About King Abdulaziz University:

King Abdulaziz University (KAU) is a public university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Established initially in 1967 as a private university by a group of businessmen led by Muhammad Abu Bakr Bakhashab and including writer Hamza Bogary. In 1974, King Abdulaziz University was converted to a public university by a decision of the Council Ministers of Saudi Arabia under then-King Faisal's orders. It has 19 faculties: Engineering; Economics and Administration; Law; Applied Medical Sciences; Medicine; Arts and Humanities; Communication and Media; Computing and Information Technology; Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture; Nursing; Sciences; Pharmacy; Dentistry; Earth Sciences; Environmental Designs; Home Economics; Marine Sciences; Tourism; Maritime Studies.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
World University Rankings - - - - - - - - - - 162 142 140 133 137 138 98 109

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Agriculture - - - - - - - - - - 197 188 199 211 176 107 84
Engineering - - - - - - - - 54 39 24 26 32 37 35 43 53
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - - 210 177 208 168 156 150 125 118
Medicine - - - - - - - - - - 451-500 401-450 401-450 - 401-450 351-400 401-450
Natural Sciences - - - - - - - 136 68 72 67 63 74 69 71 38 49
Social Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - 351-400 301-350 269 213 209

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - - 93 141 192 174 137 79 68
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 160 129 - 130 76 88
Chemistry - - - - - 43 44 33 35 42 44 42 42 47
Chemical Engineering - - - - - - 47 38 31 36 36 28 25 26
Civil Engineering - - - - - - 52 25 21 19 30 25 29 57
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 451-500 401-450 451-500 401-450 401-450 401-450
Computer Science - - - - - - 18 13 15 17 17 12 22 19
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - - - - 236 255
Electrical Engineering - - - - - - 66 48 38 38 43 31 36 60
Environment / Ecology - - - - - - - - - - - - 110 96
Geosciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science - - - - - - 63 54 59 83 77 75 69 96
Mathematics - - - - 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 11
Mechanical Engineering - - - - - - - 17 16 18 20 19 23 26
Microbiology - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 135 144 - 124 89 87
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - - - - - 189 161 174 139 110 85 68 54
Physics - - - - - - - - - - 129 101 84 118
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - - - - - 247 181 157
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - - - - 267 225 188
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 78 72 35 43
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 70 76 69 68
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 86 68 61 56