About the department:
When it established the Faculty of Agriculture in 1385 with the beginning of the academic year 1402 - 1403 she joined the students in one section devoted nutrition and home economics emanating from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Community.
Change the name of college to the College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, in the academic year 1424/1425, was also change the wording of specialty nutrition and home economics to allocate food science and nutrition in the year 1426 the number of graduates of this specialty in the first batch (1406/1407 AH) 35 graduate rose 55 to graduate in the next year, and the number of graduates increases in reciting the other terms have been able to cover the non-moving part of the needs of government and private sectors in the areas of nutrition, and various areas of the domestic economy.
The college offers students bachelor's degree in nutrition and food science and a master's degree and doctorate in human nutrition.