Goal 1: Achieve High Standards of Engineering Education

Objectives

Metrics

Qualitative Indicators

1.1

Adopt a good Learning Management System (LMS)

1. Provide LMS to the college
2. Provide training sessions to faculty members and students
3.  Ensure effective use of the LMS

• % of faculty members using LMS

• LMS installed
• Conducted training sessions
• Level of LMS features used

1.2

Improve computational facilities

1.      Maintain and update computer labs

2.      Provide all needed specialized software applications

3.      Provide software training sessions

·    % of updated machines/equipment/software

·    % of installed specialized software

·    No. of conducted training sessions

1.3

Obtain National and International accreditations

1.      Do the desk study for accreditation requirements

2.      Form accreditation committees

3.      Provide training sessions to the faculty

4.      Initiate accreditation process and documentation

5.      Apply for accreditation

·    % of approved accreditation committees

·    No. of conducted training sessions

·    No. of completed assessment cycles

·    No. of programs getting NCAAA accreditation

·    No. of programs getting ABET accreditation

·    Submission of SSR

1.4

Improve faculty members and teaching assistants’ performance

1.      Provide training courses

2.      Apply assessment and improvement techniques

3.      Hire qualified faculty members and maintain diversity

4.      Select highly qualified teaching assistants and lecturers

5.      Send TAs to highly ranked international universities to pursue their graduate studies

6.      Maintain standard student-to-faculty ratio

·    No. of offered training courses

·    % of trained faculty members

·    % of reviewed course portfolios with no remarks for improvement

·    Ratio of (no. of different universities graduated from)-to-(no. of faculty members) 

·    No. of hired Teaching Assistants (The selected TAs are among top 5% of the applicants with GPA over 3.5/4 and score of over 70% in specialized written exam)

·    No. of TAs accepted in highly ranked universities to pursue their graduate studies

·    Student-to-faculty ratio

·    Faculty improvement through students’ feedback (course evaluation surveys)

1.5

Update curriculum to meet engineering profession requirements

1.      Review the level of required knowledge and skills

2.      Review the knowledge distribution in academic courses

3.      Review structure and contents of study plan

·    % of courses meeting the international standards

·    Compare the curriculum with well-known universities

1.6

Improve the scientific labs

1. Maintain and update the lab equipment
2. Hire qualified lab technicians
3. Satisfy the lab safety requirements
4. Increase the lab space
5. Introduce new labs, as needed.

·    No. of  updated lab equipment

·    No. of  hired lab technicians

·    % of  labs satisfying the safety requirements

·    No. of  new labs developed

1.7

Improve classroom facilities

1. Maintain and update teaching aids
2. Develop smart classrooms

·    % of classrooms with maintained and updated teaching aids

·    No. of smart classrooms developed

 Goal 2: Improve Student Performance

Objectives

Metrics

Qualitative Indicators

2.1

Improve the quality of the admitted students

1. Apply English Proficiency Measures
2. Apply basic sciences knowledge Measures
   
    

Review admission criteria

• IELTS score (5.5) / TOEFL IBT score (65) / STEP score (80) mandatory for admission to the college of engineering after the preparatory year
• Minimum GPA (4 out of 5) in math and physics courses taken at preparatory year.
• Minimum Tahseeli score (80%) in Math and Physics section of the exam.

2.2

Provide “Student Support Facilities” including; comfortable classrooms, adequate computer facilities, library, sports and recreational facilities, prayer rooms, academic counseling, admission and registration support, health facilities, food facilities, parking facilities, etc.

• Provided facility
• % of satisfied students (students' feedback from Student Experience Survey and Program Evaluation (Exit) Surveys)

2.3

Improve academic advisory

1.      Organize introductory sessions about the engineering programs (for preparatory year students)

2.      Organize orientation for freshman students

3.      Assign academic advisor for each student

4.      Develop a committee to activate the university academic advisory requirements

·         No. of sessions / orientations organized

·         Academic advisors assigned to each student

·         Developed committee(s)

 Goal 3:Perform Innovative Research for the Sustainable Development of                         Technology and Well-being of the Society

Objectives

Metrics

Qualitative Indicators

3.1

Motivate Research Activity

1.      Develop Graduate Programs

2.      Increase Research Grants and Research Projects Financial Support

3.      Encourage and support faculty members and students to attend and participate in national / international conferences

4.      Conduct research seminars

1.      (i)  No. of  existing and new graduate programs             

(ii)  No. of  graduate students

2.    (i)  No. of  collaborative research projects with

           private / public sectors

      (ii) Total amount of research funding received

           through collaborative research                                                              

      (iii)  No. of  research proposals accepted

3.   (i)  No. of  annual published conference papers

      (ii)  No. of  attended conferences

4.    No. of  conducted seminars

3.2

Enhance the Research Supporting Infrastructure

 No. of  research equipment purchased or upgraded

 No. of  research software purchased or upgraded

3.3

Create Structures to Better Coordinate Applied Research and Outreach Efforts Around the Societal Challenges

1.      Develop the Center of Engineering Works

2.      Develop Engineering Research Center

3.      Develop a Research Chair

1.   Establishment of the Center of engineering works

2.   Establishment of the engineering Research Center

3.    Establishment of the Research  Chair

3.4

Organize international engineering conferences / national specialized workshops

 No. of  offered conferences / workshops

 Goal 4: Achieve an Acceptable Level of Satisfaction for society and Industry

Objectives

Metrics

Qualitative Indicators

4.1

Provide needed services

1.      Appointed Technical Studies and design projects

2.      Requested Learning and Training Sessions

3.      Quality Assurance Requests

 No. of  such requests received

4.2

Produce graduates with the highest professional capabilities

1.      Performance on National and International Evaluation Tests and Exams

2.      Employment rate

3.      Higher studies rate

1. % of graduated students who pass the tests       

2. % students being employed in a 12-month period 

3. % of students who pursued higher studies

4.3

Organize on-campus job fairs

(i)  No. of  companies participating in each fair

(ii)  No. of  applications being accepted

4.4

Update curriculums according to industry needs.

(i)  No. of  modified courses

(ii)  No. of  new/specialized engineering programs

 Goal 5: Motivate Communications and Knowledge Exchange

Objectives

Metrics

Qualitative Indicators

5.1

Establish relations with well-known institutions for:

1.      Students Exchanges

2.      Faculty Exchanges

3.      Mutual scientific / cultural Visits

4.      Joint graduation project / training for students in external universities

1.  No. of  students exchanged

2.  No. of  faculty members exchanged

3.  No. of  visits exchanged     

4.  No. of Percent students with joint credited-work

5.2

Conduct Research Collaboration

 No. of  joint research proposals approved

 Goal 6: Provide National Leadership in Elevating the Role of Engineering

             Profession

Objectives

Metrics

Qualitative Indicators

6.1

Strengthen the Relationship with Saudi Authority for Engineers (SAE) through:

1.      Meetings exchanged

2.      Advertising materials exchanged

3.      Consultancy exchanged

4.      Professional committee participation

1. (i) No. of  joint seminars

    (ii)  No. of  joint lectures

    (iii) joint meetings

2.  No. of  informational pamphlets distributed

3.  No. of  SAE requested studies/ evaluations/ tasks

4. (i)  No. of  SAE members included in the FOE  

         consolatory counsel for private and public   affairs

    (ii)  No. of  faculty members participating in professional

          committees

6.2

Organize Conferences and Symposiums on Engineering Profession Affairs

 No. of  targeted conferences

 No. of  targeted symposiums

 No. of  participating applicants

6.3

Held Workshops and Lectures on Special Topics of Engineering Profession

 No. of  targeted workshops

 No. of  targeted lectures

 No. of  attendees

6.4

Organize exhibitions for engineering profession

 No. of  targeted exhibitions