The pivotal role of the academic institution, particularly in the engineering program, is to foster engineering graduates with the requisite knowledge and skills, enabling them to thrive in the engineering sectors upon graduation. However, there is a mismatch between the higher institutions and the industries in issues such as the knowledge obtained at the university not aligning with the industry need, lack of industry practical skills, industrial training time being too short, and many others. An industry-infused program is introduced to address these matters. The program exposes students to industry as early as their second year in pre-internship mode. It is then followed by the compulsory industrial training period at the end of their third-year studies. During the final year of studies, the students will be exposed to teamwork and individual over the industry-based integrated design project and industry-based final year project, respectively. The students can also fully conduct the final year project in the industry. The program has been shown to improve graduate employability by securing tentative engineer positions through an early engagement with industrial collaboration during their study year. The early batches of students enrolled in the program have shown promising results, such as increasing graduate employability, providing an avenue to build reinforcing trust in the context of institution-industry relations, and nurturing highly competent engineering talents.

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Industry-Infused Framework: Bridging the Gap between Academia and Industry for Engineering Talent Development and Academic Curriculum Enrichment

  • Rosmiwati Mohd-Mokhtar,
  • Muhammad Nasiruddin Mahyuddin,
  • Shahrel Azmin Sundi

摘要

The pivotal role of the academic institution, particularly in the engineering program, is to foster engineering graduates with the requisite knowledge and skills, enabling them to thrive in the engineering sectors upon graduation. However, there is a mismatch between the higher institutions and the industries in issues such as the knowledge obtained at the university not aligning with the industry need, lack of industry practical skills, industrial training time being too short, and many others. An industry-infused program is introduced to address these matters. The program exposes students to industry as early as their second year in pre-internship mode. It is then followed by the compulsory industrial training period at the end of their third-year studies. During the final year of studies, the students will be exposed to teamwork and individual over the industry-based integrated design project and industry-based final year project, respectively. The students can also fully conduct the final year project in the industry. The program has been shown to improve graduate employability by securing tentative engineer positions through an early engagement with industrial collaboration during their study year. The early batches of students enrolled in the program have shown promising results, such as increasing graduate employability, providing an avenue to build reinforcing trust in the context of institution-industry relations, and nurturing highly competent engineering talents.