About College

On 17/1/1423 A.H.; the council of King Saudi University (KSU) recommended the transformation of the Department of Agriculture Engineering in the College of Agriculture and Veterinary at its Qassim campus (branch) into an engineering college. The college is to start with three main departments:  the electrical, the mechanical and the civil engineering.

The recommendation was then discussed in the meeting of the Saudi Council for Higher Education on 2/11/1423 A.H. The council approved the recommendation on 23/11/1423-A.H.

Consequently, a committee of specialists from KSU was selected and assigned the task of developing the curriculums for the three programs. The committee approved the general requirements of the B. Sc degree in engineering. This includes the fulfillment of the university, the college, and the department requirements. Therefore; the schooling process, according to the programs previously set by KSU, started and continued for two full academic years. In "1425-A.H.", Qassim University decided to adopt the Preparatory (foundation) Year Program (PYP) for all its scientific colleges. It was a good chance for the Engineering College to enhance and improve its programs with the objectives of satisfying the new-university-system (PYP) in addition to the job market and accreditation requirements.

Mission of the College

College of Engineering at Qassim University seeks to offer a developed and accredited engineering education to satisfy the needs of the job market, and to offer society and research services which support the sustained development in the Kingdom and participate in the knowledge economy.

Vision of the College   

A locally and regionally recognized college in the engineering education and scientific research, and supporting the sustained development in Qassim region and Kingdom.

College Objectives

 I-College Educational Objectives

1-     Preparation of the graduates to have a successful career as engineers in the governmental and private sectors. 

2-  Preparation of the graduates to pursue their professional development through self learning and advanced degrees. 

3-  Preparation of the graduates to advance to positions of leadership in their profession. 

4-  Preparation of the graduates to effectively participate in the sustainable development of the Saudi Society.

II-Research Objectives:

1. To establish research links with the industry, energy and construction organizations to help develop and promote these organizations.

2. To establish research centres which participate in developing the scientific research and supporting the academic staff and post-graduate students from inside and outside the university.

3. To offer post-graduate programs which focus on research subjects those serve the Saudi society.

III-Community–Service Objectives

1. To contribute and support the different university committees such as committee of missions and training, demonstrators committee and the scientific council, etc.

2. To participate, in cooperation with the university community service deanship, in the promotion of the engineering profession through offering training courses and workshops for engineers and technicians in different engineering fields.

3. To conduct engineering studies and field surveys, and to present technical consultations for solving the society problems.

4. To conduct standard tests on constructions, engineering systems, equipment, machines, devices and materials.

College Departments

The engineering college offers three  B.Sc programs in:

  1.  Electrical Engineering

  2.  Civil Engineering

  3.  Mechanical Engineering

Also, currently the master programs in the three departments are under development and will be offered one year after the first graduation of the college

The educational system in the college is based on two main semesters per educational year – each semester is fifteen week length. In addition; an optional eight week summer semester may be offered.  

 

According to the educational plans; a student may complete any of the engineering programs in 8 semesters (4 years) after the Preparatory year Program(PYP). A successful student may complete the full requirements of the selected program if he completed (after the PYP) a total of 139 credit-hours. In details the 139 credit-hours include: -

 

-         University requirements (12 credit-hours):  a list of these courses comes next.

 

-         College requirements (54 credit-hours):

The college of engineering requires that student must complete 54 credit hours before graduation. Nine credit hours -out of these 54- are assigned for the cooperation training. The rest is distributed between 15 courses in physics, mathematics and general engineering courses -a list of these courses comes next. A student can start his cooperation training after completion a minimum of 100 credit hours. The training must be for six months and through a governmental or private party. The training party must be approved from the college. It may be necessary to mention here that this training is supervised and evaluated by the college faculties.

 

-         Program and/or Departmental requirements (68 credit-hours),

Each department requires the completion of 68 credit hours distributed between specialized courses offered by the department itself or offered by other departments of the college.

 

-         The Free Courses (5 credit-hours),

Five credit hours have to be selected among the set of courses offered by the university.

 
Admission in the college:
The college accepts the student who completed the foundation program in GPA not less than 3.5 out of 5.0
Serving the university and the society
  1. The faculty contributes in several different committees in the university.
  2. The faculty connects an effective liaison in a number of the university units as in the high studies deanery and the scientific search deanery and the academic developing deanery.
  3. Presentation of training courses for the engineers in the private and governmental sectors through a community service deanery in the university.
  4. Contribution in the engineering problems solution which are raised by the Region Emirate
  5. Engineering consultations for the private and governmental sectors.
  6. Preparation of circulars and booklets which help in the  solution of engineering problems
               7.    Holding the conferences  and general seminars in the engineering fields
 
The Career chances:

  1.  All engineering administrations in the governmental authorities.

  2.  The projects operation and maintenance administrations in the governmental authorities.

  3.  The ministry of water and electricity.

  4.  The ministry of municipal and village affairs.

  5.  The Saudi commission for the engineers.

  6.  The general institution for the waters refinement.

  7.  The general institution for ports.

  8.  The Saudi airlines.

  9.  The military occupations management.

  10.  The constructions and contracting companies.

  11.  The electronics and communication companies.

  12.  The power and electric energy companies.

  13.  The Ministry of transportations.

  14.  The Ministry of agriculture and water recourses.

  15.  The general institution for the electricity.

  16.  The water and sewage authority.

  17.  The Saudi Arabia Aramco company.

  18.  The Saudi company for the basic industries (SABIC)

  19.  The unified Saudi company for electricity (SCECO).

  20.  All factories.

Education Resources:

  •             Text Books

  •             Lectures

  •             Internet

  •             Seminars

  •             Conferences

  •             Training Courses

Acadimic Guide:
Each student will be tied to one academic advisor to guide him to his study and to help him to find the ideal solution for the academic problems he will face