Faculty of Earth Sciences

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Faculty of Earth Sciences (FES) is considered to be the first and a unique specialized geology college in the Middle East since the foundation in 1970 and still the most unique college in the world. It was founded in the beginning as the Applied Geological Center belonging to the Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia. Later became one of the King Abdulaziz University schools. The faculty currently has seven geosciences departments:

  1. Mineral Resources & Rocks
  2. Petroleum Geology & Sedimentation
  3. Hydrology
  4. Geophysics
  5. Structural Geology & Remote Sensing
  6. Engineering & Environmental Geology
  7. Technical Training Department (offer diploma only)

The FES offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in most departments mentioned above.The Faculty presently includes 65 full-time faculty members and professors and 23 labs.

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