Brief History
The Council of Ministers approved of the decision taken by the Higher Economic Council, endorsing the establishment of 13 community colleges. Because of the large population in Al-Aflaj and the neighboring areas, as well as lack of university-level studies, Al-Aflaj region was chosen to host one of these colleges. Thus, the Community College in Al-Aflaj, was established in 1423A as an affiliate of King Saud University,
The Departments
The College has three departments:
Humanities and Business Administration
This department offers a transfer program in Business Administration & English Language. Students are taught the same courses conducted by the two departments at the Center. It also offers career program in Sales Management with the same course plan used by Riyadh Community College.
Applied Medical Sciences
This department offers two career programs in Nursing and Medical Equipment. Students are taught the same courses described by Riyadh Community College.
Physical and Applied Sciences.
This department offers a transfer program in Mathematics with the same courses taught at the Center. It also has a career program in Computer Science with the same courses taught at Riyadh Community College.
The City of Al-Aflaj
Al-Aflaj (plural of “Falj”) literary means ‘the crack through which water spouts from the ground’. In old days, Al-Aflaj was famous for its rich resources of water and bore-holes which ran out through small and large streams, leading to improvement in the agricultural sector, particularly in the traditional crops of date palms, wheat and some vegetables. Besides this, Al-Aflaj is a historic city with unique ruins from an old civilization. It is also one of Riyadh’s Provinces, located approximately 300 kilometers southwest of Riyadh. The city has good health care services, educational centers and a passport department. Laiyla is the central city of Al-Aflaj. It was named after the historic figures Qais and Laiyla and their classical love story; the remains of their residence can be seen in Al-Gheel village.
Al-Aflaj has a large number of villages and settlements inhibited by more than 100,000 people, working in farming, trade and education. Moreover, large quantities of oil have been recently discovered in the area which will hopefully lead to a promising and prosperous future for the region and local people.