The Vice Presidency of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research has the pleasure to announce to the academic staff members the approval of His Excellency the President of Umm Al-Qura University of the academic staff promotions included in the third session of the Academic Council. The Vice Presidency for Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research wishes them much success in their scientific research, supplicating Allah to encompass them with His care and support for them to achieve their ambitions and accomplish their goals.

Names of academic staff members and their promotions:

1. Promotion of His Excellency Dr. Wael bin Muhmmad Omar Al-Amoudi, Associate Professor at the Department of Biology, College of Applied Sciences, to professor.
2. Promotion of Dr. Hanan bint Ahmad Abdullah Faqih Al-Sayyid, Associate Professor at the Department of Literature, College of Arabic Language and Literature, to professor.
3. Promotion of Dr. Isam bin Dakhilullah Hamid Al-Harbi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Quranic Recitations, College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, to associate professor.
4. Promotion of Dr. Muhammad bin Khalil Al-Turkistani, Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, College of Applied Sciences, to associate professor.
5. Promotion of Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Ibrahim Mustafa, Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, to associate professor.
6. Promotion of Dr. Abdul-Majid ibn Omar Ali Taimumi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, College of Applied Sciences, to associate professor.
7. Promotion of Dr. Omar bin Bashir Ahmad Muhammad, Assistant Professor at the Department of Health and Environmental Research, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, to associate professor.