•To supply the public and private health-related organizations in the Kingdom and the region with knowledgeable health care researchers.
•To provide the highest quality research by conducting research to find solutions to the current medical and public health problems, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other common causes of morbidity and mortality.
•To develop practical skills and knowledge, and design, conduct and analyze epidemiological studies in either health services or academic setting.
•To provide students with knowledge and skills on Epidemiological and Biostatistics methods to be applied in Public Health problems and health interventions.
•To ultimately enable them to contribute to the provision of more effective and better targeted health care services in Saudi Arabia, and gulf region and internationally.