Abstract
As part of its overall strategy, the Systems Engineering (SE) graduate program at an Engineering School has adopted a broad partnership with industry, which consists of sponsorship of professional students to complete a Masters and/or PhD degree in SE. The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the impact of a Graduate Systems Engineering Program (GSEP) of this small university in the workplace through assessment of the program sponsors' satisfaction and the performance of the program's professional student graduates in their jobs. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected for the period 2004-2010 to assess and evaluate GSEP through survey questionnaires, interviews, and course evaluations. The results of this study revealed that overall up to 95% of the program sponsors and its students are satisfied with the program. The main reasons for partnering with the present studied institution were stated by the program sponsors to be tailoring the program and its courses to their needs and offering the program at the sponsors' sites. Through its broad partnership with industry, GSEP corporate partners were able to successfully deploySE concepts and understand the value that SE brings to their organizations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1429-1439 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | International Journal of Engineering Education |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 6 |
State | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- Higher education
- Partnership
- Systems Engineering