The College of Public Health & Health Informatics of Umm Al Qura University was established in 2013 and the Department of Epidemiology was established soon after taken off of the College.

Environmental Health is a science with an interdisciplinary approach to identify, assess and manage biological, physical, chemical and social hazards in the environment.

The Department of Health Education & Promotion was established by Umm Al-Qura University in 2012 under the Faculty of Public Health & Health Informatics, While the acceptance of the first batch of students in this department started in the academic year 2014/2015 aiming to prepare a professi