The SICT position was established at KFUPM on January 29, 2005.  The SICT acts as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for KFUPM.  He is to focus on the development of information and communications technology at KFUPM. This development should be aligned with the University strategic IT plan along with the academic and administrative goals.  Dr. Mamdouh M. Najjar was appointed as the first SICT.  He reports to the Rector of  KFUPM (CEO).  Four heads of departments report to him, namely, the Director of Information Technology Center (ITC), the Director General of Educational Technologies, The Administrator for Telecommunications and The Director of Press. 

SICT shall do all the necessary steps to have KFUPM become a leading university in IT-empowered education, research, outreach, and administration.

To facilitate the process of having KFUPM deploys Information Technology solutions to improve the quality of teaching, learning, research, and outreach. KFUPM strives towards nurturing an electronic community to enhance learning experience, to facilitate knowledge creation and dissemination, and to enable University’s administration to provide efficient and effective support to these functions