The department of Educational Administration, once part of the Department of Education, s now the newest Department in the College of Education which was, found in 1386 - 1387 H. (1966 - 1967). Luckily department of Educational Administration has recently been initiated as a full-fledged entity on the basis of the Council of Higher Education Decree 6/7/1418 H which is supported by the Royal approval # 7/B/18355, dated 20/4/1418 H.

As such this newly emerged department has already launched an ambitious plan to implement graduate programs leading to the masters and doctoral degrees.  The doctoral degree is awarded in two majors: (a) general instruction administration; and (b) Higher Education Administration.  However, the objectives of the department can be summed up as two folds: (1) Training a cadre of highly qualified personnel in the area of educational administration and instructional supervision, while in the meantime, continue to provide the basic training in education at the bachelor level; (2) Contributing to the advancement of the field of educational administration through conducting field studies and systematic research, as well as providing professional consultations to the interested educational and social agencies.