1. College Strategic Plan by
Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance Committee

2. Committee Members Dr. A. A. Andijani (SE) Dr. S. O. Duffuaa (SE)
Dr. F. Khan (COE)
Mr. M. Khan (SE)
Dr. M. Shafique (ICS)
Dr. U. Al-Turki (SE)

3. Vision
Mission
Objectives
Goals
Strategies
Strategies
Action Plans

4. Business Line
What business can represent our current and future inspiration?
Computer Sciences
Software Engineering
Computer Engineering
Network and Communication
Automation and Control
Industrial Engineering

5. Stakeholders The main stakeholders of the college are identified as:
Employers ( from government, industry and private sector).
Alumna
Students/parents
Faculty
Ministry of Higher Education
University Administration
Society at large

6. Mission
The mission of the college of Computer Sciences and Engineering is:
To prepare competent professionals in the areas specified in college line of business who are competitive worldwide and will be the leaders in Saudi industry, academia and government.
To conduct innovative basic and applied research that advances the frontiers of knowledge and address local problems.
To provide high quality service to society in the areas of applied projects, consultation and training.

7. Vision
To be a Center of Excellence that is recognized worldwide in the education, research and professional development in the areas specified in college line of business.

8. Strategic Objectives
Prepare competent qualified graduates in the areas specified in the college line of business that meet or exceed customer requirements.
Provide up to date current academic programs that meet international standards and satisfy market needs.
Provide a student focused integrated educational experience.
Build a strong, motivated and highly committed faculty community.

9. Objectives
Attract, Maintain and develop a qualified pool of undergraduate and graduate students.
Conduct research at the frontiers of knowledge in computer sciences and engineering with emphasis on areas that serve and sustain the Kingdom economic development.
Create and encourage partnership with industry, government and alumni.
Continuously build and modernize college infrastructure including computing facilities, laboratories

10. Values Quality and Creativity Fairness and dignity
Proactive and Collaborative
Professional and ethical responsibility.
trustworthiness.
life long learning, growth and development.
Good university citizenship
Communication

11. Performance Indicators
Objective 1 : Prepare competent qualified graduates in the areas specified in the college line of business that meet or exceed customer requirements.. Alumni satisfaction, Employer satisfaction, Median score in outcome exams and median score in professional society exams.
Objective 2 : Provide up to date current academic programs that meet international standards and satisfy market needs. Employment rate, curriculum currency (median time between revisions, number of new approved special topics and course per year), conformance to international society recommendations accreditation.

12. Performance Indicators
Objective 3 : Provide a student focused integrated educational experience: Student success rate, program completion rate, average class size, Student faculty ratio, Alumni satisfaction rate with educational experience.
Objective 4 : Build a strong, motivated and highly committed faculty community: Faculty retention rate, Faculty development programs, faculty satisfaction survey .

13. Performance Indicators
Objective 5: Attract, Maintain and develop a qualified pool Median RAM I score for students joining the college, % of honors students, Average time to complete program.
Objective 6 : Conduct research at the frontiers of knowledge in computer sciences and engineering with emphasis on areas that serve and sustain the Kingdom economic development Journal publication index, conference publication index, research grant/Projects and patents/recognition/ award index calculated at the college level.

14. Performance Indicators
Objective 7 : Create and encourage partnership with industry, government and alumni: Total income from funded projects, Number of contract signed for research and consultation, Number of participants in workshops and short courses per faculty per year.

15. Performance Indicators
Objective 8: Continuously build and modernize college infrastructure including computing facilities, laboratories: Number of labs upgrades, Number of new labs developed, Number of PC per student.

16. Strategic Objectives
Provide a student focused integrated educational experience : Student success rate, program completion rate, faculty student ratio, average class size, Alumni satisfaction rate with educational experience.
Build a strong, motivated and highly committed faculty community. Faculty retention rate, faculty development programs, faculty satisfaction from survey.5. Maintain and develop a qualified pool of undergraduate and graduate students. Median RAM I score for students

17. Strategies Strategies for objectives 1
Recruit faculty members with qualifications that meet or exceed the college standards.
Attract the best students on campus.
Identify and improve core processes such as teaching etc
Update our labs continuously
Support our faculty to excel in teaching research

18. Strategies Strategies for objective 2
Continuously improve curriculum, educational processes based on defined customer needs and faculty approved criteria.
Conduct regular self –assessment
Seek accreditation from regional and international accreditation bodies..

19. Strategies
Strategies for objective 3
Provide opportunities for students to interact with faculty and industry.
Continuously update teaching and learning infrastructure to keep with the latest technology and requirements of the profession.
Develop a plan for the use of IT in the curriculum
Integrate information technology in the curriculum
Develop a program for faculty to interact with organizations having a leading edge in IT.
Keep abreast with the best practices in the use of IT in curriculum.
Encourage students to get professional certificates in IT.

20. Strategies Strategies for objective 4:
Attract develop and retain highly qualified and innovative faculty members.
Strengthen the faculty body through effective recruiting and support our existing talented faculty members to achieve their full potential.
Take an aggressive role in faculty motivation.
Assess and meet faculty needs.

21. Strategies Strategies for objectives 5:
Actively recruit the highest quality students
Improve students counseling and advising

22. Strategies Strategies for objective 6:
Identify and focus on few areas of excellence
Promote collaborative research and support cross-disciplinary faculty research and seminars
Support attendance of conferences and workshops
Continue to improve research infrastructure
Promote mentoring among faculty members
Create partnerships with leading institutes that are known for research.

23. Strategies Strategies for objectives 7:
Create alliances with key industries.
Outreach to alumni for effective feedback and support.

24. Key Processes Undergraduate and graduate Students admission.
Teaching and delivery of course materials.
Faculty recruitment and retention.
Curriculum development and revision process.
Project approval process.
Faculty Promotion process
Conference approval process.

25. Implementation Approach
The implementation process will follow the following steps:
Establish Yearly goals (targets) based on the current status of each strategic objective as measured by the key performance indicators.
For each target established a set of action plan to be implemented during the course of the year to achieve the target.

26. SP Implementation Approach
Assess the progress bimonthly.
Assess the status at the end of the year in a management review and develop a set of action plans for the next year.
Continue the above steps on yearly basis.

30. College Role
The college shall establish committees to assist in accomplishing the objectives of the SP. In the SP plan there are eight (8) strategic objectives. Some of these committees are at the departmental level while others at the college level. Utmost care must be exercised in order to minimize duplication.

31. Departmental Role
It is also recommended that each department shall establish the following committees:
Graduating students and Alumni committee to implement objective 1 of the SP.
Curriculum committee to implement objective 2 (This committee already exists). Its charges may require modification
Graduate and Research committee to implement objective 6 and part of objective 5. (This committee already exists. Its charges may require modification.
Student affairs committee to implement objective 5 of the SP.
Other committees necessary for the department business.

32. SP Implementation
Each committee responsible for a strategic objective shall review in the first month the current status of the objective in the department or the college utilizing the performance measures in the SP.
Based on the level of the performance indicators a goal for the objective will be established and an action plan will be developed to achieve the goal. The plan should specify tasks, resources needed and schedule.

33. SP Implementation
The Department or the college administration must provide the resources to achieve the objectives of the project.
Based on the schedule the college/department council should monitor and review progress.

34. SP Implementation
The following committees are suggested to be at the college level:
Learning and Teaching Committee to assist in implementing objective 3 in the SP.
Faculty Committee to assist in implementing objective 4 of the SP.
College Infrastructure committee to assist in implementing objective 8.
College out reach committee to assist in implementing objective 7.

35. SP Implementation
Graduating students and Alumni committee to implement objective 1 of the SP.
Curriculum committee to implement objective 2 (This committee already exists). Its charges may require modification
Graduate and Research committee to implement objective 6 and part of objective 5. (This committee already exists. Its charges may require modification.
Student affairs committee to implement objective 5 of the SP.
Other committees necessary for the department business.

36. Example
Let us consider objective Objective 6 : Conduct research at the frontiers of knowledge in computer sciences and engineering with emphasis on areas that serve and sustain the Kingdom economic development Journal publication index, conference publication index, research grant/Projects and patents/recognition/ award index calculated at the college level.

37. Example
Suppose in X department the current publication index is 0.5 and grants and projects index is 0.4.
The target established is one for each index.
What action plan must be taken to reach the target.

38. Example: Action Plans Action Pan: Resources needed:
Identify faculty members that need help.
Develop a special grants for them.
Summer grants with industry.
Resources needed:
Financial
Industry support
Etc.

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