The Department of Information Technology Engineering was established in 2004 with the aim of training experts in Information Technology and started its activities by admitting 35 BSc students. The first group of MSc students of the department were admitted to a program in Computer Networks in 2011 .The department also launched an MSc program in E-commerce and Information Security in the academic year of 2012-2013. Moreover, the Department of Information Technology admitted students to a PhD program in Information Security in January 2014.