1. INTRODUCTION
Computers have become a fact of our daily life. Computer Illiteracy is now an issue as
is reading and writing illiteracy. Industrial development and population growth can not
be achieved without well prepared population as well as expertise in electronics,
communications and computer engineering. The digital gap between nations need to be
both bridged and when so, will allow to all innovative minds to come up with true
breakout inventions to man kind as was the wheel and electricity. Egypt with its
geographic location and size of population and available expertise allow it to play the
role of a focal point distributor to a communication and computer engineering program
to all of the Arab world as well as African countries. Therefore, the Faculty of
Engineering at Cairo University, the oldest and one of the most prestigious schools in
engineering in the Arab world is has established a Communications and Computer
Engineering (CCE) Program based on the credit hours system (CHS). This program will
prepare the engineers to take the lead for their countries into the digital society.
2. PROGRAM MISSION
The mission of the Communications and Computer Engineering Program at Cairo
University is to provide the highest standard of excellence in higher education while
pursuing continuous quality improvement. The goal of the program is to provide the
community with communications and computer innovative graduates capable of
effectively using the scientific and technical knowledge developed as undergraduates
for the betterment of society. The problem-solving, teamwork, and oral communications
skills developed by the graduates of CCE Program will also contribute to achieving this
goal. The program supports this mission by providing students with appropriate
curricula and educational experiences. The curricula remain current through continuous
assessment by employers, faculty, and students. Students obtain a broad education
necessary to understand the impact of communications and computer engineering
solutions in a global, societal, and cultural context.
The CCE bachelor-degree program allows a plan that will necessarily be highly
structured during the first six semesters and relatively flexible during the upper four
semesters. The program provides a laboratory-based curriculum that combines hands-
on practice with the appropriate basic electrical and electronic theory. It is application-
oriented and is designed to prepare well rounded graduates who can succeed in one or
more of the fields related to communications and computer engineering technology.
3. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The new program has four main educational objectives that are summarized as follows:
• In-Depth Knowledge: To provide students with a strong foundation and
understanding of the fundamental knowledge prerequisite for the practice of, or for
advanced study in, communications or computer engineering, including its
scientific principles, rigorous analysis, and creative design, embedded and real
time systems as well as intelligent machines and applications.
• Out-Breadth Education: To provide students with the broad education, including
knowledge of diverse important current issues in communications or computer