Dean Sami S. Al-Wakeel's message

Welcome to the College of Computer & Information Sciences, King Saud University.

The College of Computer & Information Sciences is one of the first colleges in computer and information technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Since its foundation in 1403H (1983), it has been working hard to implement computer technology at educational, research, and administrative levels.

The college has been present in academia for almost twenty five. Up to the academic year 1423-1424H (2002-2003), it saw the graduation of no less than two thousand students. All these graduates are now actively contributing to the building of an information society in the Kingdom.

The college created the Saudi Computer Society in 1408H (1989) as a specialized scientific body in information technology, and the National Information Technology Plan for the Kingdom in 1424H (2005). The college was also the host of a large number of national conferences and symposia in different fields of Computer and information sciences.

The college has concrete plans for the near future, in particular:

•  Increasing admission rate in various departments and programs at graduate and postgraduate levels.
  
•  Renovating curricula and academic programs at all levels to keep up with contemporary academic and technical developments.
  
•  Encouraging co-operation between the College and various sectors of Saudi society by offering academic, training, and consultancy services.
  
•  Participating actively in raising awareness about information society in the Kingdom.
  
•  Stimulating collaboration among researchers, scholars, scientists, and academic institutions within and outside the Kingdom to improve academic research and educational performance at the College.

Thank you for visiting the website of the College of Computer and Information Sciences. Your suggestions to improve it are most welcome.

May Allah bless all of us!

Vice-dean Husam M. Ramadhan's message

Being committed to the society, the College of Computer and Information Sciences (CCIS) at King Saud University is concerned with offering distinguished educational, training and research services. Throughout its twenty-year-old age, CCIS has been thriving to achieve this goal and fulfill its commitments. Many aspects of this commitment have been achieved in the past twenty years.

Today, many of the qualified Saudi professional in the local computing field are proud to be graduates of CCIS either at the BS or MS level. Due to the high demand for such qualified professionals all over the Kingdom, CCIS is continually offering more graduate-level degrees in the various computing specializations.

In addition, CCIS has now started to offer specialized training courses in several areas for specialized professionals. Numerous applied research and consultation service projects have been completed for the benefit of the public and private sectors in the computer and information technology field.

The College laboratories are continuously expanded in both quantity and quality. State-of-the-art computers, networks, and computer engineering equipment and design software are made available to CCIS students. In addition, efforts are underway to fully automate the administrative work in the College to improve the work environment and provide better services to CCIS staff and faculty.

CCIS is now working on adopting E-learning technologies and utilizing them for all its courses. Student course and instructor evaluation is now regularly conducted each semester to provide up-to-date feedback on the quality of the educational process in the College. CCIS is also working on acquiring international accreditation for its academic programs.

Finally, we at CCIS believe that what has been achieved in the past twenty years is only the beginning. We all work hard to materialize our ambitions for an even brighter future for our College.

Vice-dean for development, Abdulmalik S. AlSalman's message

إنه من دواعي الغبطة والسرور أن تكون كلية علومIt is gratifying and a pleasure for the College of Computer and Information sciences to be the first to adopt the idea of development, quality based on the highest levels of management. The development is a continuous process and needs a fast and an accurate follow-up, especially in the area of information technology. As the keenness on achieving quality is a basic requirement sought by the College and following the prophet (PBUH) word "Allah loves you if action pursuant to skilled."

Dear kind Reader: I welcome you on the website of College of Computer and Information Sciences, which seeks to be rich in everything of your interest and to be new and useful.

Dear Kind Reader: If you have any suggestions concerning development and quality at the College or you have any comments, I am ready to receive your suggestions and they will be the subject of my personal development.

Thank you very much for visiting our site and I let you sail in the context of our site. Ask Allah for conciliation and reimbursement for all.