Electronics and Communications Engineering Program Overview

Introduction

The Department of Electrical Engineering at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) was established simultaneously with the establishment of the Faculty of Engineering in 1974. The academic activities in the department started in the academic year 1975-76. Initially, the department had three programs: Electrical Power and Machines Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, and Computer and Controls Engineering. In 1982, the Biomedical Engineering Program was established. The department was, later, renamed as the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) in 1985. Currently, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering supports four Bachelor of Science (BS) degree programs: Electrical Engineering (Power and Machines) (PME), Electrical Engineering (Electronics and Communications) (E&CE), Electrical Engineering (Computer) (CoE), and Electrical Engineering (Biomedical) (BME).

In 2012, Electrical Engineering (Computer) BS degree program was offered to the female students as well, as the Faculty of Engineering - female section was established in 2011. Both male and female sections are dedicating to the same mission and implementing the same policies and strategies.

In 2002, all programs were evaluated for the first time by EAC of ABET based on the Engineering Conventional Criteria and was recognized to be “Substantially Equivalent” to ABET-accredited engineering programs. In 2008, all programs underwent an EAC of ABET general review visit that resulted in the accreditation of all programs.  In 2015, the programs had the last EAC of ABET general review visit that resulted again in the accreditation of the program.