The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is located among the best places in the world rich with renewable energy sources—solar energy in particular and wind in general. The Bachelor's Program in Renewable Energy Engineering represents support and development of the country's resources and raising its economy, which contributes to advancing development in the Kingdom. This makes deploying renewable energy at the national level an effective contribution to the use of solar energy to provide electricity to various sectors, in addition to the important environmental benefits and issues of energy supply security. The Renewable Energy Engineering Program aims to graduate qualified engineers with the necessary skills to design, analyze, build, and operate renewable energy projects. The program also seeks to meet the needs of the region and Saudi society through quality education that will prepare engineers who can compete at the national and regional levels and have the necessary competencies to meet the eligibility requirements of securing admission to the higher studies programs of international universities. A graduate of the renewable energy engineering program has many career opportunities in government agencies and the private sector alike.
Program Mission
The program aims to offer competitive higher education in renewable energy engineering within a supportive academic environment that works to prepare qualified engineers with vital employability skills. The program also aspires to augment research contributions, enhance community participation, and participate in achieving the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
Program Objectives
Qualifying graduates who have a successful career in the field of renewable energy engineering in the public and private sectors.
Qualifying graduates who can develop professionally through self-learning and become eligible in the case of aspirants seeking to further their education and skills with advanced master's and Ph.D. academic degrees.
Qualifying graduates to occupy leadership positions in their professions.
Qualifying graduates to participate effectively in the sustainable development of Saudi society.
Program Learning Outcomes
Identify fundamental renewable energy concepts, principles, and theories about the underlying engineering, mathematics, and science concepts.
Interpret performance characteristics and behavior of renewable energy devices and equipment.
Discuss the preliminary design features of renewable energy systems and subsystems about their underlying engineering principles.
Describe current developments and emerging trends within renewable energy technologies.
Recognize ethical values, safety provisions, and precautions, principles of professional conduct in both laboratory and field environments of renewable energy engineering.
Discuss the basic elements of planning and research processes of renewable energy projects.
Design optimized and sustainable solutions to predictable and unpredictable problems, mainly related to the generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization of renewable energy.
Simulate renewable energy components, systems, and sub-systems.
Analyze complex renewable energy systems using proper mathematical equations and formulae.
Investigate the behavior of renewable energy systems under various constraints and operating conditions using proper computational, information technology, and research methods.
Critically evaluate solutions to problems, current developments, emerging trends, and technologies in the field of renewable energy; in addition to their impact on economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
Effectively communicate inquiries, research results, and solutions to complex issues in renewable energy with a range of audiences.
Effectively participate in renewable energy teams and think-tank groups in solving electrical systems’ problems, to advance the discipline and the society.
Demonstrate ethical values, safety provisions, and precautions, principles of professional conduct in both laboratory and field environments of renewable energy engineering.
Act responsibly, independently, and autonomously in both work and learning situations of renewable energy engineering.
