Emerging New Technologies in Undergraduate Engineering Curricula

The requirements for electrical engineering programs in Jordan are provided by the Accreditation and quality commission for higher education institutions. The request on changing the curricula of the program to cope with the demand of the national and the global market is increasing rapidly. To in line with these requests the IREEDER funded by Erasmus Plus Project came into existence. The aim of this project is to improve the curricula of the undergraduate students in electrical engineering and its associated disciplines. A brief introduction about these technologies is introduced in the scope of this paper. A comparison and a concise list of intentional institutions that have embedded these technologies as an important part of their studies is given. The challenges that hinder changing the programs to be able to apply these technologies are described and analyzed. Where the survey of the current status and requirements of the Jordanian industry is taken into consideration to change the programs to serve the industry in Jordan.