Engineering education in Shaqra University between theory and application

One of the prominent issues of quality accreditation in academia is evaluation and assessment of the graduates for the conducted education. This evaluation acts as rudder modulator to regulate the gap between field/industry anticipations and the available education. This article introduces statistical analysis for the evaluation and assessment of graduate engineers in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering areas for the quality of education conducted in Shaqra University. A cross sectional study for around 63% of engineering college graduates that practicing engineering work is carried out. A comprehensive and concise questionnaire has been designed to measure the objectives of the study. The study is aimed basically to determine the gap between the theory and application. The quality of conducted education was assessed by the investigation of the effectiveness of elective courses, laboratory courses, graduation projects, industrial training, and English language courses. Yet, the results show that around 70% of the graduates find a significant compatibility between the conducted education and the field, and only 21% of them claim that a reasonable compatibility between their education and industry exist.