Electrical and Computer Engineering

Overview​

Vision

To be recognized as a leading Electrical and Computer Engineering program in providing outstanding undergraduate teaching and research to serve the society with innovative leaders, contributing to the technological evolution.

Mission

The Program of Electrical and Computer Engineering will continue to lead in educating qualified engineers who combine the highest level of technical competency with creativity, innovation and leadership skills necessary for contributing to technological advancements locally and globally.

Goals

1. Enhance Effat University's recognition and complement the Saudi 2030 vision through educating electrical and computer engineers to become pioneers in contributing to technological, economic and social advances.
2. Foster an intellectually challenging, enlightened, and collaborative learning/ work environment that enjoys excellence, transparency and integrity; in addition, seek to maintain and expand national and international accreditation and ranking to ensure the quality of the ECE Program.
3. Provide students with an exceptional educational experience with a focus on academic excellence and innovation in design and technology as well as expand and optimize the use of educational resources to ensure a dynamic learning environment in both teaching and research.
4. To attract and maintain a diverse and talented body of students to ensure ongoing advancements of students' lifelong goals and community services and to establish our students as pioneers of the electrical and computer engineering fields.
5. Recruit and retain diverse, highly qualified faculty and staff and support them in maintaining a healthy, positive learning/teaching environment; and encourage them to foster high quality collaborative applied research with students; and build national and international long-term collaborations with industry and academia to strengthen the students' relationships with the community.
6. Provide and sustain state of the art facilities that enhance students' hands-on and design experience with a self-sufficient and expandable academic infrastructure; and maintain and enhance financial planning and execution to support all learning/teaching activities of the ECE Program.​
   

The  Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program offers four areas of concentration: 

• Computer Engineering
• Communications and signal processing
• Microelectronics
• Power and control systems​
  

1. ​Computer engineering

   Computer Engineering systems are implemented using discrete, quantized, electrical signals which are represented by strings of binary digits. The students in the computer engineering area study Boolean algebra, combinational and sequential logic design, digital integrated circuits, programmable logic devices, computer design, and microprocessor hardware and software. Typical end products of computer engineering design include computers, microprocessors, video games, industrial data acquisition and control systems, medical instrumentation, and automobile instrumentation. The final products developed within many of the Electrical and Computer Engineering area are often integrated with digital systems, such as control systems, telecommunications systems, and signal processing systems.

2. ​Communications and signal processing

   The field of Communications and Signal Processing is concerned with processing signals and finding the best way to transmit and receive voice, picture, or computer data signals. The field of Communication and Signal Processing is a rapidly growing field. In just one century, it has progressed from telegraph systems capable of sending only a few letters per second over wires to the sophisticated protocols used today.

   ​The Communications and Signal Processing field of study includes communication theory, wireless communications, multiple antenna systems design, channel and source coding, space time coding, digital signal processing, machine vision, image processing, neural and soft computing, intelligent machines, studies of data networks, flow control and routing in integrated networks, dynamic resource allocation in telecommunication networks, and high speed network real time video multicasting. The integration of signal processing and communications expertise is providing important results in smart antennas, accurate Global Positioning System (GPS), improved modems, and efficient radar applications.

3. ​​​​​Microelectronics

   Electronic devices are the building blocks of most computers and electrical systems. Some examples of systems include telephones, radios, television, controllers, oscilloscopes, logic gates, memories, digital systems, computers, power circuits, and instrumentation systems. Analysis of devices and circuits is an essential task in the evaluation of these systems. The designers and engineers of this field conceive and design these building blocks while engineers in other areas develop systems using these building blocks.

   It is important for every circuit designer to know how electronic devices and circuits work. Students should have a wide spectrum of courses in communications, control, analog and digital electronics, microprocessors, and Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI). The VLSI is the product of the latest revelation in the development of integrated circuits; it’s the basic building block of digital and computer electronics. Customized VLSI signal processing chips have been used, for example, to improve the functionality of modern systems since microprocessor controlled instrumentation is already reality.

4. ​​​Power and control systems

   The goal of Power and Control Systems concentration is to provide students with a high quality applications oriented undergraduate education based on state of the art electrical and electronic equipment associated with electrical power and control systems. The curriculum of the concentration is designed to satisfy the educational needs of the Middle East region by providing a climate that fosters self-awareness, personal growth, and a desire for lifelong learning.

   ​Topics in power engineering deal with the generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization of electricity as well as the design of a range of related devices. The energy and pollution awareness was also included. Control engineering courses offer the study of a diverse range of dynamic systems and the design of controllers that will cause these systems to behave in the desired manner. To implement such controllers, students will learn how to utilize electrical circuits, digital signal processors, and microcontrollers. Applications of control to power systems is an important part in this concentration and, therefore, students will study motor control systems, smart motor controllers, variable frequency drives, motor control centers, and power system control using recent technologies.​​
   

Students who successfully complete the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program will have:

1. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
   
2. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
3. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
   
4. an ability to function within multidisciplinary teams
   
5. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
   
6. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
   
7. an ability to communicate effectively
   
8. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
   
9. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
   
10. a knowledge of contemporary issues
11. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

​​Students who complete an electrical engineering program can expect to find many opportunities and career paths available to them, with computer and electrical engineers being responsib​le for developing many of the technological advances that we take for granted.

Computer Engineering Concentration

• General Education Requirements: 42
• Collateral Basic Science and Mathematics Requirements: 30
• ECE General Requirements: 49
• Concentration Core Requirements (Compulsory): 15
• Concentration Electives: 9
• ECE General Electives: 9
• Total: 154

Communication& Signal Processing Concentration

• General Education Requirements: 42
• Collateral Basic Science and Mathematics Requirements: 30
• ECE General Requirements: 49
• Concentration Core Requirements (Compulsory): 15
• Concentration Electives: 9
• ECE General Electives: 9
• Total: 154

Microelectronics Concentration

• General Education Requirements: 42
• Collateral Basic Science and Mathematics Requirements: 30
• ECE General Requirements: 49
• Concentration Core Requirements (Compulsory): 15
• Concentration Electives: 9
• ECE General Electives: 9
• Total: 154

Power & Control Systems Concentration

• General Education Requirements: 42
• Collateral Basic Science and Mathematics Requirements: 30
• ECE General Requirements: 49
• Concentration Core Requirements (Compulsory): 15
• Concentration Electives: 9
• ECE General Electives: 9
• Total: 154​​
  

Electrical and Computer Engineering​ Program Plan as (PDF), more sui​table for mobile browsing. ​​​

NOTE:

ECE students may take ECE 499 Co-op course instead of the two Summer Internships ECE 398 and ECE 498.​​​​​​​

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