College of engineering is the first college to host a research chair for polymer engineering since 2004, and during the last three months the college of engineering signed a number of contract with personal and companies to fund a number of research chairs (endowment chairs). These are:-
SABIC Chair for polymers
Bogshan Chair for expansive soils
ACWA power chair for water and power research
HRH prince Abdullah bin Musaad mother for industrial engineering research
Other chairs to be announced in the near future