In line with Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)'s efforts in benchmarking
its professional degree programme curriculum against the current industry
standards, the University welcomed the visit of 15 professional
representatives from the industry and professional bodies in engineering and
quantity surveying on 22 May 2009 to UTAR Kuala Lumpur Campus.
The team members of the industrial advisory panel met with UTAR senior
officials to provide input and feedback on the UTAR programmes and
curriculum under the Faculty of Engineering and Science (FES).
During the meeting, Dr Wang Chan Chin, Dean of FES, welcomed and briefed the
panel members on the achievements of UTAR since its establishment, as well
as the University's programmes, campuses and facilities.
"The meeting was a good opportunity for the panel members to carry out their
roles as industrial advisors to help ensure the quality assurance and
holistic development of UTAR engineering and quantity surveying degree
programmes," said Dr. Wang.
"We also encouraged the panel members to share their expertise and
experience in their respective fields and give us suggestions and comments
so that we can continuously improve the standards of UTAR degree
programmes," added Dr. Wang.
A number of guidelines on the output expectation from the meeting were given
to the panel members to assist them in making the appropriate suggestions
for the advancement of UTAR programmes. Among some of the guidelines given
were benchmarking the programme curriculum with the curriculum implemented
at internationally renown universities, designing outcome based programme
curriculum that would enable students to immediately apply their university
skills and knowledge to their working lives, as well as defining the
priority of programme objectives that would enable the students to achieve a
significant amount of success in their respective careers by the span of
five years from their graduation.
Apart from helping to improve the UTAR programme curriculum, the panel
members were also asked to help recommend suitable industrial training
placements and research project topics to aid the UTAR third and final year
students.
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