Evaluation of an engineering program: A survey to assess fullfillment of industry requirements

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a research that was conducted to evaluate whether the curriculum and syllabus of a new engineering program will produce graduates that will fulfill the needs of the industry in Malaysia. The new four year Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Instrumentation) degree program (EE230) that was evaluated in a survey presented herewith is offered by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University Teknologi Mara (UiTM). The results of the survey indicated that the program offers courses that are relevant to the Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Instrumentation and that the design of the curriculum and syllabus will produce engineering graduates as required by the industry.