The Department of Computer Information Systems (CIS) was originally established in 2000 as part of the Computer Science and Information Systems Department. In 2003, the CIS Department split from the Computer Science and Information Systems Department. The primary objective of the Department of CIS  is to graduate internationally competitive and highly qualified students.

The enrollment rate is about 120 students per academic year coming from more than 20 nationalities. Our state-of-the-art computer labs are under the disposal of our staff, students and local community all working weekdays. Besides being a friendly environment, the Department is also active in serving the local community. 

As part of its mission, The Department emphasizes high quality teaching and research, dedication to community service, and partnership with the industrial sector. The Department has set a solid and advanced curriculum for the undergraduate degree in computer science, which conforms to guidelines laid down by the IEEE/ACM task force. This curriculum is designed to deliver advanced knowledge in computer science while responding to the needs of the local community.

Currently the Department has 5 faculty members and 3 joint ones, 6 instructors, and 4 teaching assistants. The Department is in the prospect of recruiting 6 additional faculty members at least as well as several instructors in the near future.

Research-wise, the Department has already embarked on emphasizing the significance of conducting advanced research, especially in applied studies. The Department has attained a remarkable progress in this area. A quick glance through the standards of the faculty publications, departmental seminars and final year student projects clearly exhibits this fact. Soon the Department will launch a graduate program through which we hope to give our research output a vehement boost.

With the launching of this program we should be able to see state-of-the-art research dealing with various computing, general-purpose expert systems and intelligent agents, multimedia technologies, Internet programming languages, Internet databases among others. 
 

Indeed this is a dynamic, challenging, and exciting time for the Department, with new faculty and staff members, advanced computer/IT infrastructure and very bright, hardworking and active student body. Our students are the focal and centric point in all our efforts. The Department seriously aims at establishing a strong sense of attachment within the students and an academic atmosphere that would emphasize creative performance, outstanding achievements, and acquisition of advanced knowledge and practical skills in all areas of computer science and information technology.

The B.Sc. in computer information systems prepares students for a broad range of careers in information technology and further study in computer science.