Visit of a Delegation from the Engineering College at Jazan University

A delegation from the Engineering College at Jazan University visited the Engineering College at King Khalid University on Sunday 19/7/1438 H presented by the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. Ahmed Bou Taleb, Dr. Abdul Latif Bashiri, Assistant Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department, Dr. Abdulrahman Albar, Assistant Professor at Industrial Engineering Department, and Dr. Mohammed Nasser, Assistant Professor at Industrial Engineering Department. The main purpose of this visit was to benefit from the scientific and academic experience of the college and improve the cooperation between the two colleges in the academic and research as well as in the quality and ABET accreditation.

Dr. Ibrahim Idris Falqi had received the delegation members in his office and presented for them the history of the college, its scientific specialties and its leading programs in the fields of education, scientific research and community services, and its advanced positions in international classifications and its most important educational, research, administrative and community initiatives.

 

The delegation’s visit schedule included a meeting with the Dean of Engineering College Dr. Ibrahim Falqi and the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Mohammed Al-Misfer in the college and a number of officials in the College. Also, the Guests has attend a meeting in the Quality Room in the College with the Quality team headed by the Vice Dean of Academic Development and Quality, Dr. Ali Al-Qozaim. Dr Ali presented the Faculty's specialties and admission systems and programs for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, and highlighted its projects and activities in the fields of academic development and e-learning, And the efforts of its contracts and cooperation with major universities and scientific centers and industrial sectors regionally and internationally. Also, he presented the experience of the College in the Academic accreditation ABET for three departments, Mechanical, Civil and Chemical engineering departments. The delegation also visited laboratories in each department and met with a number of faculty members.

At the end of the visit, the delegation presented a commemorative shield to the Dean and praised the academic and scientific level of the College and looked forward to have more opportunities of bilateral cooperation with the College in the fields of common interest in the nearest future. Also, the delegation thanked the College of Engineering and its staff for the hospitality and the distinguished program. By the end of the visit, the College held a luncheon for the delegation, which was attended by the Dean and a number of officials in the college.

The College of Engineering at King Khalid University achieved the top 200 majors in the world after achieving a rank of 151-200 in the field of chemical engineering. The university also achieved record numbers in the field of electrical and electronics engineering by ranking 401-450 in the world.
  Based on the keenness of the College of Engineering at King Khalid University - represented by the Training Unit - to perfect and develop its outputs and link them to the labor market and for its male and female students to receive the best quality and distinguished learning methods, a number of college students, under the supervision of the head of the Training Unit, Dr. Dhafer Ali Alqahtani, coordinated a field visit. The students visited Al Watania for industries and Tasnee factory  in Riyadh on Wednesday and Thursday, November, 22-23, 2023. The visit aims to acquaint the students with the technologies that fall within their specialization and are used in the Al watania for Industry (its plastic and container manufacturers) and Tasnee (the battery factory), which allowed the college students to learn about the nature of factory work by meeting with the engineers working in the factories. The visit began with a visual presentation of the factories’ parts and components, the developments that took place in them from their inception until today, and what are the security and safety precautions. This visit included a field tour of the factory facilities and their effective contribution to the latest technologies and quality of production in the field of plastics, containers and batteries. An open meeting was also held to discuss and answer students’ inquiries related to factory operations and technologies. At the end of the visit, the college employees expressed their thanks to the representatives of the factories for the warm reception, and the efforts they made to make this visit a success, which comes within the cooperation and constructive interaction between the universities with the governmental and private sectors in the field of industry to link the theoretical reality with the practical and applied, because of its great positive impact and great benefit to its graduates and graduates of the College of Engineering.  
The College of Engineering and all its employees are pleased to extend their congratulations  to His Excellency Professor Dr. Saeed bin Dhafer Al-Qadi on the occasion of his appointment as Dean of the College of Engineering, wishing him further success.
The College of Engineering has achieved advanced results in the Times Rank of Academic Specialties (THE World University Rankings by Subject) as one of the most famous international classification bodies for global universities, competing with its counterparts at the regional and international levels. The College of Engineering achieved third place nationally out of 18 Saudi universities that appeared in the rankings, and ranked 201st globally this year out of 1,374 international universities, advancing about 200 places compared to last year.The Times Higher Education classification for academic specializations relies in its criteria on measuring the level of development and innovation in universities around the world, as well as their research efforts to influence the local and international environment, in addition to the opinion of specialists and business owners regarding the academic efforts made to educate students and prepare them with the best A level commensurate with global needs in the areas of development, research and innovation. This distinction is based on a set of achievements that come within an integrated series of planned goals according to strategies with broad horizons aimed at raising the university’s global ranking, aspiring through it to achieve one of the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 in placing King Khalid University on the list of the top 200 University globally by 2030.
The Volunteering and Community Service Unit at the College of Engineering, along with the College of Engineering Club, female section, and the Parents Charitable and Social Endowment, visited the Social Welfare House in Abha on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, to visit our fathers and mothers (distinguished senior citizens, male and female) to honor the elderly, learn about the services provided, and gain experiences and learning opportunities for male and female students. And the tremendous efforts undertaken by the branch of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in the Asir region, with the generous support of the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, may God protect and preserve him. The head of the Volunteering and Community Service Unit at the College of Engineering, His Excellency Dr. Abdulaziz Saleh Khalifa Al-Saidi, praised the cooperation of the house’s administration in holding the event. The unit and the house’s director also welcomed hosting the poet Musaad Al-Bakri, who recited a poem that won everyone’s approval.