Brief  | Vision | Mission | Goals  

  The Department of Soil Science at King Saud University was formally established in 1965. It has retained its close ties with agriculture community through membership and active involvement with colleagues in the Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences in agicultural and environmental issues.

  Since its establishment,the department is collaborated with different departments at the college of Food and Agricultural Sciences for graduating specialists and researchers in the field of soil sciences and other agricultural disciplines. 

   The Soil science department is one of the pioneer departmens  the in the King Saud University and the unique departments in College of Food and Agicultural Sciences that is offer a Ph.D dgree in soil scienc. The department is concerned with developing   professionally qualified  graduates to be  able to lead the acitity  toward development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Our graduate programs are designed to prepare the graduate students to have the necessary skills and knowledge. They will be able to contribute the  addressing issues associated with human interactions and its relation to the environment such as water use, soil & water contamainations and natural resources  management. 

  The department offers two graduate pograms leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in soil science. These  programs  are  designed  to provide  students with scientific knowledge and practical skills to  acquire  experience  needed  to  face  the challenges  in  the agricultural development under the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia environment.                            

      The department is well-equipped(Facilities and Equipments) with instrumentation for analysis of soil, mineral, and water samples. In addition, there is a mobile lab. for soil survey, and field work for conducting soil studies at remote districts. The department has five units of growth chambers and two units in the faculty green house.