1. pharmacology department    is one of the most important departments of the College of Pharmacy. It was established in 1379 AH (1959 AD),two  years after the establishment of King Saud University.
2. Pharmacology is the science that study drugs which comes from natural source such as plants, animals, microorganisms, marine organisms and inanimate objects.
3. The department teaches courses that include the methods of making  drugs of plant or animal origin, its storing,  separating its components and preparing them for use in pharmaceutical preparation, the department teaches various fields including preparation of the drug for medicinal use,and the study extends to include some biotic drugs and natural products such as antibiotics, anticancer, enzymes ,vaccines, serums, vitamins, hormones, and ways to identify drugs, toxions  and stimulants.
4. The student also identifies the effective elements and methods used in In clearing medicinal plants chemically and biologically and the effect of the environment on these elements and methods, the department  also participates through its basic courses in the plan of Doctor of Pharmacist (Pharm D) also teaching students nutritional supplements and herbal medicine and other methods used internationally in various alternative medicine methods, methods of evaluating herbal preparations according to international principles and standards..
5. At the postgraduate level, the department offers a master's degree program in drugs that contains twelve advanced specialized courses as well as advanced research programs, and PHD program which contains eight specialized courses. These programs aim to provide the country with distinguished pharmaceutical cadres interested in pharmacology that contribute to the application of the scientific and research method in the study of medicinal plants.

Pharmacognosy department  aims to achieve the Kingdom's 2030 vision of improving health by supplying the country with distinguished national pharmaceutical cadres, who contribute to the application of the scientific and research method based on evidence in the study and exploitation of medicines derived from natural sources and contribute to the knowledge economy, and it also aims to produce  qualified pharmacists  through Providing high-quality education , and providing an advanced research environment that leads Saudi scientists to benefit from medicinal plants, and the natural products available in the local environment, where pharmacology is concerned with the study of drugs derived from natural sources (plants - animals - microorganisms - marine biology - and some inanimate objects). The department's curricula also include methods of collecting the drug from nature, storing it and separating  its components Then preparing them for use in the form of pharmaceutical preparations, and for this purpose the department teaches various fields including: preparing the drug for medicinal use, methods of evaluating it and  ( (التشييد الحيوي لبعضها)antibiotics, anticancer , enzymes, vaccines, مصل , vitamins and hormones, and methods for identifying drugs, poisons and stimulants, and during the study,  the students learn   active medicinal  ingredients in the natural product, and Methods of clearing medicinal plants chemically and biologically and the effect of environment on that.

    The student studies: nutritional supplements, various alternative medicine methods, and methods of evaluating herbal preparations according to the international principles and standards considered, as well as evidence-based herbal medicine in different courses. In the field of research; The department get benefit from the units attached to it (the garden of medicinal plants, herbal medicine unit and alternative medicine) as well as cooperation with the Medicinal, Aromatic and Toxic Plants Research Center in opening the horizons of scientific research and linking it to reality in the local environment, The department also offers a master's degree program in drugs, It contains twelve advanced specialized courses, in addition to advanced research programs, and another PhD program in drugs, which contains eight specialized courses , such as: studying different modern biotechnology methods for the production of medicines

Dr. Ali Saeed Althabet Alqahtani