About Major
The Architecture major at CIC provides a various number of courses in different architectural disciplines, that teach students to highlight and solve problems, improve the built environment, consequently, preparing them for the professional field.
Program Objectives
What will I learn?
Architecture major teaches the students to identify the problems, understand their components, and be able to reconceptualize problems as opportunities. Specifically, architecture major teaches how to design/plan various building types (residential-educational-health care…etc.), in addition to, studying history and theory of architecture, building construction, urban design, interior design, and urban planning.
Career Path
There are several diverse jobs within the architecture program that can be occupied by an architect. Acceptance in these jobs depends on student orientation as well as the years of experience gained by the architect. The following jobs can be employed by the architect: Design Architect, Site Engineer, Urban Design/Planning Architect, Landscape Architect, Procurement Engineer, Quantity Surveying and Contracting Engineer, Site Manager, Interior Design Architect, and lastly, the architect can be appointed as a teaching assistant.
Mission
The Architectural Engineering program at the Higher Canadian Institute of Engineering, in the 6th of October city, is committed to preparing a distinguished graduate through an advanced competency-based educational program that ensures the acquisition of the employability and entrepreneurship skills to be capable of competing in the architectural labor market and keep pace with technological advancements, in addition to conducting advanced scientific research; and participating in sustainable community development all within a professional value and ethics framework
The architecture major at CIC provides a different number of courses in different architectural disciplines, which teach students to highlight and solve problems, improve the built environment, and thus prepare them for the professional field. The program is based on many teaching and learning strategies and effective learning methods using technology, interactions, activities, field trips, 3D modeling, and simulation. The degree conferred by this program is Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Architectural Engineering and entitles graduates to apply to the Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers for professional licensing.
BSc in Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 2009
MSc in Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 2013
Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 2021
Head of Department Message
The Architectural program at CIC-Zayed campus is based on consolidating actual architectural professional practices. Qualifying students for the job market is the challenge that we always aspire to. The relationship between professors and students in our department is a relationship based on constant and continuous communication. Moreover, the relationship between the students and the tutors is based on continuous mutual dialogues. Eventually, we hope that the students spend time full of architecture, vitality, hope, and optimism.
