Introduction:
Electronics and communications engineers are essential to almost every industry. It is in fact difficult to imagine a modern industry which does not require the services of them. With applications that span the very small, such as nanotechnology and biomedicine, to the very large, such as the exploration of outer space and study of remote stars, Electronics Communications Engineering has been and continues to be a corner stone in every new technical development. Communication networks, manufacturing plants, computer hardware and software developers, all depend strongly on the expertise of electronics and communications engineers.
The job of electronics and communications engineers usually involves design, feasibility studies, cost analysis studies, installation, operation, and maintenance of plants, processes, or equipment. In addition, an engineer with higher education and experience can train or educate students and other fellow engineers in his/her field of expertise. Such engineering educators are usually actively involved in research.
The focus of the electronics and communications engineering department is on teaching, community service, and research. The department recognizes the need to provide the graduating engineer with the appropriate background in order to meet the challenges and large demands of a fast-growing country. Courses and programs are developed accordingly. For example, junior level students are required to complete summer training at one of the local industries. Often times these students come back with ideas for their senior year graduation projects, which is also a requirement. The department offers an engineering program leading to the professional degree of B.Sc. in Electronics and Communications Engineering.
Qualified students can complete the program in 10 semesters (5 years). All students are required to complete the core Electronics and Communications Engineering courses, which prepare the future engineer to have the fundamentals required by all the local industries. The students are then allowed to choose from a large number of elective courses in order to specialize in one of the four major fields offered.
“The vision of the Electronics and Communications Engineering Department is to attain a special program in the learning field related to the communications and electronics systems and to be a leading program in the scientific research field locally and internationally and also provide special social services.”
“Preparing a distinguished graduate in the field of electronics and communications engineering with competence and skill in the local and international labor market, presenting distinguished scientific research, and keeping up with modern scientific and technological developments, including applications of artificial intelligence and advanced cellular networks, which serve the local and international community within the framework of moral values and social responsibility.”
- The development of the levels of educational services provided, represented by: faculty staff, courses, teaching methods, training, and available educational resources, and the compatibility of this development with the progress in the field of Information Technology and its applications, to the extent that it ensures the graduation of cadres capable of meeting the needs of the labor market.
- The Electronics and Communications Engineering program provides graduates with the skills necessary to design a solution to a specific problem using engineering components (hardware and software) to achieve the desired goals.
- Graduates are able to contribute effectively as individuals or as teams in solving engineering problems and have the ability to communicate effectively within the team and with customers.
- Develop graduates’ knowledge of the current important technologies for electronics and communications engineering. It is expected that they will acquire the skills to use modern engineering technologies and tools, with a focus on the role of design, manufacturing, and the use of intelligent control systems in the development of the national industry.
- Provide advanced education in electronics and communications engineering for technical and non-technical specializations.
- Appreciate and understand the impact of electronics and communications engineering and technology in a global and social context, including environmental issues.
- Develop students’ and graduates’ understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities.
- Demonstrate graduates’ ability to engage in lifelong learning in their profession, as well as contemporary issues related to their profession and the society in which they live and work.
- Graduates of the department will be able to continue their education in leading graduate programs in specialized engineering fields to graduate researchers and experts.
