Word of the chairman
Global and regional demand for industrial engineering work force in various organizations and institutions has been escalating in the recent years. This is due to the ability of industrial engineers to use a wide spectrum of distinctive techniques and methods to solve engineering problems for various industries. These techniques and methods enable improving performance and productivity levels of organizations in the manufacturing and service industries. Industrial engineers are capable of solving technical problems from a system-wide perspective with the objectives to optimize resources utilization, increase organizational productivity and quality, improve work systems, reduce costs and improve industrial safety conditions.
The Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) program aims at preparing qualified graduates to positively impact work environments based on Islamic values and ethics. Our students are equipped with sufficient theoretical and applied expertise in the fields of operations research, information systems and computing, quality engineering, simulation and optimization, ergonomics and safety, supply chain management, as well as manufacturing and production systems.
The Department of Industrial Engineering seeks to narrow the gap between engineering education and the industry. This is through developing relationships between the department and surrounding industries through seminars, consultations, applied research, summer internships, field visits and senior projects. Thus, the department always encourages and directs its students to senior projects of an applied nature.
With the achievement of ABET accreditation for the BSIE program, the continuous improvement strategy of the department is to enhance its academic performance by improving the level of its graduates in terms of teaching theory and application, as well as its publications output in terms of research. This imposes the growth of the department in terms of curriculum development, increased number of laboratories, as well as human resources through the currently sponsored faculty members on scholarships pursuing their graduate/post-graduate studies in top-class universities worldwide. The department is currently preparing a graduate program along with other plans related to the implementation of the ISO program. This in return will contribute to improvements in the world rankings of the department and the university.
With best wishes to our students - engineers of the future - to succeed in serving the nation and in the development of society in the land of revelation and the two Holy Mosques.
Chairman,Department of Industrial Engineering