Inside the University, the Department has cooperative links with various departments in the College of Engineering and other colleges, such as the Mechanical Engineering Department, which has laboratories like the Advanced Materials Science Laboratory, Dynamics Laboratory, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Heat Transfer Laboratory and Materials Science Laboratory. Moreover, the AE Department has close ties with the Research Institute of the University, which is an excellent and well established research center. 

Outside the University, the Department also has a close working relationship with the aerospace and aviation industry. The University is located next to King Abdul-Aziz Air Force Base and Dhahran Airport, and is a few kilometers from King Fahd International Airport and Saudi Aramco Aviation. The AE Department utilizes the wide spectrum of technical facilities offered by these excellent organizations.​