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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCES
Prof Mohamed Ezzat Sobaih (Dean)
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences has seven departments: Architectural Engineering,
Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Interior Design, Software Engineering, Urban Planning, and
Mathematics and Applied Sciences.
Department of Architectural Engineering
Overview
The Department of Architecture at ALHOSN University is the first in Abu Dhabi to offer a four-year
program leading to a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering (BAE). The mission of this Department is to
strengthen the option of the University for providing the employment market with highly skilled
specialists and designers of the built environment. Its aim is to respond to the growing need for
appropriate architecture adapted to the cultural, economic and technological characteristics and
potential of the region.
Bachelor of Architectural Engineering (BAE)
Program Goals
The fundamental role of the Architectural Engineering Program is to provide its students with a broad
education in Architecture that will enable them to apply the tools of the architect and the science of
the engineer to identify users’ needs and think of creative answers to those needs with a total respect to
the cultural, social and natural context.
The goals of the Architectural Engineering Program are to:
1. Equip students with a comprehensive education in the theories of architecture as well as in the
engineering and technical fields.
2. Initiate the student and consolidate his practice of the process of learning through the
studio courses.
3. Provide students with an area of specialization through a rigorous curriculum of core and
technical elective courses.
4. Engage students in complementary studies in the University General Requirement (UGR)
courses.
5. Afford students learning opportunities which utilize investigation and analytical techniques
along with design processes in the study of architectural engineering as well as collaborative
classroom environments and teamwork activities.
6. Encourage students to become self- learners with the conviction that university education is
only the beginning of a life-long learning commitment by using innovative teaching practices
that engage students in the learning process.
7. Introduce students to architectural work environments, ethical practices, and professionalism.
8. Produce graduates who will contribute as professionals in academia, industry, and the
community.
Program Objectives
To accomplish its goals the Department of Architecture has defined the following objectives for its
program:
1. Introduce architectural theories as elemental processes, values, concepts, and design
influences leading to a personal philosophy of architectural design.
2. Introduce the physical and cultural parameters of the human being and the subsequent
requirements for shelter and accommodation.
3. Develop an awareness of the context’s influence on the design of architecture.
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