The tremendous development witnessed in the past decades in the field of computers and informatics and the accompanying development in the field of communications, networks and biotechnology, which had a great impact on our daily life in various fields. As a result, the Computer Science Department was established to keep pace with this development and consolidate concepts and theories related to knowledge fields related to computer science. The Department of Computer Science is considered the first department that was opened in the College of Computers and Information Technology at the University of Tabuk, where the department awards a bachelor’s degree in computer science in both parts of the college, after students pass the approved study plan for the Computer Science program, which covers many areas of knowledge that the student needs to qualify for the job market in various branches Computer Science.
The Department of Computer Science aims to prepare a generation of graduates with a high level of analysis, design and innovation capabilities, as these are among the most important and basic conditions for those working in the field of computers. To achieve this, the department adopts scientific and cultural activities that focus on the student, with the aim of creating an atmosphere of scientific competition among students, which will achieve development in their abilities and skills so that they can contribute efficiently and professionally to society. The computer science program offered by the department also provides a unique and appropriate environment that qualifies students to be equipped with all that is new in the field of computer science and informatics, through contact with specialists and expertise in the field of computers and information technology, which supports knowledge in this field in addition to the technical and research skills of the study. .
The department, through the Computer Science Program, provides students with the scientific foundations in various fields of computer science that contribute to providing scientific and original solutions that serve multiple areas in the local community. The combination of theory, application and practice was taken into consideration when developing the study plan for the computer science program, and the department seeks, within the course of developing and updating the program plan, to adopt international foundations and standards in updating the study plan from organizations specialized in computing and information technology such as (ACM / IEEE). The Computer Science program has obtained international academic accreditation from the Academic Accreditation Authority for Engineering and Technology Sciences (ABET). In addition to that, the department seeks to obtain local academic accreditation for the computer science program through the Education Evaluation Authority - The National Center for Academic Accreditation and Assessment, previously called the National Academic Accreditation Assessment Authority (NCAAA).
