Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

The university was founded in 1975 as a branch of King Faisal University in Dammam. In 2009, it became independent from the university and got known as the University of Dammam. Royal Decree No. 29402 was issued in 2016, changing its name to Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University.

It is one of the public universities in Saudi Arabia. It includes under its umbrella 18 colleges distributed across three governorates: Dammam, Jubail, and Qatif. It covers a wide range of academic specializations, namely: medical and health specializations, engineering specializations, scientific specializations, humanities specializations, and the applied college. In addition, the university houses 4 institutes:

• Medical Research and Consulting Institute.
• Institute of Studies and Consulting Services.
• Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
• Arabic Language Institute.

It also includes 12 specialized university centers, in addition to a number of supporting deanships, general administrations, and organizational units that contribute to supporting the educational, research, and administrative process. The university provides a wide and diverse range of health services through three main university hospitals:

• King Fahd University Hospital in Al-Khobar, with a bed capacity of (530) beds.
• “The new Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University Hospital” with a bed capacity of (500) beds.
• “Dental Hospital”, which includes (245) specialized clinics.

The university also includes a Center for Family and Community Medicine, which provides a variety of health and awareness services, supporting its societal role in this vital and important field. The university also owns the Wadi Al-Dammam Company .