Introduction

The College of Computer and Information sciences was established in the year 1404 according to the Royal order M/1558/7 as to make it one of the colleges of King Saud University. The first cohort of students commenced their studies in the 1^st semester of the year 1404/1405. In the Royal order, it was advised that the college should have a department for computer engineering, with the main goal of graduating capable computer engineers who can fulfill the kingdom’s needs in computer engineering and different applications, and conduct basic and applicable research studies in a way that develops the scientific research and find practical and scientific solutions to problems faced by the different organizations and institutions in the kingdom.

The department started offering its M.Sc. postgraduate studies following its approval by the University’s board meeting (No.7) on 24/10/1410. So far, and since the academic year 1415/1416, the department awarded 24 students their M.Sc. degrees.

Currently, the Department of Computer Engineering is working on developing-further the M.Sc. Program. In addition, the department is working on availing the adequate number of faculty with the appropriate expertise to offer more postgraduate programs. For instance, the department has currently 16 members of academic staff capable of supervising projects or teach courses at the postgraduate level.