The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz has approved a number of decisions taken by the Higher Education Council (HEC) at its 36th session, it was reported today. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, the Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Alanqari said the council approved the set up of a number of new colleges in some universities, citing the transfer of the Medical Sciences Department at the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences at Ummul Qura University to an independent college carrying the name: Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, the change of the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences to become the Faculty of Medicine, the independence of Medical Laboratories Department as part of the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences. The Minister also reported that the HEC approved the establishment of a Faculty of Engineering in Sikaka as an affiliate of the Riyadh-based King Saud University, the transfer of the Medical Laboratories Sciences Department at Aljoaf-based Faculty of Science, an affiliate of King Saud University, to the Applied Medical Sciences Faculty, the transfer of the Computer Sciences Department at the Faculty of Sciences of King Saud University to an independent college carrying the name: Faculty of Computers and Information Technology. --More 2312 Local Time 2012 GMT
