The department was established in accordance to the university council resolution no.76297 on 4/11/1410 H to offer scientific degrees, meet the society need from highly qualified human resources enhance knowledge and conduct research in the areas agricultural extension education and rural development. The department teaches courses in the areas of agricultural extension education and rural sociology, conducts pure and applied research and provides consultancy services to the public and private sector in the areas of agricultural extension education and rural development, in addition to its apparent role in community services through provision of training and extension and administration of the agricultural extension center.
To provide innovative teaching, excellent research, and future prospective of society needs in building knowledge economy in soil, water and environment.
To be one of the leading departments in soil and water science
The Department of Soil Science at King Saud University was formally established in 1965. It has retained its close ties with agriculture community through membership and active involvement with colleagues in the Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences in agicultural and environmental issues.
Since its establishment,the department is collaborated with different departments at the college of Food and Agricultural Sciences for graduating specialists and researchers in the field of soil sciences and other agricultural disciplines.
The Soil science department is one of the pioneer departmens the in the King Saud University and the unique departments in College of Food and Agicultural Sciences that is offer a Ph.D dgree in soil scienc. The department is concerned with developing professionally qualified graduates to be able to lead the acitity toward development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. our graduate programs are designed to prepare the graduate students to have the necessary skills and knowledge. They will be able to contribute the addressing issues associated with human interactions and its relation to the environment such as water use, soil & water contamainations and natural resources management.
The department offers two graduate pograms leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees insoil science. These programs are designed to provide students with scientific knowledge and practical skills to acquire experience needed to face the challenges in the agricultural development under the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia environment.
The department is well-equipped ( Facilities and Equipments ) with instrumentation for analysis of soil, mineral, and water samples. In addition, there is a mobile lab. for soil survey, and field work for conducting soil studies at remote districts. The department has five units of growth chambers and two units in the faculty green house.
The Plant Protection Department is one of the oldest departments in the College of Food and Agriculture Sciences and was established in 1385H. The department continues to play a key role in the educational and research responsibilities of the college. The department has three main branches: Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Pesticides. The teaching and research duties in these branches are carried out by a number of well-qualified faculty members in their respective disciplines assisted by specialized groups of lecturers, teaching assistants, researchers, research assistants and technicians. The staff members of the department including faculty members, administrators, assistants, supporting staff, graduate and undergraduate students are working in joint and collaborative stance.
Providing distinctive academic programs of Bachelor and Master of Science in four engineering majors: Agricultural Power and Machinery, Water and Irrigation Systems, Food Process Engineering, and and Environmental Control. Those programs are strengthen with the skills and abilities needed by the Alum for the competition in the job market.
The department seeks to be an academic and research reference of engineering applications in the Kingdom and the region to contribute to agricultural production that depends on modern technologies and solutions to its problems.
Agricultural engineering is essential in regards to planning and carry in out the agricultural projects. particularly those which are applied on large scales. Moreover, it represents the mid-joint between both the agricultural and engineering sciences. There is no doubt that there are direct and active effects of the agricultural engineering on human progress and their welfare. The reason is that it uses the optimum scientific methods for solving problems related to agriculture which in turn helps in the increase the agricultural production and providing the food security. The Agricultural engineering applies the principles of engineering methods for solving agriculture problems in various fields. Such fields are food process engineering, irrigation and drainage systems, farm power and machinery, and design of agricultural structures and environmental controls, precautions, storage and expiry dates. Measurement of field performance and laboratory educations.
