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University and the University of Sharjah). The College of Engineering
offers unique undergraduate and postgraduate courses. These colleges
adapt their curriculum from the best engineering colleges in the region.
Architecture departments at these universities strive for excellence in
teaching and learning, scientific research and community service. They
have outstanding facilities to support students and aim to achieve a rich
and balanced university experience, both in and out of university.
Architectural departments at the above mentioned universities offer a
degree in architecture engineering (bachelor of architecture
engineering). Although this may vary but the departments mainly follow
a similar curriculum programme. In the UAEU the students spend the
first year studying general requirements including mathematics, English,
Arabic and basic computer skills. The students should complete 21
credited hours successfully before being accepted to the department. At
the department of architecture the students are required to undertake
college requirement modules alongside their specialised architectural
modules. The college requirements modules include basic design
studio hours. The total credited hours that the student should pass to get
the B.A.E. In architectural engineering there are 168 hours of which 21
hours are for the university general requirements, 38 hours are college
requirements and eighty eight hours are college specialisation
requirements. Although titles may vary but other universities offering
architecture engineering degrees in the UAE follow similar programmes.
University of Sharjah for example offers a degree in architecture
engineering and the students should successfully complete 160 seven
credit hours before they get their degree. Like the UAEU, 30 hours are
credited to university requirements modules while 34 hours are credited
for college requirements. The remaining hours the students spend
studying specialised modules.
The American University of Sharjah was the only university in the UAE
hosting a school of architecture that is offering a bachelor degree in
architecture, the bachelor‟s of Architecture (B.Arch.), followed by the
American University in Dubai in 2009. The aim of the Bachelor of
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