King Faisal University

King Faisal University (KFU, Arabic: جامعة الملك فيصل) is a public university in Hofuf, in the Al-Ahsa Oasis of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, founded in 1975 and named after King Faisal bin Abdulaziz.费萨尔国王大学（阿拉伯语 جامعة الملك فيصل，简称 KFU）是沙特阿拉伯东部省哈萨绿洲胡富夫的一所公立大学，创办于 1975 年，以国王费萨尔·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹命名

It is one of the largest universities in the Eastern Province, with 15 colleges, more than 40,000 undergraduate students and about 3,500 postgraduate students, taught by nearly 2,200 faculty members.它是东部省规模最大的大学之一，设有 15 个学院，本科学生超过 40000 人、研究生约 3500 人，由近 2200 名教师任教

The university's main home is the City of Knowledge in the Al-Ahsa Oasis, inaugurated by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 567th in the world.该校的主校区是哈萨绿洲的「知识之城」，由国王萨勒曼·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹主持启用；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 567 名

History

• King Faisal University was founded in 1975 by Royal Decree No. H/67 of 1395 AH, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.费萨尔国王大学于 1975 年（伊斯兰历 1395 年）依第 H/67 号王室法令在沙特阿拉伯东部省创办

• It was named after King Faisal bin Abdulaziz, who ruled Saudi Arabia from 1964 until his assassination in 1975 and whose name the university commemorates.该校以费萨尔·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王命名，这位国王 1964 至 1975 年遇刺前一直统治沙特阿拉伯，大学以其名号作为纪念

• In 1975 the university admitted its first students, teaching them in leased buildings in Al-Ahsa and Dammam before purpose-built colleges were ready.1975 年，该校招收首批学生，在哈萨与达曼的租赁楼宇中开课，专门的学院建筑当时尚未建成

• The university began with four scientific colleges, two in Dammam and two in Al-Ahsa, spread across the two main centres of the Eastern Province and chosen to meet the needs of the young kingdom.该校最初设四个理科学院，其中两所在达曼、两所在哈萨，分布于东部省的两个主要城市，并按这个年轻王国的需要而设

• At Al-Ahsa the founding colleges were the College of Agricultural and Food Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry.在哈萨的创始学院为农业与食品科学学院，以及兽医与畜牧学院

• At Dammam the founding colleges were the College of Architecture and Planning and the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences.在达曼的创始学院为建筑与规划学院，以及医学与医学科学学院

• In its first year the university leased buildings for teaching, and in subsequent years it used prefabricated buildings for the colleges while permanent facilities were built.建校首年，大学租赁楼宇用于教学；此后数年，在永久设施建成之前，各学院以预制建筑为校舍

• In 1981 the College of Education was founded by royal decree, extending the university into teacher training for the kingdom's schools.1981 年，教育学院依王室法令成立，使该校的办学延伸至为王国学校培养师资

• In 1984 the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Planning was established to train administrators and planners for the Saudi state at a time when the kingdom was expanding its civil service.1984 年，行政科学与规划学院成立，在王国扩展公职人员队伍之际为其培养行政管理与规划人才

• In 1996 a further royal decree separated dentistry and medical technology from the Dammam medical college, reshaping the university's health provision.1996 年，又一项王室法令将牙医学与医学技术从达曼的医学院中分离出来，重塑了该校的健康类学科布局

• As a result the Faculty of Dentistry and the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences were founded to strengthen health education at the university.据此，牙医学院与应用医学科学学院相继成立，以加强该校的健康类教育

• The King Fahd University Hospital in Khobar serves as the university's teaching hospital, and a newer hospital has been under construction near the main campus since the 2010s.位于胡拜尔的法赫德国王大学医院是该校的教学医院；自 2010 年代以来，另一座较新的医院正在主校区附近建设

• In 2009 the colleges that had been based in Dammam were separated from King Faisal University to form the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, leaving KFU concentrated in Al-Ahsa.2009 年，原设于达曼的各学院从费萨尔国王大学分离出来，组成伊玛目阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·本·费萨尔大学，费萨尔国王大学则集中于哈萨

• The College of Engineering at KFU was established by a decision of the Higher Education Council in 1428 AH, corresponding to 2007.费萨尔国王大学工程学院依高等教育委员会 1428 年（即 2007 年）的决定设立

• By 2010 the number of colleges at King Faisal University had risen to about fifteen, covering agriculture, medicine, engineering, science and the humanities.到 2010 年，费萨尔国王大学的学院数量增至约十五个，涵盖农业、医学、工程、科学与人文学科

• In the 2000s and 2010s the university developed the City of Knowledge in the Al-Ahsa Oasis as a purpose-built academic city for its colleges.在 2000 与 2010 年代，该校在哈萨绿洲建设「知识之城」，作为容纳各学院的专门规划学术之城

• The university's engineering programmes have been accredited by the American Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) until 2026.该校的工程类项目已获美国工程与技术认证委员会（ABET）认证，有效期至 2026 年

• Since its foundation the university has completed more than forty national research projects and published more than two thousand scientific articles in domestic and international journals.自建校以来，该校已完成 40 多个国家级研究项目，并在国内外学术期刊发表 2000 多篇科学论文

• It has organised more than sixty-six local and global conferences and symposia, and its faculty members have taken part in more than three hundred scientific conferences.该校组织了 66 场以上的本地与国际会议及研讨会，其教师参加了 300 多场学术会议

• In the QS Arab Region ranking of 2016 King Faisal University was placed twenty-second among Arab universities, its best regional result at the time.在 2016 年 QS 阿拉伯地区排名中，费萨尔国王大学位列阿拉伯地区高校第 22 名，是其当时的区域最佳成绩

• The City of Knowledge campus in Al-Ahsa was inaugurated by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, turning the university into a major academic hub of the oasis.哈萨的「知识之城」校区由国王萨勒曼·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹主持启用，使该校成为这片绿洲的重要学术中心

• In 2020 the university began implementing its strategy for 2020 to 2024, aligning its teaching and research with Saudi Vision 2030, the national development plan.2020 年，该校开始实施其 2020 至 2024 年战略，使教学与科研对接国家发展计划「沙特 2030 愿景」

• Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Ohali has served as president of King Faisal University since October 2024, succeeding Adel bin Mohammed Abu Zenadah.穆罕默德·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·奥哈利自 2024 年 10 月起担任费萨尔国王大学校长，接替阿德尔·本·穆罕默德·阿布·泽纳达

Academics

• The university is organised into fifteen colleges, five deanships of supportive affairs, and more than half a dozen scientific and research centres.该校按十五个学院、五个辅助事务事务处以及六个以上科研中心组织

• Its Agricultural College, Veterinary College, Medical College, Engineering College and Pharmacy College cover food sciences, animal resources, medicine, engineering and clinical pharmacy.其农业学院、兽医学院、医学院、工程学院与药学院，覆盖食品科学、动物资源、医学、工程与临床药学等领域

• Its Science College, Computing College, Business College, Education College, Arts College and Law College cover the sciences, information technology, administration, teacher training, the arts and law.其理学院、计算机学院、商学院、教育学院、艺术学院与法学院，覆盖理科、信息技术、管理、师资培养、艺术与法律等领域

• Its Applied Studies College, Community College, Dental College and Applied Medical Sciences College complete the roster, giving students a wide choice of academic paths.其应用研究学院、社区学院、牙医学院与应用医学科学学院构成完整的学院名册，为学生提供多样的学术路径

• The College of Engineering offers undergraduate programmes in electrical, civil and environmental, mechanical, chemical and biomedical engineering.工程学院开设电气工程、土木与环境工程、机械工程、化学工程与生物医学工程等本科专业

• It also offers graduate programmes in electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, and its five undergraduate programmes are ABET-accredited.该院还开设电气工程与机械工程研究生项目，其五个本科项目均获 ABET 认证

• The College of Medicine and the health colleges train doctors, dentists and applied medical scientists, supported by the King Fahd University Hospital.医学院与各健康类学院培养医生、牙医与应用医学科学人才，并由法赫德国王大学医院提供支撑

• The College of Clinical Pharmacy and the College of Applied Medical Sciences train pharmacists and medical technologists for hospitals across the kingdom.临床药学院与应用医学科学学院为王国各地医院培养药师与医学技术人才

• The College of Computer Science and Information Technology offers programmes in software engineering, information systems and related digital fields.计算机科学与信息技术学院开设软件工程、信息系统及相关数字领域的项目

• The university offers 49 bachelor's programmes and 67 postgraduate programmes across its colleges and research centres.该校各学院与研究中心共开设 49 个本科项目与 67 个研究生项目

• More than 40,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate programmes and about 3,500 in postgraduate programmes, taught by nearly 2,200 faculty members.其本科项目在读学生超过 40000 人，研究生约 3500 人，由近 2200 名教师任教

• The university employs more than 1,500 administrative and technical staff in support of its teaching and research mission.该校聘用 1500 多名行政与技术人员，以支撑其教学与科研使命

• The College of Agricultural and Food Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine work closely with the agricultural economy of the Al-Ahsa Oasis.农业与食品科学学院及兽医学院与哈萨绿洲的农业经济紧密合作

• The university runs language and preparatory programmes and has expanded its e-learning provision to many thousands of distance students.该校开设语言与预科课程，并把在线教学扩展到数千名远程学生

• Research at KFU is organised through scientific and research centres and two active research chairs funded by endowments and national research bodies.该校的科研通过若干科学研究中心与两个由捐赠及国家级研究机构资助的活跃研究教席来组织

• The university's stated goal is to contribute to a knowledge-based economy through teaching, research and community service, in line with national development policy.该校的既定目标是通过教学、科研与社区服务助力知识型经济，以配合国家发展政策

• The teaching hospital and the medical colleges give the university a strong presence in health education in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia.教学医院与各医学院使该校在沙特阿拉伯东部地区的健康教育领域占有重要地位

Campus

• The main campus of King Faisal University is the City of Knowledge in the Al-Ahsa Oasis, at roughly 25.36 degrees north and 49.59 degrees east in eastern Saudi Arabia.费萨尔国王大学主校区是哈萨绿洲的「知识之城」，位于沙特阿拉伯东部，坐标约为北纬 25.36 度、东经 49.59 度

• The campus encompasses fifteen colleges whose halls and laboratories host the university's tens of thousands of students during the academic year.该校区容纳十五个学院，其讲堂与实验室在学年中承载着全校数以万计的学生

• The King Fahd University Hospital in Khobar serves as the university's teaching hospital, away from the main Al-Ahsa campus, and provides the main clinical training site for its medical students.位于胡拜尔的法赫德国王大学医院是该校的教学医院，位于哈萨主校区之外，为其医学生提供主要的临床训练基地

• A newer university hospital has been under construction near the main campus in Al-Ahsa to serve the wider eastern region.一座较新的大学医院正在哈萨主校区附近建设，以服务更广的东部地区

• The university has additional sites, including a College of Applied Studies at Abqaiq in the Eastern Province.该校还设有其他校点，包括东部省阿布盖格的应科学院

• Al-Ahsa is the largest oasis in the world and a historic centre of date cultivation, giving the university a distinctive agricultural environment and an economy built on date palms.哈萨是世界上最大的绿洲，也是历史悠久的椰枣种植中心，为该校提供了独特的农业环境，当地经济亦以椰枣为核心

• The university's community and applied colleges serve students from towns across the Eastern Province, several of them beyond Al-Ahsa itself, and offer shorter, applied programmes that feed local industry and public services.该校的社区与应用类学院服务来自东部省各城镇的学生，其中若干不在哈萨本地，并提供周期较短的应用型课程，为当地产业与公共服务输送人才

• Because the university sits within an oasis city, its academic life is closely tied to the agriculture, water management and industry of the region.由于校址位于绿洲城市之中，其学术生活与当地的农业、水资源管理和工业紧密相连

• The university has expanded its Al-Ahsa site into a purpose-built academic city with colleges, laboratories and student facilities added over recent decades.近几十年来，该校把哈萨校址扩建为一座专门规划的学术之城，陆续增添学院、实验室与学生设施

• The King Fahd University Hospital in Khobar is closely linked to the medical and health colleges that the university runs in Al-Ahsa, supporting clinical teaching across the two cities.胡拜尔的法赫德国王大学医院与该校在哈萨开办的医学及健康类学院联系紧密，支撑起跨两座城市的临床教学

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 King Faisal University is placed 567th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，费萨尔国王大学位列世界第 567 名

• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 the university appears in the 551-600 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位于 551 至 600 区间

• In the US News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 the institution is placed 540th in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列世界第 540 名

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it appears in the 701-800 band.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，该校位于 701 至 800 区间

• In the QS Arab Region ranking of 2016 the university was placed twenty-second among Arab universities, its best regional showing.在 2016 年 QS 阿拉伯地区排名中，该校位列阿拉伯地区高校第 22 名，是其最佳区域成绩

• The university has completed more than forty national research projects and published more than two thousand scientific articles, indicators of a growing research base.该校已完成 40 多个国家级研究项目、发表 2000 多篇科学论文，显示出不断增强的科研基础

• Its engineering programmes hold ABET accreditation, an internationally recognised marker of quality in technical education.其工程类项目持有 ABET 认证，这是技术教育质量的一项国际认可标志

• OpenAlex attributes to the university tens of thousands of scholarly works and a growing citation record, reflecting the output of its colleges and research centres as it expands its medical and engineering research.OpenAlex 把数万项学术成果与不断增长的引用记录归于该校，随着其扩充医学与工程研究，各学院与研究中心的产出也反映其中

• As a young institution founded in 1975, King Faisal University has risen quickly in national and regional rankings in the 2020s, a rise that reflects heavy state investment in higher education.作为一所 1975 年创办的年轻大学，费萨尔国王大学在 2020 年代于国家和区域排名中迅速攀升，这一上升反映了国家对高等教育的重投入

• The university's position in the middle of the world rankings reflects both its rapid growth and the strong emphasis it places on health and engineering education.该校在世界排名中处于中游位置，既反映其快速增长，也反映其对健康与工程教育的重视

• The university's entry in the world's top 600 of the 2027 QS ranking is presented by KFU as evidence of its rising international standing in the 2020s.费萨尔国王大学把其进入 2027 年 QS 全球前 600 名，视为其国际地位在 2020 年代不断上升的证明

Student life

• King Faisal University has no widely adopted formal motto, its identity resting on its namesake King Faisal and its service to the Eastern Province.费萨尔国王大学没有广为采用的正式校训，其身份认同依托于同名的费萨尔国王及其对东部省的服务

• Students are enrolled across fifteen colleges, from agriculture and veterinary medicine to engineering, medicine and business.学生分布于十五个学院，从农业与兽医学到工程、医学与商学

• The university provides separate sections and colleges for women, reflecting the structure of Saudi higher education.该校设有女生部与女子学院，体现了沙特高等教育的组织形式

• The City of Knowledge campus offers halls and laboratories that host more than forty thousand undergraduate students in its colleges.「知识之城」校区设有讲堂与实验室，容纳其各学院逾四万名本科生

• The university's community colleges and applied colleges serve students from towns across the Eastern Province and beyond.该校的社区学院与应用学院服务来自东部省内外各城镇的学生

• Students take part in scientific and cultural activities organised by colleges and research centres throughout the academic year.学生在整个学年中参与由各学院与研究中心组织的科学与文化活动

• The university organises orientation and preparatory programmes to help new students from across the Eastern Province adjust to university study.该校组织迎新与预科项目，帮助来自东部省各地的新生适应大学生活

• Because the university is embedded in the Al-Ahsa Oasis, student life is linked to the traditions, date farming and heritage of the region.由于该校植根于哈萨绿洲，学生生活与当地的传统、椰枣种植与文化遗产相联系

• The university has expanded e-learning programmes, allowing thousands of students to study by distance alongside campus-based learners, especially working adults and students in remote towns.该校大力扩展在线教学项目，使数千名学生得以与在校学生一样通过远程方式学习，尤其面向在职成人与偏远城镇的学生

• The university's health colleges and teaching hospital give medical students early contact with clinical practice in the eastern region.该校的健康类学院与教学医院让医学生较早接触东部地区的临床实践

Notable people

• King Faisal bin Abdulaziz, ruler of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975, is the namesake of the university founded in that year.费萨尔·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王是 1964 至 1975 年间沙特阿拉伯的统治者，也是这所同年创办大学的名字来源

• King Khalid bin Abdulaziz was the reigning monarch when the royal decree of 1975 founded the university in the Eastern Province.1975 年王室法令创办这所东部省大学时，在位君主为哈立德·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王

• King Salman bin Abdulaziz inaugurated the City of Knowledge campus in Al-Ahsa, the university's main academic home.萨勒曼·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王主持启用了哈萨的「知识之城」校区，即该校的主要学术所在地

• King Fahd bin Abdulaziz gives his name to the King Fahd University Hospital in Khobar, the university's teaching hospital.法赫德·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王的名字被用于胡拜尔的法赫德国王大学医院，即该校的教学医院

• Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Ohali, a nuclear physicist and former senior official in the Ministry of Education, has been president of the university since October 2024.核物理学家、教育部前高级官员穆罕默德·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·奥哈利自 2024 年 10 月起担任该校校长

• Adel bin Mohammed Abu Zenadah served as president of King Faisal University before Al-Ohali took office in 2024.在奥哈利于 2024 年就任之前，阿德尔·本·穆罕默德·阿布·泽纳达曾任费萨尔国王大学校长

• Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan, the Saudi Minister of Education who chairs the University Affairs Council, oversees the university within the national higher education system.沙特教育大臣、大学事务委员会主席优素福·本·阿卜杜拉·布尼扬在沙特高等教育体系内对包括该校在内的大学进行监管

• The teaching hospital and medical colleges train physicians and health professionals who serve the Al-Ahsa region and the wider Eastern Province.该校的教学医院与医学院培养的医生与卫生专业人员服务于哈萨地区及更广的东部省

• The university's faculty members have contributed to more than three hundred scientific conferences and to research on agriculture, health and engineering.该校教师参与了 300 多场学术会议，并在农业、健康与工程领域开展研究

• Graduates of the College of Agricultural and Food Sciences have supported the date palm and food industries for which the Al-Ahsa Oasis is known.农业与食品科学学院的毕业生支撑了哈萨绿洲赖以闻名的椰枣与食品产业

• Graduates of the health colleges staff hospitals across the Eastern Province, including the King Fahd University Hospital in Khobar, and many practise in Al-Ahsa itself.各健康学院的毕业生服务于东部省各地医院，包括胡拜尔的法赫德国王大学医院，其中许多人在哈萨本地执业