| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1986 |
Parent institution | TVTC |
| Location | , |
Dammam College of Technology is a governmental technical college located in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, was founded in 1986. [1] The college mainly focuses on technical and vocational training to prepare students for careers. It is one of the technical colleges that are governed by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC), the government provider of training in the kingdom. [2]
DCT offers a range of technical and vocational programs in various fields of study, including engineering technology, information technology, business administration, industrial technology, and health sciences.
In April 2019, a trainee from this college won an award in 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, for an invention about power generation from the sand. [3]
This college offers a variety of degree programs including electronic technology, mechanical technology, civil and architectural technology, management and business technology, and electrical technology.
Vocational education is education that prepares people for a skilled craft as an artisan, trade as a tradesperson, or work as a technician. Vocational education can also be seen as that type of education given to an individual to prepare that individual to be gainfully employed or self employed with requisite skill. Vocational education is known by a variety of names, depending on the country concerned, including career and technical education, or acronyms such as TVET and TAFE.
The Qassim Province, also known as the Qassim Region, is one of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia. Located at the heart of the country near the geographic center of the Arabian Peninsula, it has a population of 1,336,179 and an area of 58,046 km2. It is known to be the "alimental basket" of the country, for its agricultural assets.
Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. With a population of 1,532,300 as of 2022, Dammam is the kingdom's fourth-most populous city after Riyadh, Jeddah, and Mecca. Dammam constitutes the core of the Dammam metropolitan area, also known as the Greater Dammam area, which comprises the 'Triplet Cities' of Dammam, Dhahran, and Khobar. The region is closely linked to the city through social, economic, and cultural ties. As of 2022, the Dammam metropolitan area's population was 2,190,900.
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) is a nonprofit research university in Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Buraidah is the capital and largest city of Al-Qassim Region in north-central Saudi Arabia in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula. Buraydah lies equidistant from the Red Sea to the west and Persian Gulf to the east. It is known for its dates festival which is the biggest in the world with extensive variety of dates. It has been called the city of dates. On November 8, 2021, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization "UNESCO" included the city of Buraidah among the UNESCO Network of Creative Cities.
Ras al-Khafji or Khafji (الخفجي) is a town on the border between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. It lies in what was before 1970 the Saudi Arabian–Kuwaiti neutral zone.
Public education in Saudi Arabia—from primary education through college—is open to every Saudi citizen. Education is the second-largest sector of government spending in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia spends 8.8% of its gross domestic product on education, which is nearly double the global average of 4.6%. Saudi Arabia is an Islamic country and therefore Islam is interwoven in every part of society, also in education. Islamic studies are part of the education system alongside scientific and social studies that vary from educational institution to another. Important goals of education in Saudi Arabia are to teach the students the economic, religious and social norms of the country. They also want to reduce the high illiteracy. The education system consists of 3 levels: primary education, intermediate education and secondary education.
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The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) is a training institute in Saudi Arabia. In existence since 23 June 1980, it has branches in all major Saudi cities.
Dammam Community College is a college located in Saudi Arabia Eastern Province. The college offers two years Associate Degree with six majors, Computer and Information Technology, Accounting, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management and Safety Technology. Part-time option is also available for Saudi nationals as well as for expats and foreigners. The college is part of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
Yanbu Industrial College is a technical college in Saudi Arabia. It was established in 1989 to achieve the objectives of the Royal Commission, in developing human resources and to provide the Saudi manpower with high technical education and training, so that they can properly manage the Kingdom's growing economy in its various sectors.
Riyadh College of Technology (RCT) (Arabic: الكلية التقنية بالرياض) is a public institute of technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was established in 1983 during the reign of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz and is the first intermediate technical college in Saudi Arabia. It was founded under the supervision of Saudi Technical and Vocational Training Corporation and offers courses in multiple streams like electrical, electronics, automobile and management technology.
Renton Technical College is a public community college in Renton, Washington. The college offers bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificates of completion in professional-technical fields.
College of Food and Environment Technology in Buraydah was founded in 1977 in Buraydah in Saudi Arabia. It was converted from the Technical Institute to Buraydah College Of Agricultural Technology in 2000, and last renamed in 2008 to College of Food and Environment Technology in Buraydah.
The Buraidah College of Technology was established in 1407H/1987 as the first college of technology in the Kingdom. Its first objectives and priorities to graduate the qualified technical cadres scientifically and practically to work in technical areas those contribute directly in building the national economy. During the first six years of implementation of the diploma program, the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation TVTC was in need for technical trainers to work in its technical institutes. Therefore, the corporation adopted the idea of applying bachelor program to rehabilitate the distinguished graduates of the diploma program in technical colleges to work in the field of training in industrial secondary institutes and technical colleges.
This article describes the history of using educational technology in Saudi Arabia. It highlights the history of using educational technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since the mid-1700s, the beginning, the improvements and the current status. It also describes the rapid increase in using technology in schools, institutes and universities, and presents the attitudes of Saudi people towards this global phenomenon.
Prince Sultan Advanced Technology Research Institute is an independent scientific organization of the Saudi government, located in the College of Engineering at King Saud University in the capital city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It has a branch office located in the Business Gate in addition to manufacturing lab and testing sites.
Jeddah College of Technology is a governmental technical college located in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia, was established in 1986 as part of the Saudi government's plan to develop technical and vocational education and training in the country.
Al-Madinah College of Technology is a governmental technical college located in Madina, Saudi Arabia, was established in 1998. The college focuses on technical and vocational training to prepare students for careers. It is one of the technical colleges that are governed by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC), the government provider of training in the kingdom.
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