Graduation Projects Competition of the Computer Studies Faculty
First: Introduction
The annual local competition for graduation projects of the Faculty of Computer Studies organized by the Arab Open University aims at a local competition among all university students. The idea of this competition came in the belief in the importance of this type of competition in encouraging students to innovate and highlight their potential for the local community and the labor market.
Second: The importance of the competition for students
• Preparing and motivating students to participate in similar competitions nationally or internationally.
• Training students on communication skills with others and to be a knowledge-producing person.
• Spreading a culture of innovation and creativity in society.
• Supporting distinguished projects that provide new and effective solutions of the real life.
Third: The mechanism of selecting the qualified projects for the competition
First: The qualified projects are selected through the Graduation Projects Committee, which reviews, filters, and identifies all the excellence projects based on the idea, target groupsو and how are match with the requirements of the labor market.
Second: The committee sends an e-mail to the qualified projects to confirm their participation through an electronic form to be filled out by the participating students.
Fourth: The mechanism of implementing the competition
First: The qualified students are invited to the university in the main branch- Riyadh to participate in the competition.
Second: A place is prepared for each project to display the poster and the practical project qualified for the competition
Third: The projects are presented to a specialized committee to evaluate the projects according to specific criteria’s.
Fourth: A closing ceremony includes honoring the president of the university for the winning projects.