building design and construction...
(ARE) http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/are/:- Architectural EngineeringArchitectural engineeringArchitectural engineering, also known as building engineering, is the application of engineering principles and technology to building design and construction...
(ARE): B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Engg.
- Architectural Engineering
- Department of City & Regional Planning http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/crp/:
- City Planning (CP): B.Sc.
- City & Regional Planning: M.Sc.
- Department of Construction, Engineering & Management http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/cem/:
- Construction, Engineering & ManagementConstruction managementConstruction Project Management is the overall planning, coordination and control of a project from inception to completion aimed at meeting a client’s requirements in order to produce a functionally and financially viable project that will be complete mingement is project management that applies...
: M.Sc., M.Engg. - Engineering ManagementEngineering managementEngineering Management or Management Engineering is a specialized form of management and engineering that is concerned with the application of engineering principles to business practice...
: M.Engg.
- Construction, Engineering & Management
College of Applied and Supporting Studies (non-degree)
- English Language Department (ENGL) http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/eld/
- General Studies Department (GS) http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/gsd/
- Islamic & Arabic Studies Department (IAS) http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/ias
- Physical Education Department (PE) http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/pedepartment
Community Colleges
Additionally, there are two active and one defunct community collegeCommunity college
A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries.-Australia:Community colleges carry on the tradition of adult education, which was established in Australia around mid 19th century when evening classes were held to help adults...
s:
- DammamDammamDammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the most oil-rich region in the world. The judicial and administrative bodies of the province and several government departments are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi...
Community College http://www.dcc.edu.sa/: Associate's DegreeAssociate's degreeAn associate degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, and bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years...
s in Accounting, Computer Applications, MarketingMarketingMarketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments... - Hafar Al-BatinHafar Al-BatinHafar Al-Batin is a Saudi Arabian city in the Eastern Province and located in the Northeastern region. It is located 480 km the north of Riyadh, 90 km from Kuwait border and about 70 from the Iraq border...
Community College http://www.hbcc.edu.sa/: Associate's DegreeAssociate's degreeAn associate degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, and bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years...
s in:- Business Administration,
- Office AdministrationOffice AdministrationOffice administration is a set of day-to-day activities related to financial planning, billing and recordkeeping, personnel, and physical distribution and logistics, within an organization....
, - Computer Science & Engineering Technology,
- Electrical & Electronics Engineering TechnologyElectronics Engineering TechnologyElectronics engineering technology is a field of study similar to electronic engineering.Electronic engineering technicians are trained to work with electronic equipment in a wide variety of high-tech forms, often assisting electronics engineers, and they generally maintain, repair, test, or modify...
, - Mechanical Engineering TechnologyMechanical engineering technologyMechanical engineering technology is the application of physical principles and current technological developments to the creation of useful machinery and operation design. Technologies such as solid models may be used as the basis for finite element analysis and / or computational fluid dynamics ...
, - Non-destructive Evaluation TechnologyNondestructive testingNondestructive testing or Non-destructive testing is a wide group of analysis techniques used in science and industry to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing damage....
- HailHailHail is a form of solid precipitation. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is referred to as a hail stone. Hail stones on Earth consist mostly of water ice and measure between and in diameter, with the larger stones coming from severe thunderstorms...
Community College (defunct), now University of Ha'il http://www.uoh.edu.sa
Other academic departments
- Preparatory Year Program http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/pyp
- Continuing EducationContinuing educationContinuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada...
Department http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/shortcourses/: The Department of Continuing Education Programs offers short courses. These courses are designed for engineers, managers, and practitioners who are interested in pursuing further studies in their fields. The courses are open to all applicants who have the desire and the background to participate. - University Diploma Programs http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/diploma/ offers Diploma Degrees in Accounting, Computer Applications & MarketingMarketingMarketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
.
Previous rectors of KFUPM
- H.E. Dr. Saleh Ambah
- H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Zaki YamaniAhmed Zaki YamaniAhmed Zaki Yamani is a Saudi Arabian politician who was Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources from 1962 until 1986 for his country, and a minister in OPEC for 25 years....
- H.E. Dr. Baker Bin Baker
- H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz Al Dukhayyil
International Advisory Board
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals organized the groundbreaking International Advisory Board (IAB) in March 2007. The IAB is composed of senior academic and corporate executives. It is part of the university's long tradition of bringing an international perspective to higher education and research in Saudi Arabia.IAB members
- Martin C. JischkeMartin C. JischkeMartin C. Jischke is a prominent American higher-education administrator and advocate, and was the tenth president of Purdue University.Dr...
: Chairman International Advisory Board, President Emeritus, Purdue UniversityPurdue UniversityPurdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
, IndianaIndianaIndiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, United States - Khalid A. Al-FalihKhalid A. Al-FalihKhalid A. Al-Falih is the Vice-President of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company in terms of market capitalization. He joined the company in 1978 and was appointed Vice-president in January 2009. Mr. Khalid A...
: Vice Chairman International Advisory Board, Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi AramcoSaudi AramcoSaudi Aramco , officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.Saudi Aramco is the world's largest and most valuable privately-held company, with estimates of its value in 2011 to be $7 trillion USD.Saudi Aramco has both the largest proven crude oil reserves,...
), Saudi Arabia - Khaled S. Al-SultanKhaled S. Al-SultanDr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan is the third rector of King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals a public university in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and the first to have graduated from the institution to hold this position. Dr. Al-Sultan is married and has two children.-Education:* Ph.D...
: Rector of KFUPM - Andrew GouldAndrew GouldAndrew Gould is the chairman and former chief executive officer of Schlumberger, a global oilfield services company supplying technology, information solutions and integrated project management.-Career:...
: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Schlumberger LimitedSchlumbergerSchlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
, U.S. - Shih Choon FongShih Choon FongProfessor Shih Choon Fong is President of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and a renowned fracture mechanics expert...
: President of King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology is a public research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.KAUST was founded in 2009 and focuses exclusively on graduate education and research, using English as the official language of instruction...
, ThuwalThuwalThuwal is a village belonging to the governorate of Jeddah in the Makkah Province of Saudi Arabia 80 kilometers north of Jeddah on the coast of the Red Sea...
, Saudi Arabia; former president of the National University of SingaporeNational University of SingaporeThe National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... - Mohamed Al-Mady: Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Basic Industries CorporationSABICSABIC is a diversified manufacturing company, active in chemicals and intermediates, industrial polymers, fertilizers and metals. It is the largest public company in Saudi Arabia as listed in Tadawul, but the Saudi government still owns 70% of its shares...
, Saudi Arabia - John EtchemendyJohn EtchemendyJohn W. Etchemendy and of Basque descent is Stanford University's twelfth and current Provost. He succeeded John L. Hennessy to the post on September 1, 2000....
: Provost of Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, California, U.S. - Hugo F. SonnenscheinHugo F. SonnenscheinHugo Freund Sonnenschein is a prominent American economist and educational administrator. Currently the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, his specialty is microeconomic theory; with a particular interest in game theory...
: President Emeritus and Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor, University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, U.S. - John G. Rice: Vice Chairman, General ElectricGeneral ElectricGeneral Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
and President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Technology InfrastructureGE Technology InfrastructureGE Technology Infrastructure is a business group of General Electric composed of three GE companies: GE Aviation, GE Healthcare, and GE Transportation. John G. Rice is president and CEO. A company-wide reorganization prompted by staggering financial losses led to the unit's formation in 2008 from...
, U.S. - Charles ElachiCharles ElachiCharles Asshur Al-Wadad Elachi is the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , located in Pasadena, California. He has held this position since May 1, 2001 and also holds professorships in electrical engineering and planetary science at Caltech....
: Director of NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
(JPL), located in PasadenaPasadena, CaliforniaPasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, California. - Olivier Appert: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Institut Francais du PetroleInstitut français du pétroleThe French Institute of Petroleum is a public research organisation in France founded in 1944 as Institute of Oil, Fuels and Lubricants ....
(IFP), France - Nam Pyo Suh: President of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
- Wolfgang A. Herrmann: President, Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), Germany
- Henry RosovskyHenry RosovskyHenry Rosovsky is an American economist and university administrator. From 1973 to 1984 and 1990 to 1991, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. At Harvard, where he was a Professor of Economics, he also served as Acting President in 1984 and 1987...
: Lewis P and Linda L Geyser University Professor, Emeritus at Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, U.S. - Khattab G. Al-Hinai: Secretary of International Advisory Board, and Manager of Research & Innovation Support at KFUPM
Dhahran Techno-Valley
Dhahran Techno-ValleyDhahran Techno-Valley
Dhahran Techno-Valley is a business cluster located in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. DTV was recently established by the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals to attract research and development centers of local and international companies and to promote new businesses...
http://dtv.kfupm.edu.sa is destined to gather national and international research centers in one location. It is expected that outstanding services plus recreational activities will add to the vibrancy and networking amongst tenants in the Valley Community. Academic support from KFUPM is a commitment that can be counted upon. Other leading technological and scientific institutions in the area will also be fully used. The Techno-Valley consist of five entities at the KFUPM Dhahran campus: King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Science Park, The Innovation Center, Consulting Services Center, Technology Business Incubator, and Liaison Office. The valley includes a sixth entity of Sultan Bin AbdulAziz Science & Technology Center (SciTech), located on the shores of the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
at nearby Al-Khobar city.
King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Science Park
Generally referred to as the KASP, the science park was established in 2002 and is located on a 35-hectare site north of the KFUPM campus. The park is closely integrated with the university. With its proximity to the science and engineering colleges, KASP provides considerable interaction between tenant firms and their personnel and university scientists and engineers. At present, SchlumbergerSchlumberger
Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
, Ciba, Yokogawa, Honeywell
Honeywell
Honeywell International, Inc. is a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments....
, UOP
UOP
UOP is an initialism that may stand for the following:* University of the People, an online university* University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka* University of Peshawar, in Peshawar, Pakistan* University of Pune in India...
, Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes Baker Hughes provides the world's oil & gas industry with products and services for drilling, formation evaluation, completion, production and reservoir consulting. Baker Hughes operates in over 90 countries worldwide mainly based in countries with a mature petroleum industry as is...
and JCCP have joined the park.
Innovation Center
Creating a world-class environment that aspires innovation and entrepreneurship was the main objective for KFUPM behind establishing Dhahran Techno-Valley. KFUPM vision for innovationInnovation
Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...
facilitates the flow of technology from university laboratories and research centers to the knowledge-based and technology marketplace. The Innovation Center supports new concepts from the idea generation stage through the prototyping steps until reaching to the proof of concept and including the intellectual property protection. The innovation vision of the university describes all the roads, distances, conditions and connections between where the entrepreneurs are and where they want to go. It provides many alternative paths to future innovation and all university entrepreneurs.
Consulting Services Center
The Consulting Services Center facilitate the consulting services for the university faculty to serve the industrial community in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
which contributes to their professional development and helps the outside community to resolve problems that require high intellectual and technological background. It is hoped that such interaction contributes to the professional development of the faculty members and to the university by providing practical applications and state-of-the art course content. The interaction would improve quality of research and design projects and would provide more training and employment opportunities for students.
Technology Business Incubator
The Technology Business Incubator provides a set of logistical, strategic, and operational support for start-up Saudi technology companies and entrepreneurs to help increasing success of their companies. It gives office space and office support services that are designed with technology companies in mind. These services include immediate availability of modular office units, furniture, computers, network, internet connectivity, servers, printers, communication facilities including telephone and fax services, shared reception, secretarial, and support services, meeting facilities, access to business, science, and technology library, and access to cafeteria and leisure facilities.Liaison Office
The mission of the Liaison Office is to facilitate and promote the University capabilities, expertise and services to the local industries and to be the focal point of contact with the industry/business.Sultan Bin AbdulAziz Science & Technology Center (SciTech)
The center is at the corniche of nearby KhobarKhobar
Khobar is a large city located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf. It has a population of 360,000 and forms part of the greater Dammam metropolitan area along with Dhahran, which together have a combined population of over two million...
city on 21,700 m2. The buildings area is 14,100 m2. It consists of seven main show halls, dealing with different sciences and technologies. There are more than 350 scientific exhibited pieces and the IMAX
IMAX
IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
scientific dome (the only IMAX
IMAX
IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
theater in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
), the Astronomic Observatory, Educational Unit, Conference Hall, Temporary Exhibitions Hall and Administrative and Services Facilities. The center aims to cultivate the individuals of the Saudi society, especially teenagers, to let them know more about the principles of science, their application, and explanation; it simplifes them by presenting them in an interactive and interesting style, depending on education through entertainment/education through experiment and observation.
The Research Institute (RI)
Research at the university can be classified into personal, sponsored, and client-funded. The mission of the RI is to serve the nation by conducting client-driven research and development using university resources. Among its objectives are to serve the nation as a professional problem solver; adapt imported technologies to the Saudi environment; serve the needs of government organizations, local industry, and businesses for research and development; develop local expertise; support graduate and undergraduate programs at KFUPM; and contribute to the high-quality education and training of students.The technical expertise for applied research available in the RI is focused in its seven centers with their sections/labs.
- Center for Applied Physical Sciences: The Metrology & Standards Section and the Central Analytical Laboratory.
- Center for Communications & Computer Research: Computer Technology, and Communications Technology Sections.
- Center for Economics & Management Systems: Business Incubators, Economic Studies, and Management & Quality Control Sections.
- Center for Engineering Research: Materials, Urban Areas Engineering, Engineering Analysis, Energy Systems Sections, and Material Characterization Laboratory.
- Center for Environment & Water: Water, Environment, and Marine Studies Sections.
- Center for Petroleum & Minerals: Petroleum & Gas Engineering, Petroleum Geology & Geophysics, Minerals Resources, and Remote Sensing Sections.
- Center for Refining & Petrochemicals: Refining, Petrochemicals, and Petrochemical Products Development Sections.
The manpower of the RI as of 1 January 2005 was 258 full-time employees, of whom 53 held PhD degrees, 64 held MS degrees, 50 held BS degrees, and 91 held other credentials. Project teams are typically formed of 35% full-time RI researchers, 25% faculty members, 10% students, and 30% support staff.
Library
The library, centrally located in Building 8 and a short walk from most classrooms and laboratories, has an available floor space of nearly 7,000 square meters. It is an "open-stack" library, allowing users free access to its resources. Reading areas are on the first, third, and fourth floors. To encourage maximum usage, it operates with a minimum of regulations and restrictions.The current collection of books and bound periodicals totals over 328,000 volumes, 32% in science, 21% in engineering, 24% in humanities, and 23% in social sciences. It has over 23,000 volumes in Arabic and over 300,000 volumes in English and subscribes to approximately 1,500 periodicals. In addition, there are some 490,000 research reports on microfiche and 63,000 documents in other media, including more than 25,000 educational films and 38,000 reels of journal back issues on microfilm. Audiovisual materials are provided through a well-equipped audio-visual
Audio-visual
The term Audio-Visual may refer to works with both a sound and a visual component, the production or use of such works, or to equipment used to create and present such works...
(AV) department with a collection consisting principally of motion pictures, filmstrips, videotapes, and audio cassettes. These AV materials can be used in the library auditorium which is also used for seminars, lectures, short courses, theses defense, and other presentations.
Collaborations
Students Clubs
- Events Club
- Community Service Club
- Entrepreneurship Club
- CIM Club
- Fine Arts Club
- Visits Club
- Media Club
- Health & Fitness Club
- Chess Club
- Diving Club
- Photography Club
- International Society of Automation (ISA) KFUPM Student Chapter
- Systems Engineering Club
- CCSE Club (Computer Club)
- Math Club
- Chemistry Club
- Physics Club
- Earth Sciences Club
- Graduate Studies Club
- Innovation Club
- Aerospace Engineering Club
- Civil Engineering Club
- College of Industrial Management Club
- Chemical Engineering Club
- Cultural Club
- Electrical Engineering Club
- Environmental Design Club
- IEEE KFUPM Student Branch
- IET KFUPM Student Branch
- Jawala Club (Scouts)
- Petroleum Engineering Club
- Science Club
- Social Club
- Theater Club
- Mechanical Engineering Club
- Arabic Language Club
University cafeteria
The cafeteria is a spacious building adjacent to the student dormitories. It can accommodate more than 1,500 students at a time. Students are provided subsidized meals, consisting of breakfast, lunch and dinner. In addition to the student cafeteria, there are coffee shops in different academic buildings and student dormitories offering varied refreshments.Athletics
Sports and recreation facilities are in three areas on the main campus.- The Stadium: The University's major sports facility is the Stadium, located near the main entrance to the university. It is designed to seat 10,000 spectators. The Stadium is uncovered and has facilities for VIPVery Important PersonA Very Important Person, or VIP is a person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance.Examples include celebrities, heads of state/heads of government, major employers, high rollers, politicians, high-level corporate officers, wealthy individuals, or any other...
seating, press box, and television booths. The playing area is a "super turfArtificial turfArtificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
" artificial-grass field. - The mid-campus areas: This area include a 25-meter indoor swimming poolSwimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
, shower and changingChangeroomA changing room, locker room, dressing room or changeroom is a room or area designated for changing one's clothes...
facilities, three soccer pitchesAssociation football pitchAn association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
(one with a "super turf" surface), five handballTeam handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
/six-a-side courts, five tennis courts, athletic track, four basketball/volleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
courts, four squashSquash (sport)Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
courts, a weight-trainingWeight trainingWeight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the weight force of gravity to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction...
room, two rooms equipped with television and video facilities to aid the teaching and coaching of all sports. - Sports Hall area, located on the "Jabal," contains the latest in modern indoor physical education facilities. Included are areas for basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, handball, squash, table tennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
, judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
, taekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
, karateKarateis a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
, weight training, and other sports activities. Shower and changing rooms plus seating areas for spectators are also provided. Adjacent to the gymnasium is Olympic-size swimming pool (with diving platform) with its own shower and changing rooms.
Student housing
The university has a separate area for student housing on campus consisting of buildings that accommodate more than 4,000 students. As of June 2009, the construction of Phase-II student housing buildings is finished and now accommodate 1,500 students. Phase-III of student housing and a multi-story car parking building are under construction which will accommodate about 1,500 students.Major activities
- Graduation Ceremony
- Career Day
- TEDxKFUPM www.tedxkfupm.com
- College of Computer Science & Engineering Club (CCSE Club).
- Running Rector's Cup
- Volunteer Work Day (Give Day)
- KFUPM Champions League
- Stand-Up Comedy competition.
Notable people from KFUPM
- Khalid A. Al-FalihKhalid A. Al-FalihKhalid A. Al-Falih is the Vice-President of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company in terms of market capitalization. He joined the company in 1978 and was appointed Vice-president in January 2009. Mr. Khalid A...
, President and CEO of Saudi AramcoSaudi AramcoSaudi Aramco , officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.Saudi Aramco is the world's largest and most valuable privately-held company, with estimates of its value in 2011 to be $7 trillion USD.Saudi Aramco has both the largest proven crude oil reserves,...
, earned M.B.A.. - Ali Abdullah Al-DaffaAli Abdullah Al-DaffaAli Abdullah Al-Daffa was born in 1938 at Unaizah . He obtained his BSc from the Stephen F. Austin State University in 1967, then his MSc from East Texas State University in 1968...
, prominent professor in field of History of MathematicsHistory of mathematicsThe area of study known as the history of mathematics is primarily an investigation into the origin of discoveries in mathematics and, to a lesser extent, an investigation into the mathematical methods and notation of the past....
. - Khaled S. Al-SultanKhaled S. Al-SultanDr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan is the third rector of King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals a public university in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and the first to have graduated from the institution to hold this position. Dr. Al-Sultan is married and has two children.-Education:* Ph.D...
, current Rector of KFUPM. - Abdulatif M. Madani, Executive Director of Generation Opeations Central Region Saudi Electricity Company.
- Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-YawerGhazi Mashal Ajil al-YawerGhazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar is an Iraqi political figure. He was a Vice President of Iraq under the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, and was Acting President of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005....
, was President of IraqPresident of IraqThe President of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq and "safeguards the commitment to the Constitution and the preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, unity, the security of its territories in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution." The President is elected by the Council of...
under the Iraqi Interim GovernmentIraqi Interim GovernmentThe Iraqi Interim Government was created by the United States and its coalition allies as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the Iraqi Transitional Government was installed following the Iraqi National Assembly election conducted on January 30, 2005...
after the 2003 invasion of Iraq2003 invasion of IraqThe 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
. - Nadhmi Al-NasrNadhmi Al-NasrNadhmi A. Al-Nasr was the interim president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.-Education:In 1978, he Obtained a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from KFUPM in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.-Career:He joined Saudi Aramco in 1978...
, interimInterimInterim is an album by British rock band The Fall, compiled from live and studio material and released in 2004. It features the first officially released versions of "Clasp Hands", "Blindness" and "What About Us?" — all of which were later included on the band's next studio album Fall Heads Roll —...
president of King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology is a public research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.KAUST was founded in 2009 and focuses exclusively on graduate education and research, using English as the official language of instruction...
. - Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel, president of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.
- Ahmad Al-Yamani, Chief Technology Officer at Saudi Arabian General Investment AuthoritySaudi Arabian General Investment AuthorityThe Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority was created by the Saudi Government on April 10, 2000 as part of measures geared towards formalizing the process of economic liberalization. SAGIA is responsible for managing the investment environment in the Kingdom...
(SAGIA). - Fahd Bin Abdul-Rahman Balghunaim, current Saudi Minister of Agriculture.
- Saeed Al Ghamdi, Deputy CEO of Al Rajhi Bank, the biggest Islamic financial institution in the world Banking & Finance.
- Dr. Muhammad Ali Al-Tayyeb, Head of Data Services Department at OPEC between 2000–2005.
- Dr. Muhammad Saleh Benten, Current CEO of the Saudi Post Company.
External links
- www.kfupm.edu.sa, KFUPM's official website
- www.kfupm.edu.sa/iab, KFUPM International Advisory Board
- dtv.kfupm.edu.sa, Dhahran Techno-Valley
- ikfupm.com, KFUPM Community Portal
- ikfupm.com/events, Events @ KFUPM
- ikfupm.com/forum, KFUPM Community Forum (English)
- skfupm.com, KFUPM's unofficial students forum (Arabic)
- kfupmalumni.org, KFUPM Alumni Wiki
- mykfupm.com, KFUPM's unofficial alumni students site
- ikfupm.com/classifieds, KFUPM Classified Ads