The Department of Public Administration is one of the oldest departments of the College of Business Administration and is one of the most important pillars of providing specialized human cadres to the government administration by providing them with the basic principles of government administration through academic study, experience, practical skills and developing their administrative abilities, which enables them to manage the work of government and public institutions

The department was established in (1990). The department has granted a bachelor's degree in public administration in the civil and military wings since (1990) and a master's degree in public administration since (2000). The department oversees the granting of a master's degree in administrative and security strategies of the Royal Police Academy. The number of faculty members is (16) members: six of them are ranked Professors, four ranked Associate Professors, one ranked teacher, and four are full-time lecturers.

 The department has prepared a strategic plan that governs its business for the next five years based on a qualified and service-oriented human cadre who is aware of the importance of responding to the requirements of the Times. The Department seeks to attract qualified faculty members to teach in the master's and bachelor’s programs as well as the doctoral program in strategic management. The department was supported by an external scholarship orientation with seven missions that provide the department with qualified cadres as part of a comprehensive actuarial study of the University.