Program Educational Objectives


The graduates of Industrial Engineering Program are expected to attain the following program educational objectives within a few years of graduation:

           PEO 1:  Pursue career professional development, advance in graduate studies, or become successful entrepreneurs.

            PEO 2:  Advance in leadership positions and handle problems pertaining to different industrial and managerial settings.

PEO 3:  Apply dynamic technological trends to solve future complex industrial engineering problems.               

                              

Compliance of the Program Educational Objectives with the Mission of the Institution

Consistency of the Program Educational Objectives with the Institutional Mission

The University “Strategic Center to Kingdom Vision Realization” clarifies KAU mission as follows (https://visionstrategy.kau.edu.sa/pages-universitymission.aspx):

Our Community Responsibility: Developing Knowledge, Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

This mission entails the following:

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Education for Sustainable Development: Playing a pioneering and effective role in serving economic, environmental and social development issues by providing an educational system that promotes innovative and analytical thinking, deepens scientific concepts, refines expertise, and upgrades skills to prepare the scientific and professional competencies to meet the growing needs of different sectors of development and industry that contribute to the success of development efforts.

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Community Linked Research: Linking the University’s scientific research plans with the objectives, directions and requirements of a comprehensive and sustainable societal development in the present and in the future.

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Encouraging the spirit of innovation and creative abilities and entrepreneurship, and producing innovative and advanced applied research that contributes to the building of a knowledge economy, and promotes the economic diversification of the country. In particular, starting pioneering initiatives to ensure sustainable water security, renewable energy, and to follow environmental management best practices.

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Consolidation of Citizenship Values: Active participation in building a societal culture that consolidates the values of citizenship, raises the spirit of loyalty and sense of belonging to the homeland, rectifies concepts, and forms desirable intellectual trends. And to build citizens distinguished by their giving, proud of the principles and values of their society, and preserving their cultural and civilizational heritage and social ties.

According to this explanation the mission of the University targets four aspects: Education for Sustainable Development, Community Linked Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Consolidation of Citizenship Values. The graduates of Industrial Engineering program, as described in the program educational objectives, promote these aspects of the university mission as indicated in the following table: 

  

Consistency of the IE Program Educational Objectives with the Mission statement of King Abdulaziz University

Program Educational Objectives (PEO's)

Community Responsibility

Education for Sustainable Development

Community Linked Research

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Consolidation of Citizenship Values

PEO 1

Pursue career professional development, advance in graduate studies, or become successful entrepreneurs

P

P

P

PEO 2

Advance in leadership positions and handle problems pertaining to different industrial and managerial settings

P

P

PEO 3

Apply dynamic technological trends to solve future complex industrial engineering problems

P

P

P



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