The Deanship’s Vision:

The University’s Deanship of E-learning and Distance Education becoming one of the globally distinguished centers of excellence in e-learning and distance education.

The Deanship’s Mission:

Providing varied and distinguished educational services in response to the growing demands for such services through the effective implementation of modern technologies in e-learning and distance education; according to both national and international quality standards.

The Deanship’s Long Term Goals:

• Continue offering academically qualified, distance education programs.
• Implement distance education and e-learning policies which qualify KAU to achieve higher ranking relative to international universities in that domain.
• Enhance community's confidence in the outcomes of distance education and e-learning programs offered by the university.
• Enforce a qualitative change in research related to e-learning.

The Deanship’s Objectives:

• Offer increasing numbers of students the opportunity to get an education according to approved standards.
• Implement the latest technological solutions to enhance the educational process.
• Increase educational staff’s proficiency in e-learning and distance education.
• Realize quality and performance indicators in e-learning and distance education according to international best practices.