Internal Regulations 2003

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Faculty of Engineering

Cairo University

Internal Regulations

for the Bachelor of Science Degree

2003


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Internal Regulations for Bachelor of Science Degree......................

Course Coding System ................................................................

Course Tables ..............................................................................

Preparatory Year ......................................................................

Architectural Engineering ........................................................

Civil Engineering .....................................................................

Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) .............................

Mechanical Engineering. .........................................................

Mechanical Power Engineering. ..............................................Mechanical Design and Production Engineering. ...................

Electronics and Communications Engineering........................

Electrical Power and Machines Engineering............................

Chemical Engineering..............................................................

Mining, Petroleum & Metallurgical Engineering ....................

Mining Engineering. ................................................................

Petroleum Engineering.............................................................

Metallurgical Engineering .......................................................

Aerospace Engineering.............................................................

Systems & Biomedical Engineering ...........................................

Computer Engineering. ............................................................

Course Contents ..........................................................................

Preparatory Year ......................................................................

Architectural Engineering ........................................................

Civil Engineering .....................................................................

Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) .............................

Mechanical Engineering. .........................................................

Mechanical Power Engineering. ..............................................

Mechanical Design and Production Engineering. ...................

Electronics and Communications Engineering........................Electrical Power and Machines Engineering............................

Chemical Engineering..............................................................

Mining, Petroleum & Metallurgical Engineering ....................

Mining Engineering. ................................................................

Petroleum Engineering.............................................................

Metallurgical Engineering .......................................................

Aerospace Engineering.............................................................

Systems & Biomedical Engineering ...........................................

Computer Engineering. ............................................................

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Faculty of Engineering -Cairo University

Internal Regulationsfor the Bachelor of Science Degree

As more than five years have passed since implementing the last Internal

Regulation for the Bachelor of Science of the College (1996 Regulations), it is now

inevitable that the departments at the College of Engineering, Cairo University re-evaluate

it to recapture the negative aspects and promote the positives. The aim is to develop andupgrade the Internal Regulation to cope with the ongoing innovations and developments in

engineering education. Furthermore, this will raise the quality of the graduates both from

the level of education and practice to better equip them with talents and tools that would

allow them to face the growing challenges of the current market. Adding to the necessity

of this re-evaluation process is the increasing number of private universities and institutes

that are now participating in the educational process on the local level and the openness to a

growing and changing world that requires new visions in engineering education.

First: Main Aims and Objective of Re-evaluation and Development ProcessThese could be summarized as follows:

1- Designing the curriculum and programs of the departments in such a way that would

easily allow for the transfer to the credit hour system as per the directions of the

University.

2- Introducing new study topics in the fields of environmental studies, new and renewable

energy, project management and economics, radioactive matter and radioactive

technology and aerospace science.

3- Increasing the percentage of specialized elective courses that further relate to students

requirements and market needs.5- The importance of computer applications and that students would acquire new skills.

6- That students would acquire the skills in writing reports, preparation of scientific

research and its methods for presentation and submission.

7- Promoting innovative and creative talents to further develop the students' personalities.

8- Transforming some of the study programs to electronic applications.

9- Reducing the number of weekly study hours to a maximum of 30 (thirty) hours per

week. Furthermore, reducing the number of exams in each semester to a maximum of 6

(six) in the first, and 8 (eight) for the second.

10- Allowing the opportunity for the scientific departments to submit new specialty study

programs using the credit hour system to promote what is known as "integrated and

interdisciplinary studies" (interaction between patterns of knowledge) either within the

department or in-between the departments in the faculty or with other faculties of Cairo

University or other Egyptian or foreign universities.

Second: Articles of the Internal Regulation

Article 1:The Objectives of the FacultyThe faculty should be aware that its main mission would be to maintain a high level of

academic education, respectful and professional attitude and behavior for its graduates.

This goes in parallel with gaining analytical, innovative and special practical skills.

The main objective of the faculty from its inception would be to provide the opportunity of

learning engineering sciences and technical applications that are of high quality. This


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would be provided for students from all over Egypt, the neighboring Arab countries and

other nations. In addition, the faculty would also participate in the development in the

fields of engineering and technical applications in Egypt.

The aim of the faculty would be to achieve professional excellence for its graduates

through the continuous development of the educational programs, upgrading thelaboratories and providing them with state of the art faculty and equipment. Faculty should

also be trained to use the latest in terms of technology, updated methods in teaching, as

well as encouraging them to pursue high quality research papers.

Accordingly, the objective of the college would be to:

1- Prepare graduates that are specialized in the different fields of engineering, technical and

applied sciences to help society in the different specialties.

2- Conduct studies and research in the different fields of engineering to upgrade society and

solve its problems.

3- Participate in the future planning through setting development strategies.

4- Setting the rules for the continuous development of educational programs and assessing

the performance.

Article 2: The Departments of the Faculty

Includes the following:

1- Engineering Mathematics and Physics

2- Architectural Engineering

3- Structural Engineering

4- Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering

5- Public Works

6- Mechanical Power Engineering

7- Mechanical Design and Production Engineering

8- Aerospace Engineering

9- Electronics and Communication Engineering

10- Electrical Power and Machines Engineering

11- Chemical Engineering

12- Mining, Petroleum and Metallurgical Engineering

13- Biomedical and Systems Engineering

14- Computer Engineering

Article 3:The Faculty Council is to assign to the Faculty Vice Dean for Education and Student

Affairs the supervision of the following courses:- The Technical Languages

- The Humanities courses

Article 4:The Faculty Council is to form internal scientific circles from amongst the members of staff

for the closely related specialized areas in the different departments. Courses, research and

all scientific affairs relevant to these areas of specialization are to be reviewed by these

circles, taking into consideration inter-departmental coordination, before submission to the

Faculty Council.


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Article 5:Cairo University grants the Bachelor of science (B.Sc.) degree upon request from theFaculty of Engineering Council in one of the following areas of specialty.1. Architectural Engineering.

2. Civil Engineering- Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) - Civil Engineering(Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering) - Civil Engineering (Sanitary andEnvironmental Engineering) - Civil Engineering (Surveying and Land InformationSystems Engineering) - Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering).

3.Mechanical Power Engineering.4. Mechanical Design and Production Engineering.5.Electronics and Communications Engineering.6. Electrical Power and Machines Engineering.7. Chemical Engineering.8. Mining Engineering.9. Petroleum Engineering.

10. Metallurgical Engineering.11. Aerospace Engineering.12. Biomedical and Systems Engineering.13. Computer Engineering.

Article 6:The Faculty Council is to form a scientific committee for each area of specialization underwhich falls courses related to more than one department. This committee is to include theHeads of the involved departments and a representative of the specialized areas taughtunder this course. Each year a manager from this committee is to be selected by the Deanfrom amongst the concerned departments. Heads in an alternate manner according to their

professorship seniority.

Article 7:A student can be exempted from attending course(s), except for the final year, if he/she

proves attendance of equivalent course(s) in a University Faculty or a Scientific Instituteaccredited by the University. If a student proves that he/she has passed exams of suchcourse(s) except for the final year. The exemption is to be in effect by a Decision from theUniversity President after approval of the Council of Education and Students Affairsaccording to the advice of the Faculty Council after the opinion of the concerneddepartment(s) and without violation of Article 36 of the Law of University Organization.

Article 8:The duration of study for obtaining the Bachelor of Science degrees is five years starting bya preparatory year for all students. Specialization comes next according to the tables in thecourses of study.

Article 9:The annexed tables indicate the courses of study for each of the two terms of the years ofstudy. The tables also give the number of study hours per week for each course by lecture,theoretical training labs and practical training labs as well as the exam hours and themaximum grades of each written and practical exams of the years work. The FacultyCouncil is to approve the contents of each course as set out by the concerned Departments

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Article 10:Each of the first, second and third year students is to undergo practical training for a period

of time at least three weeks during the summer vacation internally within the Faculty or

externally, following a scheme set out by the departments. This is to be performed under

supervision of the staff members according to available resources. Preparatory yearstudents should undergo a practical training during the summer vacation internally within

the Faculty for a period of time to be decided by the Faculty Council according to the

available resources. Students are to be assigned to groups under supervision of the staff

members. The Faculty Council is to decide upon the supervision fees for those concerned.

The graduation certificates are not to be issued except for the students who successfully

complete the above mentioned practical training. It may be acceptable for the students who

do not attend the training to undergo the fourth year.

Article 11:Examinations to be held in the end of each term in the courses taught during the term and

those in which the student failed to pass successfully, according to the annexed tables,except for the continuous courses for which exams are to be held at the end of the second

term of the academic year. For a student permitted to attend the exam of any course he/she

must have attended at least 75% of the designated hours of the course. The Faculty Council

issues decisions of presentation of attending exams of the courses in which he/she did not

satisfy the above mentioned attendance percentage upon request of the Departments

Councils. In such cases the student will be considered failing the exams of these courses

unless he/she is to be considered absent. Should a student attends an exam will be

considered non existing immediately upon issuing the decision.

Article 12:Fourth year students are to implement a Bachelor of Science project on a subject to be

decided by the relevant Departments Councils, during a four week period after the end of

the written exams of the fourth year second term. The mentioned above period is to bee

extended for six weeks for the project of the Bachelor of Science in Architectural

Engineering

Article 13:The Student is to be promoted from an academic year to the next one if he/she successfully

passes all the courses of the original year or if he/she fails or is absent with acceptable

excuse in not more than two courses exams of the original year or a previous one. A course

which is composed of two parts and extends on he two terms of an academic year is as onecourse whether the student fails in one of its two parts (terms) or both. The student who

fails in the exams of the humanities and the technical language courses in addition to the

mentioned above one or two courses of the academic year, is to be promoted to the next

year. The student is to attend the exams of the course(s) he/she fails together with the

students if the academic year in which those courses are taught. In this case the students

grade is to be considered as "Pass". In the beginning of the first term every academic year

an exam is to be held for the fourth year students who failed or were absent with or without

an excuse in not more than two courses in addition to the humanities and technical

language courses. This does not apply to the Bachelor of Science project in if a student fails

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Article 14:

If an exam of a course includes paper and/or oral and/or experimental test, the final grade

of the student in this course is to be based on the summation of the scores obtained in the

written paper, the oral and the experimental tests in addition to the marks of the term work.

The student who is absent in the written paper exam is to be considered absent in the course

exam and no scores are to be given to him/her in this course.

Article 15:

In the cases of an extended course ( composed of two parts), the student is to be considered

successful in the exams if he/she successfully passes the in the total of the exams of the two

parts of the course. I fails student fails in the total of the exams in the two parts of an

extended course, he/she is to be re-examined in the part of the course he/she failed together

with the students of the academic year in which this part is taught. If the student

successfully passes the second exam, then the scores obtained in this exam are to be added

to the scores of the other part which he/she previously passed successfully. The final grade

is to be determined according to Article 13.

Article 16:

The Faculty is to arrange scientific visits for the final year students to industrial,

construction, and service centers under supervision of the staff members subsidized by the

Faculty.

Article 17:

The grades of the courses exams and the general grade of students are as followes:- DISTINCTION From 85% and above

- VERY GOOD From 75% to less than 85%

- GOOD From 65% to less than 75%

- PASS From 50% to less than 65%

- WEAK From 30% to less than 50%

- VERY WEAK Less than 30%

The graduation general grade is to be determined after the student passes the fourth year

exams by adding up the aggregate scores obtained in the five years of study according to

the grades mentioned above.

Article 18:

The Transition Period:

This article defines rules set out for the transition period starting from the beginning of

implementation of the current new regulations and until these regulations are totally applied

for the five years of the under graduate stage. Refer to the Arabic version for details of the

transition period rules.


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Course Coding System1- Courses internally taught by a department for its students:

The course code starts by the abbreviation of the department followed by the number of the

academic year and the number of the course. For example, the course coded MEP 304 Heat

and Mass Transfer is course no 04 taught by the Mechanical Power Engineering

Department for the third year students of this department.

2- Courses taught by a department to students of another department:

The course code starts by the abbreviation of the department taking charge of teaching the

course followed by the number of the academic year and a two digit number of the

department(as given in the following table) to which the student belongs to. For example,

the course STR 211 Reinforced Concrete and Steel Structures is the course taught by the

Structural Engineering Department for the second year students in the Architecture

Engineering Department.

3- General courses such as humanities and language:

The course code starts by the abbreviation "GEN" followed by the number of the academic

year and the number of the department in which the course is taught. If the department is

teaching the course, the code starts by the abbreviation of the department

4- The Bachelor of Science Project:

The code of the Bachelor of Science project for the students of any department starts by the

abbreviation of the department followed by the number 480. For example the Bachelor of

Science project for Architecture Engineering is coded as ARC 480 - Graduation Project.

5- Two part courses:

The letter A is added after the code for the part of the course taught in the first term and the

letter B is added after the same code for the part in the second term.

6- Course taught by more than one department for students of another department:

The code starts by the abbreviation "INT" followed by the number of the academic year

and the number of the course. For example, the course coded INT 212 Installation

Engineering and Electromechanical Equipment is the course taught by the departments of

Mechanical Engineering, and the Electrical Power & Machines Engineering to the secondyears students of Civil Engineering (course no. 12)

7- Elective Courses:

The code starts by the department abbreviation followed by the number of the course.

Course number starts from 341-370 for third year and 441-470 for fourth year. For

example, the course coded MDP 449 Engineering Tribology is the elective course number

449 for fourth year student of Mechanical Design and Production Department.


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Courses Coding System

Dept. No.CodeDepartment or BranchNo.

MTH

PHY

MEC

Mathematics

Physics

Mechanics

Engineering Mathematics &

Physics

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11ARCArchitectural Engineering2

12CVECivil Engineering3

STRStructural Engineering4

IHDIrrigation and Water Resources Engineering5PBWPublic Works6

13Mechanical Engineering7

14MEPMechanical Power Engineering8

15MDPMechanical Design & Production Engineering9

16AERAerospace Engineering10

17ELCElectronics & Communication Engineering11

18EPMElectrical Power & Machines Engineering1219CHEChemical Engineering13

20MPMMining, Petroleum & Metallurgical Engineering14

21MINMining Engineering15

22PEPetroleum Engineering16

23METMetallurgical Engineering17

24SBEBiomedical & Systems Engineering18

25CMPComputer Engineering19

GENGeneral Course

INTInter - Departmental Course


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