Dr. Khalid A. Al-Juhany

   Chairman of the Aeronautical Engineering Department

Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University 

P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21583, Saudi Arabia

Phone: +96626952278

Fax: +96626952944

Head of AE ABET Committee

Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University 

P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21583, Saudi Arabia

Phone: +966505581861

Fax: +96626952944

Aeronautical Engineering program (AE) at King Abdulaziz University was established in 1980 as a division of the

Mechanical Engineering Department to satisfy the needs of the development plans in the Kingdom in the field of

Aerospace technology. The University Council, in 1982 reorganized the Department of Mechanical Engineering

into three separate departments: Production Engineering & Mechanical Systems Design, Thermal Engineering &

Desalination Technology, and Aeronautical Engineering.

AE program has been repeatedly revised to account for the dynamic growth in the local market as well as the

international advancements in the Aerospace field. In 2003 the program was evaluated for the first time by ABET

based on the Engineering Conventional Criteria and was recognized to be “Substantially Equivalent” to ABET

accredited programs. Following the ABET visit major curriculum changes were implemented to cope with the

remarks of the program evaluators and to reflect the increasing interest of incorporating major design experience

in the curriculum.

The Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautics) is awarded to all students satisfying the

requirements of the Aeronautical Engineering Program