King Abdulaziz University's Faculty of Earth Sciences has recently received the international academic accreditation of the British Geological Society. It is world's oldest geological society and is recognized as the premier global academic institution in teaching earth sciences. Dr. Ammar Bin Abdel Moneim Amin, KAU's Dean of the Faculty of Earth Sciences, said that an experts committee, comprising specialists from the college and other academic institutions is in the process of reviewing a well-defined plan to study courses that are being taught to students and update them in conformity with the requirements of the labor market. He disclosed that all faculty graduates get jobs in prestigious public and private sector companies in the first year of their graduation. The faculty is the only one in the Kingdom offering bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in the field of earth sciences.
