The College of Engineering was established on August 15, 2000 with the aim of providing a suitable environment for the people of the region who wish to study and practice engineering sciences with the aim of meeting the community’s needs for engineering and academic professions. The beginning was with the Departments of Civil Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering when it was founded, then the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in 2005, then followed in 2007 by the Departments of Architectural Engineering, the Department of Petroleum Engineering, and the Department of Materials and Minerals Engineering, so that the college currently includes six departmen...