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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Prof JP Meyer

Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Prof JP Meyer Chair: School of Engineering. Old Arts (1911). Engineering Building. Old Engineering Building. Information Technology. Information Technology. Building Science. Town & Regional Planning.

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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Prof JP Meyer

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  1. Faculty of • Engineering, • Built Environment and • Information Technology Prof JP Meyer Chair: School of Engineering

  2. Old Arts (1911)

  3. Engineering Building

  4. Old Engineering Building

  5. Information Technology

  6. Information Technology

  7. Building Science

  8. Town & Regional Planning

  9. Construction Economics

  10. STUDENTS

  11. STUDENTS

  12. EBIT Dean Extended programme Community Service Projects Support Inst. Technological Innovation Student Administration Human Resources Chair Chair Chair Chair. Engineering Built Env GSTM IT Mining Architecture Chemical Industrial Informatics Metallurgical Information Science Computer science Construction Econ Civil Town & Regional Planning Mechanical & Aeronautical Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering and Technology management 13

  13. FACULTY

  14. Transformation

  15. Students in Engineering in SA

  16. Rankings ISI Citation Rankings: Only two SA Eng Faculties in top 1% UP = 613; Wits = 793

  17. 18

  18. Community Engagement Activities 19

  19. International Recognition • International accreditation • Accreditation visit by ECSA for Engineering in 2007 • Washington Accord (ECSA) • UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zeeland, Hong Kong (Japan, China, …) • Qualifications recognized • 2002 – 2007 unconditional • 2007 – 2012 unconditional

  20. Language Policy • Lectures are presented in both English and Afrikaans where economically viable and practical, but only in English in certain areas where the lecturer is not conversant in Afrikaans • English only in most third and fourth year modules

  21. More information • Faculty week: 5-8 Apr 2010 • Open day: 15 May 2010 • Engineering week: 4-7 July 2010 • Faculty week: 2 October 2010 • Contact person: • Emly Mathe • Tel: (012) 420 2482 / 078 904 7687 • E-mail: emly.mathe@up.ac.za

  22. Facilities and infrastructure

  23. Facilities and infrastructure • Area: 55 000 sqm • Cost: R420 million • Completion Feb 2011 • 1 000 cars • Lecture hall: 2 X 540, 4 x 200 • Drawing hall: 475 students • Four large research labs • CDIO: 91 seats

  24. Industry • Good contact/communication • Collaboration • Vocational training • Recruitment bursaries • Consultancy • Research • Good feedback on quality of our students

  25. Work opportunities • Engineering graduates survey • 85.4% employed • 12.6% busy with postgraduate studies • 5 students without jobs: • 1 student was abroad • 3 only recently started looking for a job • 1 took a gap year • World-wide shortage of engineers

  26. SUMMARY • Faculty is one of the biggest at UP and in SA • Engineering School produces about a third of country’s engineers • Strategic national asset • Growth: (intake, graduate, research outputs) • International accreditation & international recognition • Excellent students • Excellent facilities and more facilities in pipeline

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