Al-Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University strives to achieve the ultimate objectives and goals of the Kingdom's development plan. From this perspective, it deems the necessity of coping with the technology era by introducing modern and specialized academic programs that meet the growing needs for the Information Technology development in the kingdom. In order to align with this vision, the Council of Higher Education has issued the approval (No. 11/04/1419, 11th session, dated 8/6/1998) for the establishment of the Computer and Information Systems Department in the College of Social Sciences. The department has begun teaching its program in the first semester of the academic year 1999-2000.

The department continued its expansion and growth until the approval was issued by the Council of Higher Education (No. 3/1422, dated 5/2/2002) which was sealed by the approval of the Royal Decree (No. 7 / b / 10465, dated 12/6/2002) to convert the department to a college, named the College of Computer and Information Sciences, which would include two departments: Computer Science and Information Systems Departments. The college's third department, named the Information Studies Department, was appended in 12/11/2006, after the approval was issued by the Council of Higher Education (No. 21/44/1427) and sealed by the approval of the Royal Decree (No. 1086 / m b, dated 14/2/2007)

The philosophy of the college is derived from the fact that today's knowledge and knowledge-based economy require scientists and professionals from different disciplines to cooperate for the development and utilization of a wide range of skills and knowledge to provide solutions to social needs.