Preliminary Study on the Impact of Industrial Talks and Visits towards the Outcome Based Education of Engineering Students

AbstractIn an effort to produce skilled and competent engineers, a program, which involves participation and cooperation from the industry, has been introduced. The Department of Electrical, Electronics and Systems Engineering (EESE) of the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment (FKAB), has proposed the implementation of industrial talk and visit, which focuses on the three program outcomes (POs) components as follow: (i) ethic and responsibility, (ii) knowledge of current technical issues and.(iii) life-long learning. A preliminary study has been performed to the students who have participated in the industry talk. The implementation effectiveness is further investigated in order to verify whether the proposed program has met the targeted POs. The analysis is done quantitatively with a total of 46 students participated in the survey. Preliminary results showed that 96% of students agreed that the proposed industrial talk give a positive impact, based on the analysis from the program outcomes