Technological progress is also key to finding lasting solutions to both economic and environmental challenges, such as providing new jobs and promoting energy efficiency. Promoting sustainable industries, and investing in scientific research and innovation,
are all important ways to facilitate sustainable development. With a view towards self-sustainability, the university is striving hard to increase and diversify the revenue generating initiatives such as the establishment of 15 Graduate Studies programs (M.Sc. programmes)
in the last few years. Furthermore, the University of Hail construct institute for research and consulting Services that offers training, knowledge transfer, advisory services, and consultancies.
The university provides modern equipment and technologies (e.g., servers, information centre, operations centre, computer labs, and video conference rooms, smart boards, software systems and packages along with cloud computing resources. In fact,
the actual university-wide status in terms of number of computers per student is 0.29 computers per student, which exceeds the value of its internal benchmark (0.24 computers per student) and close to the target and external benchmark values (0.3 computers per student student).
The UoH is focused on supporting the use of information technology by students through computer-based courses in all curricula of academic programs, especially in the preparatory year and in the scientific and health related programs. Moreover,
the university has also equipped libraries and study rooms in the academic units with computers in order to facilitate easy access to information needed by students.
In the field of electronic services, the Deanship of Information Technology and E-learning has focused on automating the procedures and forms for all information activities, the safety of procedures and policies that guarantee the provision of electronic service and ease of
system usage. Furthermore, the university aims to ensure accurate and safe information for all the activities.
The university implements mechanisms to regulate the effective use of the technical equipment and to maintain their efficiency. The mechanism was announced to students and faculty members. The university units apply procedures about the safe use of these equipment, detailed
and described in the form of rules for equipment use, conferences, observation cards and operational plans for computer labs.
The university's role consists not only in providing state-of-the-art technology to its human resources and units but also to apply appropriate systems to maintain the security of personal and institutional information. The university has also developed personal and institutional
information security policies and announcements on the official web page of the UoH ( www.uoh.edu.sa).
