College of Arts & Science
Ahlia University
About Us
As one of the five colleges of Ahlia University, the College of Arts & Science strives to provide excellence in teaching and research in a stimulating learning environment. The College is committed to producing competent well-rounded graduates in the field of humanities and science who are able to meet new challenges and responsibilities in a technology driven society. It seeks to help students to acquire transferable skills needed in their professional life and develop their critical, creative and analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
The College of Arts & Science aspires to achieve a position of international distinction by offering outstanding quality programmes in the areas of humanities and sciences, with excellence in research responsive to the needs of the community, enabling students to meet the global challenges faced by modern organisations. It also aims to enhance the quality of education in its programmes by constantly monitoring teaching/ learning effectiveness and periodically reviewing its academic programmes.
The College maintains a good relationship with the relevant industries. There are strong ties with the local newspapers, radio and T.V. personnel as well as various interior design organisations. This relationship enhances training and job opportunities for the College graduates.
Our Vision
To be recognised for excellence in multidisciplinary education and research, within a vibrant and dynamic learning environment, towards producing agents of positive change.
Our Mission
To offer a transforrnative learning experience through educational provision in the arts and sciences, by promoting adaptability, resilience, and global citizenship.
Our Goals
- Develop and offer academic provision to encourage research and scholarship.
- Provide a depth and breadth of knowledge of the disciplines, and nurture talent and creativity.
- Promote transferrable skills, critical thinking, free inquiry, and lifelong learning
- Encourage personal and professional development.
- Foster relationships with government, industry, and the wider community.
Dean's Message

PROF. Imad Assali
DEAN OF COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE
Welcome to the College of Arts & Science (AS) at Ahlia University. Arts & Science demonstrates excellence in Mass Communications & Public Relations (MCPR) and Interior Design (INTD). It exemplifies Ahlia University’s commitment to academic excellence as well as contributes to the University’s status as a great global community research university in Bahrain with a view to solving real world problems through quality in research while providing relevant and substantial skills to its students.
In AS, we provide our students with strategies that help them develop their critical thinking skills, the ability to communicate efficiently as well as advancing the cutting edge of knowledge through investigation and innovative activity. We develop a wide-ranging intellectual foundation that prepares students for a lifetime of education, growing in a rapidly altering world, as well as becoming leaders in a diverse and global society. We do our best to prepare our students for a hard and active search for truth. We generate and foster relationships with our students that guide our planning. We promote quality, identify excellence and ensure integrity directed towards the service of the common good.
The AS strategy uses a hypothesis-driven tactic to establish brands that differentiate the College from its peers. We are acquainted with macro styles in order to control our strengths and identify techniques to improve. Recently, we have started to redesign the classroom through extraordinary-structure active-learning systems for which our faculty have received national recognition. In the College, we provide opportunities for students to acquire entrepreneurial skills and to achieve a global education. Our students acquire many strengths which allow them to become game-changers in these evolving areas of significance.
Finally, our students are our motivation for existence. It is our concern to provide them with a sound, open-minded arts education, so they become the most effective idea creators and knowledge correspondents of the upcoming generation. We prepare our students to acquire the real knowledge that allows them to be leaders in an ever-changing global context.
Our Programmes
Undergraduate Programmes

Bachelor of Art in English and Translation (BAETR)

Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication & Public Relations (BSMCPR)

Bachelors Degree in Interior Design (BSID)
Postgraduate Programmes

Master of Science in Sustainable Interior Design (MSID)

Master’s Degree in Mass Communication & Public Relations (MSMCPR)
Ph.D Programmes

Ph.D. in Digital Media and Communication Technology (PDMCT)
Our Faculty
Prof. Imad Assali
Dr. Zainab Abdulnabi
Dr. Majeed Abdulnabi Ali Saleh Amini
Dr. May Jalal Al Saffar
Prof. Bakr Ahmad Mohammed Hasan
Prof. Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Abdelat
Prof. Ali Ahmed Mahdi Omran
Prof. Fouad Saleh Hasan Al Shehab
Prof. Kadhim Moans Aziz Al Saedi
Prof. Kailash Chander Madan
Prof. Shawqi Mohamed Al Dallal
Dr. Adnan Jabbar Radhi Al-Jubouri
Dr. Ali Abdulnabi Ebrahim Mohamed Hasan
Dr. Ebrahim Ahmed Ali Abdulla Malalla
Dr. Faisal Naser Mohamed Naser Alshowaikh
Dr. Rafeeqa Abdulla Bin Rajab
Dr. Zuhair Hussain Dhaif
Prof. Abdulsadek Hassan Elshaker
Dr. Amani Ali Abbas Ali Alaali
Dr. Hameed Ebrahim Ali Matar
Dr. Hasan Saeed Hasan Ali Ahmed
Dr. Hooreiya Abbas Yusuf
Dr. Mohamed Hasan Mohamed
Mr. Abdulla Ahmed Isa Al Derazi
Ms. Amina Ali Hasan
Mr. Mohamed Al Sayed
Ms. Fatima Abdulwahab Bin Faris Al Hawaj
MS. MAHDEYA AHMED SALMAN SHAIKH ALI
College Events
The Events include among other activities:
- Workshops
- Conferences
- Forums
- Panel debates
The Forum of Doctoral Students in Digital Media and Communication Technology
- 23/01/2025
- 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The 2nd International Conference Inspiration and Innovation Design Trends (IIDT 2025)
- 27/01/2025
Design Education Outside the Classroom
- 19/02/2024
- 12:00 PM
Applications of Mathematics in our Daily Lives
- 22/11/2023
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The College of Arts & Science Induction Day (2023)
- 04/10/2023
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Annual Dean’s list student honoring
- 26/06/2023
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM