Establishing Programme Education Objectives for Doctoral Programme in School of Electrical Engineering

This paper discusses the establishment of a Programme Educational Outcome (PEO) statement for the doctoral programme in the School of Electrical Engineering. In the School of Electrical Engineering at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), the designated PEOs are anticipated to have a statement that supports the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) and Malaysia Quality Accreditation (MQA) agency. It is essential to establish the PEOs, which could quantify the expected attainments of graduates a few years after graduation. First, PEOs must be aligned with the mission statement of the University and provide a true achievement to reflect the graduate attributes of the graduate within three to five years following graduation. The external stakeholder input, i.e. Malaysia Qualification Agency (MQA) and Malaysia Qualification Framework (MQF), are considered to ensure that the programme will produce the graduate within the attribute of their need and aspirations. A framework to establish the PEO based on certain criteria has been highlighted. Finally, the statement of the proposed PEO has been outlined in this naner.