Introduction

          The Marine Engineering is a branch of engineering concerned with the study of design, construction and maintenance of ships as well as the study of different types of marine engines and auxiliary machineries and their methods of maintenance. The Department of Marine Engineering, Faculty of Maritime Studies at King Abdul-Aziz University gives the degree of Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering. The program was designed in accordance with the provisions of the university and in accordance with the requirements of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and according to the International Standards of the Treaty (STCW 95) and its amendments. The students of Marine Engineering study the subjects of advanced mathematics, statics, dynamics, engineering chemistry, engineering drawing, basics of engineering workshops, basics of electrical engineering, electronics, thermodynamics and heat transfer, basics of naval architecture and ship construction, marine diesel engines, shipyard technology, introduction to marine engineering systems and methods of diagnosis of their faults, group of courses of heat and steam and the course of pollution prevention and control. In addition, the program contains a number of proposed elective modules such as refrigeration and air conditioning, planned maintenance, and gas and steam turbines. The students of the Department of Marine Engineering are trained during their period of study for two months, after the sixth level in the summer of the third year, in dry docks and then for a further period of not less than 12 months on board high seas ships.