Campuses
The University Medical City is an academic medical institution that provides comprehensive care and possesses extensive experience in various medical and administrative fields. The Medical Citys staff consists of an elite group of doctors specializing in various medical fields, in addition to a distinguished team of health practitioners, administrators and support services staff. The Medical City seeks to advance the concept of integrated health care management by promoting the educational and training process, scientific research, and providing health care at all levels through its hospitals, specialized medical centers, and its qualified and trained staff in the most prestigious international hospitals, specializing in the most accurate medical specialties. The medical city consists of:
Three hospitals:
- King Khalid University Hospital
- King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital
- University Dental Hospital
Two Affiliated Centers
- University Oncology Center
- Clinical Skills and Simulation Center
Nine Centers of Excellence
- King Fahad Cardiac Center
- University Family Medicine Center
- University Diabetes Center
- Laparoscopy Center
- King Abdullah Ear Specialist
- Sports Medicine Center
- Sports Medicine Center
- Sleep Medicine Center
- National Center for Sudden Unexplained Death (Hayat)
The University’s Female Campus is one of the university’s most prominent huge strategic projects, located in the eastern corner of the university’s main campus. It sits on an area of 1.2 million square meters. It consists of 14 colleges, including 5 health and medical colleges, 6 arts and humanities colleges, and 3 science and engineering colleges, in addition to administrative buildings, support deanship buildings, service buildings, recreational facilities, and a housing area. The campus can support up to 30,000 students. The campus started receiving its female students from the beginning of the academic year 2013. The campus project is considered one of the most important and largest projects and is characterized by quality of design and implementation, and ease of operation and provision of academic and non-academic services. It is also designed to be considerate of the Saudi society’s culture and privacy regarding the educational environment for female students. It utilizes the best tools and methods of interactive higher education to achieve the goal of leadership and excellence locally and globally. The campus is designed to provide accessibility for students with special needs, and to integrate the latest e-learning and distance learning systems to facilitate communication between male and female faculty members inside and outside the university. This includes 610 smart classrooms, 160 reception halls for distance learning, 39 educational auditoriums, 3 event auditoriums, 235 scientific laboratories, 160 computer laboratories, 140 meeting rooms, and 14 monitoring, management and control centers.