Effat College of Architecture & Design

​Vision

Effat College of Architecture and Design aspires to be a hub for creative and innovative scholars of faculty and students who contribute through artistic, innovative, and sustainable solutions to the local and global community.

Mission

Effat College of Architecture and Design graduates creative and effective leaders who can compete nationally and internationally by integrating core values into the education of architecture, design, and visual media and combining academic study and practicum experience.

Goals

1. Adopting the Saudi 2030 vision in presenting Effat College of Architecture and Design as a contributor to the creative culture nationally and internationally..

2. Cultivate a dynamic and collaborative work environment through an effective and an inspiring leadership that promotes integrity in managing all the college activities. Achieve national and international accreditation for ECoAD Programs and reach a satisfactory level of national and international recognition.

3. Provide excellence in all ECoAD distinctive academic activities, which inspire the students’ innovative, creative, and intellectual engagements. Ensure dynamic learning environment that foster creativity among ECoAD students, faculty, staff and external community through state-of-the-art learning and information resources and services.

4. To qualify the ECoAD graduates to be the Ambassadors of Queen Effat Legacy and agents of change by attracting and retaining a diverse body of students.

5. Enhancing ECoAD efforts to recruit, nurture, and retain a diverse faculty and staff in order to strengthen the programs.

6. To obtain modern studios, workshops, and digital labs that encourage ECoAD faculty and students to practice hands-on and practicum creative projects, and maintain constructive financial management by creative use of budget and resources.

7. Inspiring by of the Saudi 2030 vision, the ECoAD aims to create a vibrant, creative, and interactive research community that generates artistic and production ideas worthy of implementing in the national industry.

8. Enhance the ECoAD culture of service through national and international productive partnerships and collaborations that support the community and the college.

The College of Architecture and Design offers both undergraduate and master programs that focus on developing artistic, innovative and sustainable solutions for both the local and global community. There are 4 programs in the college: Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Design, and Bachelor of Visual and Digital Production, and Master in Urban Design.

In Bachelor of Design program students can chose between three tracks: Environmental Design, Product Design and Interior Design.

In Bachelor of Visual and Digital Production students can chose between four tracks: Animation, Screenwriting, Production and Interactive Media.