King Abdulaziz University majors

What majors does King Abdulaziz University offer?

KAU spreads 33 bachelor's programmes over 12 colleges². The largest is the Faculty of Engineering with 13.

21 of these majors have a full tiswa guide on the courses and the job market, linked in the last column. The names are copied as KAU writes them on its own page².

What are the admission requirements at King Abdulaziz University?

King Abdulaziz University is a public university in Jeddah. This page gathers what the Deanship of Admission and Registration publishes about external transfer, and the programmes of the Faculties of Engineering, Computing and Information Technology, and Science as the faculty pages on the university site list them. The admission page for new students on the university site is password-protected, so we carry no percentages or weights from it.

KAU publishes the following admission rules², which we carry over as the official page states them:

• External transfer is open to Saudis, to applicants with a Saudi mother and to mothers of a Saudi son.
• The student applies to transfer to the same specialisation they study at their current university.
• The student must have completed at least four semesters and passed 30 credit hours, 18 of them in the specialisation.
• Transfers from private universities are not accepted, nor from a diploma to a bachelor's programme.
• The cumulative GPA must be at least 3 out of 5 or 2.5 out of 4, or 85 out of 100 on a percentage system.
• Applicants are ranked against each other for the vacant seats.

What do you study in each KAU programme?

From each programme page on the KAU site we carried over the description, the length, the way it is taught and the careers the university lists:

Chemical Engineering: Run by the chemical engineering department of the Faculty of Engineering. It takes 5 years and 155 units. Regular-track students complete 400 hours of summer training and co-op students 1000 hours of supervised industrial experience. The university says the programme is ABET-accredited.³

Civil Engineering: The only programme of the civil and environmental engineering department, which was founded in 1975 and renamed in 2019. It covers construction, geotechnical, structural, transport and water and environmental engineering, takes 5 years, and received its first female cohort in 2025. The university says it is ABET-accredited.³

Electrical Engineering (Biomedical): An electrical engineering track focused on medical devices, medical signal and image processing, physiological systems and medical electronics, preparing graduates for health-sector technology. It takes 5 years.³

Electrical Engineering (Computer): The computer engineering track within electrical engineering: digital systems, computer architecture, embedded systems, microprocessors, communications and hardware-software integration. It takes 5 years.³

Electrical Engineering (Electronics and Communications): Prepares engineers to design, analyse, develop and operate electronics and communications systems, and is offered by the electrical and computer engineering department. It takes 5 years.³

Electrical Engineering (Power and Machines): Prepares engineers to design, analyse, operate and maintain modern electrical power systems. It takes 5 years.³

Industrial Engineering: Prepares engineers to design, analyse, develop and manage integrated systems of people, materials and information. It takes 5 years.³

Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace): Offered by the aerospace engineering department, with 400 hours of field industrial training added to the study. It takes 5 years.³

Mechanical Engineering (Production and Mechanical Systems Design): Offered by the mechanical engineering department, focused on production and the design of mechanical systems. It takes 5 years.³

Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Engineering and Water Desalination): One of the bachelor's programmes of the mechanical engineering department, combining thermal engineering and water desalination technology. It takes 5 years.³

Nuclear Engineering: Prepares students to apply mathematics, basic science and engineering to analyse, design and safely operate nuclear and radiation systems. It takes 5 years.³

Nuclear Engineering (Medical Physics): A nuclear engineering track applying physics, radiation science and measurement to the medical uses of ionising radiation. It takes 5 years.³

Nuclear Engineering (Radiation Protection): A nuclear engineering track aimed at protecting people, facilities and the environment from ionising radiation while allowing safe use of nuclear technology. It takes 5 years.³

Computer Science: One of the main programmes of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, first launched in 2006 to keep pace with developments in computing.⁴

Cybersecurity: Offered by the cybersecurity department, one of the departments of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology.⁴

Information Systems: A programme combining theory and practical skills in analysing and designing information systems, in the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology.⁴

Information Technology: Offered by the information technology department, it lasts five years, rests on 26 credit hours of university requirements and shares 24 credit hours with the faculty's other computing programmes.⁴

Astrophysics: Established in 1976, it prepares students for teaching and for theoretical and observational research in astronomy, offered by the astronomy and space sciences department of the Faculty of Science.⁵

Botany: One of the first accredited programmes in the Faculty of Science, awarding bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.⁵

Chemistry: An academic programme offering high-quality education in chemical sciences through theory, practical training, research and innovation.⁵

Microbiology: Awards bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, offered by the biological sciences department.⁵

Zoology: Awards bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, offered by the biological sciences department.⁵

Biochemistry: Offered by the biochemistry department, which the university describes as one of the leading programmes of the Faculty of Science.⁵

Mathematics: Offered by the Faculty of Science; the university describes mathematics as the basis of sound decisions and problem solving.⁵

Statistics: Offered by the statistics department; the university notes that demand for professional statisticians has grown with reliance on statistical analysis and quantitative research.⁵

Which documents and dates apply to external transfer to King Abdulaziz University?

Documents are uploaded electronically: the original secondary certificate, a clear copy of the national ID, the original transcript certified by your university with every hour you studied, and a recent photo. An uncertified transcript is not accepted.²

The deanship set external-transfer applications on its website in a set week announced each year, then announces preliminary nominations and completes final admission. Applications go through the electronic admission portal after signing in with the unified national access (Nafath).²

What does the Faculty of Engineering at King Abdulaziz University cover?

The royal decree creating the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences was issued on 9 January 1975, and the faculty now offers bachelor's and postgraduate programmes in civil, mechanical, electrical, industrial and chemical engineering and other fields.⁶

The faculty describes its environment as advanced laboratories and experienced academic staff, with attention to innovation, sustainability and professional ethics. All thirteen bachelor's programmes on its programmes page last five years, while postgraduate programmes show two years.⁶

Dates change every year, so check the university admission portal. Because the new-student admission page is password-protected, compare your score with the cut-offs published on the unified national admission platform before ranking your choices.

Where else can you study the KAU majors?

If KAU does not admit you, the same majors appear at other universities on our list:

• Medicine: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), IAU (Dammam), Majmaah University (Majmaah) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Dentistry: IAU (Dammam), Majmaah University (Majmaah) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Pharmacy: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), IAU (Dammam) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Nursing: IAU (Dammam), Majmaah University (Majmaah) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Chemical engineering: KFUPM (Dhahran)
• Civil engineering: KFUPM (Dhahran), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Taibah University (Madinah) and UPM (Madinah)
• Electrical engineering: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), KFUPM (Dhahran), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Taibah University (Madinah) and UPM (Madinah)
• Industrial engineering: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), KFUPM (Dhahran), Taibah University (Madinah) and Al Yamamah University (Riyadh)
• Aerospace engineering: KFUPM (Dhahran)
• Mechanical engineering: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), KFUPM (Dhahran), Majmaah University (Majmaah) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Computer science: AOU (Riyadh), Dar Al-Hekma University (Jeddah), KFUPM (Dhahran), Majmaah University (Majmaah) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Cybersecurity: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), AOU (Riyadh), Dar Al-Hekma University (Jeddah), Taibah University (Madinah), UPM (Madinah) and Al Yamamah University (Riyadh)
• Information systems: AOU (Riyadh), Dar Al-Hekma University (Jeddah), KFUPM (Dhahran), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Taibah University (Madinah) and Al Yamamah University (Riyadh)
• Information technology: AOU (Riyadh) and Majmaah University (Majmaah)
• Biology: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), Majmaah University (Majmaah) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Chemistry: KFUPM (Dhahran), Majmaah University (Majmaah) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Mathematics: KFUPM (Dhahran), Majmaah University (Majmaah) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Architecture: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), Dar Al-Hekma University (Jeddah), IAU (Dammam), KFUPM (Dhahran), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Taibah University (Madinah), UPM (Madinah) and Al Yamamah University (Riyadh)
• Law: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), Dar Al-Hekma University (Jeddah), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Taibah University (Madinah) and Al Yamamah University (Riyadh)
• Tourism and hospitality: Majmaah University (Majmaah) and Taibah University (Madinah)
• Media and communication: Taibah University (Madinah)

Where does the KAU information on this page come from?

Every figure and name on this page was copied by hand from official pages. These are the sources we used,:

• kau.edu.sa

Before you apply, read the unified admission guide and the university transfer guide.