Taif University

On 27 Jumada I 1400 AH, a royal order was issued to establish the College of Education in Taif, which is affiliated with King Abdulaziz University. The college was annexed to Umm Al-Qura University according to a Royal Order No. 24187 dated 10/27/1402 AH where the study began in the college in the first semester 1401/1402  E. The number of students enrolled in it was eighty-five, and the number of female students was one hundred and eighty, distributed among the following departments:

 Islamic Studies Department

 the department of Arabic language

 Mathematics department

 Biology section

 Department of Foreign Languages

 Department of Educational Sciences (Assistant Department)

 In the year 1419 AH, the High Order was issued to establish the College of Science in Taif. The study was organized in the following departments:

 Maths

 Biology

 Physics

 computer

 In the same year, royal directives were issued to grant the palace of the late King Saud to the university branch, which is located in Al-Hawiya, and its total area (380,000) m 2 and consists of two parts: the ruling palace and the family headquarters, separated by a corridor of 200 m in length in addition to a large number of annexes and small villas.  The restoration work was done for the part called the Governance Palace, and the two faculties moved to their departments in addition to managing the branch in the year 1423 AH.  On 5/18/1423 AH, the university’s branch was on a big date when the Crown Prince - at that time - Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud visited it to lay the foundation stone for the university city of the university’s branch in Taif and on 5/5/1424 AH and convert the branch of Umm Al-Qura University in Taif into an independent university  Under the name of Taif University.

 At the time, the academic and administrative committees started to separate the branch from its origin, and a separate budget was issued to the university during the year 1424 AH in the name of “The University in Taif” and assigned the Director of Umm Al-Qura University to act as its acting director.

 Since the issuance of the royal order to establish the university, the specialized committees have started to lay down the university’s structure and create new colleges:

 1: The College of Medicine and Medical Sciences includes the following majors:

 Rays

 pharmaceutical

 children

 Al Batinah

 pathology

 Anatomy

 Surgery

 Rheumatism

 Forensic Medicine

 Urinary Tract

 Pediatric surgery

 Medical biology

 2: The College of Administrative and Financial Sciences includes departments:

 Business Administration, Marketing

 Management information systems

 Investment and financing

 Economics and project management

 Accounting

 3: The College of Computers and Information Systems includes departments:

 Computer Science

 Information Systems

 Computer Engineering.

 4: The College of Engineering includes departments:

 Civil Engineering

 electrical engineering

 Mechanical Engineering

 Architectural Engineering

 Industrial engineering

 5: College of Pharmacy

 6: College of Community Service and Continuing Education

 The supporting agencies were also converted into separate deanships:

 Deanship of Admission and Registration

 Deanship of Student Affairs

 Deanship of Library Affairs

 Deanship of Higher Studies

 The College of Arts has become departments:

 English, Arabic, Sharia and Islamic Studies, readings

 The College of Education includes departments:

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 In the year 1428 AH, Royal Decree No. (1093) was issued on 11/21/1428 AH to establish three new colleges:

 The Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences in soil includes departments:

 Microbiology, Biotechnology, Medical Records, Veterinary Health

 Community College in Khurma and it includes departments:

 Computer Science English Language Medical Records Marketing Management

 The College of Science and Arts is Rania and it includes departments:

 Mathematics English Language Business Administration Accounting.

 After the teachers' college and girls ’colleges were added to the university, the university restructured and merged the educational departments with the corresponding departments in the College of Education, the literary departments with the corresponding departments in the College of Arts, and the scientific departments with the corresponding departments in the College of Sciences.  Approval No. 10209 / MB was issued on 12/30/1429 AH approving the university’s proposal to establish five new colleges:

 The College of Sharia and Law includes departments:

 Sharia Laws Reads Islamic Culture (Assistant Department)

 The College of Designs and Home Economics includes departments:

 Apparel & Textile Arts, Nutrition & Food Science, Electronic Drawing, Housing Management, and Family Institutions, Interior Design

 The College of Education and Arts in Turba includes departments:

 English Language, Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language, Home Economics, Kindergarten, Education and Psychology (Assistant Department)

 College of Education and Science in Khurma and it includes departments:

 Arabic Language, Sharia and Islamic Studies, Home Economics, Kindergarten, Mathematics, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer, Department of Education and Psychology (Assistant Department)

 Community College is Rania and it includes departments:

 Computer Science, Business Administration and Secretarial