COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING • ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


Alfaisal University is a private, not-for-profit, research university, comprising the Colleges of Engineering, Science and General Studies, Medicine, and Business, and will commence its programs in Fall 2008. The language of instruction is English and modern learning outcomes, paradigms and technologies are used. The university was founded by King Faisal Foundation along with organizations such as Boeing, British Aerospace, Thales, and King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, who serve on its Board of Trustees.

The College of Engineering will offer undergraduate and graduate programs in the following disciplines and subdisciplines:

ELECTRICAL (power, communications, signal processing, electronics, photonics)
COMPUTER (intelligent systems, language and speech, computer systems, computation)
MECHANICAL (applied mechanics, product creation)
AEROSPACE (thermo/fluid systems, aerospace systems, transportation, system dynamics and control)
MATERIALS (materials processing, materials properties and performance, polymers, nanoscience, technology)
CHEMICAL (catalysis, reactor design, designsystems, polymers).

All programs have been developed by renowned scholars from leading universities in the US and the UK, and are designed to be qualified for accreditation according to US and UK standards and requirements. Alfaisal Engineering seeks candidates for the following positions, commencing in August 2008: FOUNDING SENIOR FACULTY (with instructional, research, and administrative responsibilities), RESEARCH SCIENTISTS (academics with research focus), LECTURERS (academics with instructional focus), POST-DOCS (Doctorate degree holders with research focus), INSTRUCTORS (Masters degree holders with instructional focus), and ENGINEERS (Bachelors degree holders). Attractive salary and start-up support is provided.

Queries and Applications should be sent to . The subject line should specify the discipline, subdiscipline, position, and the advertisement reference. The deadline for applications is 31 December 2007. Interviews for leading positions will be conducted in January and February 2008 in Cambridge, MA, USA, and Cambridge, England, UK.