AURAK Civil Engineering Program Granted ABET Accreditation
The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) has this week announced that its Bachelor's degree in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering has been given accreditation by ABET's Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC).
The prestigious Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, or ABET, is the leading approving body for post-secondary scholastic programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology, and this latest accreditation recognizes the quality of the AURAK program.
This welcome news follows from a site browse through which occurred in October 2016, where a three-person team saw the university's school in Ras Al Khaimah, and now implies that 3 programs within the School of Engineering are accredited by ABET: its Bachelor of Science in Computer system Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering, and the Bachelor of Science in Civil and Infrastructure
Engineering.
Prof. Hassan Hamdan Al Alkim, the university's president, whose emphasis over his six-year tenure has been certification and quality, specified, "This latest accreditation stands for yet one more positive step forward for this young university. Our School of Engineering stays on training course to have all nine of its programs recognized by 2020.
Id like to this possibility to say thanks to the school's dean, Prof. Mousa Mohsen, every one of the engineering professors and administration staff whose tireless job is consistently guaranteeing that we satisfy our targets and offer our pupils with a premier education."
Further website gos to for the university's engineering programs are expected during the 2017/18 school year, as the school also provides undergraduates programs in chemical, computer, electric, industrial, mechanical and oil engineering. The School of Grad Researches and Research study also uses a master's in engineering project management. Previously, Prof. Al Alkim highlighted the university's objective to be institutionally certified and to have its academic colleges and specific programs all completely accredited by their particular international authorities.
While the university continues to go after international accreditation, considerable work is additionally being done to expand the capability of its campus; the construction of new house halls is underway, along with the RAK Bank-sponsored School of Business. This is in enhancement to Building G which was opened up in January 2016, and a major landscape design and campus beautification program.
