Jazan University (commonly referred to as JazanU) is a
public
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research university
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based in the city of
Jazan in Saudi Arabia . Founded in 2006, it is the province's only university and one of the largest public,
nonprofit institutions of
higher education
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in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
JazanU has a main central campus that rests by the
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...
on the southwest coast of
Saudi Arabia
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and also has satellite campuses in
Sabya
Sabya ( ar, صبياء) is a city and sub-division in Jazan Province, in southwestern Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and h ...
,
Abu Arish,
Farasan,
Ad-darb,
Samtah
Samtah (also Romanized as Şāmitah or Samta; in Arabic صامطة) is a town and sub-division in Jizan Province, in southwestern Saudi Arabia.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry.search Accessed 13 May 2011.
In March ...
,
Al-Daer and
Al-Ardah.
JazanU offers a broad range of academic departments, an extensive
research
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enterprise and a number of
community outreach
Outreach is the activity of providing services to any population that might not otherwise have access to those services. A key component of outreach is that the group providing it is not stationary, but mobile; in other words, it involves meetin ...
and public service programs. It is particularly well known for its medical school, dental school, school of business, its
social sciences
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and
humanities
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programs, as well as its
biomedical teaching and research capabilities.
Academics
University includes (23) faculties, including: (21) colleges granting bachelor's degree to male and female students, and one college granting diploma degree, and these colleges and scientific departments are:
* College of
Applied Medical Sciences.
Faculty of Physical Therapy
* College of
Health Sciences
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.
* College of
Pharmacy.
* College of
Dentistry.
* College of
Medicine
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.
* College of
Computer Science
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s &
Information Systems
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.
* College of
Education
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.
* College of
Engineering
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.
* College of
Administrative Sciences.
* College of
Languages.
* College of
Science
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and
Arts
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.
* College of
Sharia.
* College of
Science
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Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
and
Arts
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of
Farasan.
* College of
Science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
and
Arts
The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...
of
Samtah
Samtah (also Romanized as Şāmitah or Samta; in Arabic صامطة) is a town and sub-division in Jizan Province, in southwestern Saudi Arabia.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry.search Accessed 13 May 2011.
In March ...
.
* College of
Science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
and
Arts
The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...
of
Ad-darb.
*College of
Science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
and
Arts
The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...
of
Al Dayer
*
Community College
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.
* College of Business Administration
Former Rectors
The following individuals have served as the rectors of the university since its inception:
References
External links
Official websiteJazan University Press
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2006 establishments in Saudi Arabia
Universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia
Educational institutions established in 2006