Internet of Things
Program Mission
To offer competitive higher education in Internet of Things within a supportive academic environment to prepare qualified internet of things specialists with vital employability skills, make research contributions, promote community engagement, and participate in realizing the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
Program Goals
- Improve the quality of teaching and learning experiences, the quality of learning resources, and the quality of basic facilities, equipment, and supporting infrastructure.
- Provide support to students through the improvement of academic, social, psychological, and professional advising, counseling, and supportive services.
- Enhancement of the performance of faculty members both professionally and academically.
- Improvement of the program’s administrative efficiency and processes and procedures.
- Preparation of competent and qualified graduates with vital employability skills demanded in the labor market to:
- Enable graduates to demonstrate core knowledge in loT using essential technologies, and basic research skills.
- Enhance students’ critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and teamwork skills.
- Improve students’ awareness of ethical values, principles of professional conduct, independence, and autonomy.
- Contribute to the field of loT through the production of quality research in alignment with OC and the program’s research priorities.
- Contribute to the local community through services, programs, and consultations.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate in-depth and frontier knowledge in analyzing a IoT complex problem and apply principles of IoT disciplines to elaborate solutions.
- Problems related to relevant disciplines in domain of study.
- Recognize the syntax of different tools and libraries enabling students to propose suitable solutions for IoT in different domains.
- Critically and creatively design, implement, and evaluate a IoT-based solution.
- Communicate effectively in a variety of IoT professional contexts.
- Demonstrate professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in IoT practice based on legal and ethical principles.
- Function effectively as a member and leader of a team engaged in IoT activities.
Career Opportunities
- IoT Business Development Manager.
- IoT Architect.
- IoT Embedded Systems Designer.
- IoT Security Engineer.
- IoT Systems Administrator.
- IoT Network Engineer.