The Electrical Engineering Department is the earliest established department in the College of Engineering. The department was established in 1428H/2007G. The department has been in the forefront of the educational development process at the college of Engineering up to this year. Since its establishment, the department has effectively contributed to the rapid development of the educational system by striving to offer graduates who are qualified to play a vital role in all development plans of the country and hold key positions in all governmental and private sectors. As is understood by its faculty and staff members, the main objective of the Electrical Engineering Program is to educate highly specialized and qualified electrical engineers in different fields of electrical engineering who are capable of enhancing the rapid industrial, economic and social development taking place in Saudi Arabia.
To achieve these goals, the EE Department has to attract outstanding faculty members who have long experience in the field of research and teaching university. Also the EE Department has to provide support to the faculty by supplying the program with modern laboratories those meet the needs of the learning process and the scientific research alike.