The President of Umm Al Qura University (UQU) Prof. Abdullah bin Omar Bafail has issued an administrative order to establish a general department under the name: "the General Department of Educational Services" directly reporting to the UQU Vice President for Educational Affairs.

The decision comes as part of the university's vision to have excellent and world-class educational outputs resulting from the significant keenness attached to students besides meeting the needs of the colleges and institutes from the modern educational methods, scientific equipment, labs, workshops and study classes and providing them with the needed maintenance because they are considered the most significant foundations serving the educational process and the student. 

In this regard, he issued a decision assigning Dr. Khalid bin Hatim Aseer Al-Mutairi to be the Supervisor General of the General Department of Educational Services as of Dhul-Hijjah 23, 1439 H in addition to his work as the Dean of e-Learning and Distance Education. He wished him good luck in his new position and called upon him to make every effort to drive the university to the sought-after target.

For his part, Dr. Khalid Al-Mutairi valued the confidence entrusted in him by the UQU President to assume the tasks of the Supervisor General of  the General Department of Educational Services assuring that with Allah's blessing, he will be up to the UQU President's expectations, stressing that he will harness all his scientific, administrative and academic expertise to upgrade the work environment in the Center in line with the Kingdom Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Plan 2020.