King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) is in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It was founded by royal decree in 1963 as the College of Petroleum and Minerals, became the University of Petroleum and Minerals in 1975 and took its present name in 1986. Dr. Muhammad M. Al-Saggaf is President, supported by vice-presidents for academic affairs, research and innovation, and administration and finance.
The university has seven colleges, each led by a dean, including the College of Computing and Mathematics, the College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences and the KFUPM Business School. Its facts page says students come from 87 countries, that graduate students make up 30 per cent of the student body and that the student-to-faculty ratio is 12 to 1. It does not state a total student number.
