The Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 5th Arab Chemistry Olympics Competition. The competition will be held in the Faculty of Science at the University of King Abdulaziz in Jeddah during the period from 8 to 12 August 2009. More than 132 secondary school students from 12 Arab countries will take part in this competition. The competition aims to encourage young men and women in the Arab world to compete in the branches of chemistry science.