Course Sponsorship

 Program

 

The Course Sponsorship is a new program that has been developed by Business Development Unit ( BDU ) at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM). This is primarily a teaching program that aims at connecting academic programs at (KFUPM) with the private sector to benefit both.

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Idea of Course

Course Sponsorship Program

 

1.      The program is based on the realization that:

A -      Many courses in our academic programs have projects that are business related.

B -   Many businesses have opportunities, challenges, or problems that could be addressed by these course projects.

Therefore, the program aim at meeting these two needs for the benefits of all involved.

 

2.      The program assumes and welcomes participation of businesses who understand and appreciate that students learning and meeting the course objectives are paramount.

 

Process of 

Course Sponsorship Program

 

 

 

 

. Courses offering in term 092 ( Feb. 2010 )

 

 

 

 

Objectives of 

Course Sponsorship Program

 

1.    To enhance the learning of our students by adding relevance and real life business problems to their courses.

 

2.    To enhance the commitment and sense of responsibility to our students by connecting them to a real client with specific time and performance expectations.

 

3.    To give businesses the opportunity to achieve part of their social responsibility by supporting and working with our students.

 

4.    To give businesses the opportunity to let our bright students explore with them some of the problems and issues that they may wish to be investigated.

 

5.      To give businesses the opportunity to have an efficient way to either study a problem fully or give it a good initial exploration that could be beneficial for further and deeper investigation.

 

 

 

Some of our Course Sponsorship

Projects

 

 

1-  Project Title:

Capacity Enhancement for 3G Mobile Network by Deploment of Femrocells.

Course Name

Mobile and Wireless Networks (COE 543)

Course Instructor

Dr. Ashraf Mahmoud, , College of Computer Sciences and Engineering

Supported By

SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY ( STC )

 

2-  Project Title:

a)      Interoperability issues among legacy networks and NGN

b)      Integration within NGN different technologies & platforms 

Course Name

Computer Networks (COE 540 )

Course Instructor

Dr. Uthman Baroudi, , College of Computer Sciences and Engineering

Supported By

SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY ( STC )

 

3-  Project Title:

Neuro-Fuzzy System

Course Name

Graduate special topics course on intelligent systems (SE 590)

Course Instructor

Dr. AMAAR KHOUKHI, , College of Computer Sciences and Engineering

Supported By

SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY ( STC )

 

4-  Project Title:

Design and Improve Business Process for Telecommunication Companies

Course Name

Industrial Process Re-Engineering (ISE 449)

Course Instructor

Dr. Abdulbasit Andijani, , College of Computer Sciences and Engineering

Supported By

SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY ( STC )

 

5-  Project Title:

E-Restaurant: A Collaborative Distributed System For Restaurant Operation Automation And Meal Recommendation

Course Name

Web Engineering & Development (SWE 363) 

Course Instructor

Dr. El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, College of Computer Sciences and Engineering,

Supported By

SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY ( STC )

 

6-  Project Title:

 Individual Consumers’ Awareness And Perceptions of Al-Elm's Products And Services

Course Name

Marketing Research ( MKT 345 )

Course Instructor

Dr. Al-Hassan Abdul-Muhmin

Supported By

Al-Elm Information Security

 

7-  Project Title:

A Study Of Attitudes And Usage Of Credit And Credit Cards Among Consumers In Saudi Arabia

Course Name

Marketing Research ( MKT 345 )

Course Instructor

Dr. Al-Hassan Abdul-Muhmin

Supported By

RIYADH BANK

 

8-  Project Title:

Customer Interaction with Mubasher’s Services

Course Name

Services Marketing’ (MKT 375)

Course Instructor

Dr. Mohammed Sadiq Sohail

Supported By

ARABIC COMPUTER SYSTEMS LIMITED (ACS)

 

9-  Project Title:

A Study Of Customers’ Quality Evaluations And Satisfaction With Landline Telephone Services

Course Name

MBA Marketing Research course

Course Instructor

Dr. Al-Hassan Abdul-Muhmin

Supported By

SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY

 

10-  Project Title:

A Study Of Consumer Perceptions And Evaluations Of Saudi Telecom Mobile Services

Course Name

Marketing Researchm ( MKT 345 )

Course Instructor

Dr Stephen Calcich

Supported By

SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY

 

11-  Project Title:

A Retail Marketing Plan for Farm Superstores

Course Name

Retail Management Course (MKT 320)

Course Instructor

Dr Stephen Calcich

Supported By

SAUDI MARKETING COMPANY (SAMCO)

 

12-  Project Title:

A Strategic Marketing Plan For Tadawi General Hospital

Course Name

Strategic Marketing Course (MKT 513)

Course Instructor

Dr. Mohammed Sadiq Sohail

Supported By

TADAWI GENERAL HOSPITAL

 

13-  Project Title:

Industrial Marketing for Arnon Products

Course Name

Industrial Marketing (MKT 400)

Course Instructor

Dr. James C. Cooper

Supported By

ARNON PLASTICS

 

14-  Project Title:

A Strategic Marketing Plan For Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development Co. 

Course Name

Strategic Marketing Course (MKT 513)

Course Instructor

Dr. James C. Cooper

Supported By

DAR AL-ARKAN DEV. CO. LTD.

 

15- Project Title:

A Study of Apartments Purchase Behavior of

Low-Income Consumers in Saudi Arabia

Course Name

Marketing Researchm ( MKT 345 )

Course Instructor

Dr Stephen Calcich

Supported By

DAR ALARKAN DEV. CO. LTD.

 

16- Project Title:

A Study of Consumer Perceptions and Evaluations of The Jaguar Brand in Saudi Arabia

Course Name

Marketing Researchm ( MKT 345 )

Course Instructor

Dr Stephen Calcich

Supported By

AL SAIF MOTORS

 

17- Project Title:

A Study of  Home Purchase Behavior

 of Low-Income Consumers in Saudi Arabia

Course Name

Marketing Research ( MKT 345 )

Course Instructor

Dr. Al-Hassan Abdul-Muhmin

Supported By

RIKAZ DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

 

 

For more information about this program please contact the Business Development Unit:

Mr. Hani M. S. Al-Kadi

 

Mobil:     (966) 504 9876 25

Tel:           (966) 3 860-1401  

Fax:          (966) 3 860-1149

E-Mail:    alkadi@kfupm.edu.sa  

P. O. Box 146, Dhahran, 31261 Saudi Arabia

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Designed & Developed by

Hani M. S. Al-Kadi

Director, Business Development Unit