Universities have three functions: education, scientific research, and community service. The Community Relations Unit was formed in the College of Computer Science and Information with the goal of building good and successful relationships with all recipients of community service; relying on the Kingdom's 2030 vision for social involvement in Saudi universities, to assist the state's efforts, and to accept societal responsibility for the demands and requirements of society.

The three pillars of the Kingdom's 2030 vision revolve around a dynamic community, a flourishing economy, and an ambitious homeland. To create complementarity and cooperation across these three axes, emphasis must be placed on finding mechanisms to activate community participation in universities to achieve the vision.

Engaging universities' roles in community service helps to establish an aware society capable of progressing its citizens and its country. This improves university performance and allows them to compete on a worldwide scale.

Community Relations Unit Vision:

Believing in King Saud University's active role in serving the community, the college of Computer Science and Information was eager to engage its action in assisting the community both inside and beyond the institution, and to contribute in bridging the gap between the college and the university community, as well as the college and society beyond the institution.

Our Message:

Coordinating, organizing, and providing services that fall within the specialty of the College of Computer and Information Sciences to interested external parties, whether inside or outside the university. Also, coordinating events that would introduce the community to the college and its activities and the extent to which this intersects with the community’s interests and needs.

Community Relations Unit Goals:

1. Contributing to achieve the Kingdom's vision 2030 in the field of voluntary community service

2. Contributing to achieve the goals of King Saud University in serving the community

3. Improving the university's ties with the local community by direct involvement with the community and addressing its needs

4. Promoting a culture of social responsibility and sustainable volunteering in the local community

5. Offering opportunities for students and faculty members to participate in social programs relating to their academic interests

Community Relations Unit Tasks:

The community relationship unit's tasks are summarized by establishing an organized framework for various activities such as training courses, scientific seminars, workshops, and awareness campaigns, as well as discussion panels provided as a community service by college faculty, employees, and students.
The unit's tasks fall under two main headings:

• First, provide voluntary services to different authorities both outside and inside the university, including the following.

  1. Planning and arranging courses and seminars delivered by college volunteers to various parties inside and outside the institution, such as: schools of the Ministry of Education at all levels, and the Kingdom's ministries, particularly the ministries of education and social affairs and the university's other schools and departments.

  2. Coordination with department representatives to link some software projects to an external organization inside or outside the university in order to address the community's technological needs while also benefiting from creative energy for students to serve the society.

• Second, expose the College of Computer Science and Information and its departments to the community by

  participating in certain introduction events to convey the college's objective in community service and to coordinate collaboration between the college and society.

Contact us:

Head of the Community Relationship Unit
Dr. Rana Abaalkhail
rabaalkhail@ksu.edu.sa

The Community Relationship Unit email
ccisCommunity@ksu.edu.sa