Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
About This Programme
AURAK's Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering covers the design, development and maintenance of computer systems and their components: computer hardware and software, digital systems, computer networks and programming languages, through to embedded systems and the Internet of Things. Two internships and a two-part senior design project sit inside the degree.
Course Highlights
- ABET-accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission
- Embedded systems, IoT and AI in the senior year
- Two internships and a two-part senior design project
- 132 credit hours over four years
What You'll Study
AURAK publishes this as a sample study plan; the actual sequence a student follows depends on placement, transfer credit and course availability. Where AURAK's own plan totals fewer credit hours than the degree's published credit count, the published count is authoritative.
Freshman Year
- PHYS 110 - University Physics I3 credits
- PHYS 111 - University Physics I Lab1 credit
- ENGL 101 - Composition3 credits
- ENGR 107 - Introduction to Engineering2 credits
- MATH 113 - Calculus I3 credits
- ENVS 102 - Sustainability and Human-Environment Relations3 credits
- UNIV 100 - University First-Year Transition1 credit
- CSCI 112 - Introduction to Computer Programming3 credits
- CSCI 113 - Introduction to Computer Programming Lab1 credit
- MATH 114 - Calculus II3 credits
- PHYS 220 - University Physics II3 credits
- PHYS 221 - University Physics II Lab1 credit
- GEN ED - Humanities and Fine Arts Elective3 credits
Writing-intensive requirement - students take one of the following:
- PHIL 100 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning3 credits
- ENGL 200 - Advanced Composition3 credits
- MEST 100 - Introduction to Islam in World Culture (Writing Intensive)3 credits
Sophomore Year
- MATH 225 - Discrete Mathematics3 credits
- CSCI 211 - Object-Oriented Programming3 credits
- EEEN 280 - Electric Circuit Analysis I3 credits
- EEEN 281 - Electric Circuit Analysis I Lab1 credit
- MATH 213 - Calculus III3 credits
- ENGR 200 - Engineering Statistics3 credits
- CSCI 215 - Data Structures and Algorithms3 credits
- EEEN 220 - Signal and Systems3 credits
- EEEN 221 - Signal and Systems Lab1 credit
- EEEN 331 - Digital System Design3 credits
- EEEN 332 - Digital Systems Design Lab1 credit
- MATH 203 - Linear Algebra3 credits
- ENGL 202 - English for Workplace Communication3 credits
- ENGR 390 - Internship I3 credits
Junior Year
- CENG 335 - Computer Architecture3 credits
- CENG 336 - Computer Architecture Lab1 credit
- CSCI 326 - Database Systems3 credits
- EEEN 333 - Linear Electronics I3 credits
- EEEN 334 - Linear Electronics I Lab1 credit
- CSCI 312 - Operating System Fundamentals3 credits
- CENG 315 - Microprocessors3 credits
- CENG 316 - Microprocessors Lab1 credit
- MATH 214 - Elementary Differential Equations3 credits
- CSCI 462 - Data Communications and Computer Networks3 credits
- CSCI 463 - Data Communications and Computer Networks Lab1 credit
- UAES 200 - Survey of United Arab Emirates Studies3 credits
- UNIV 200 - Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability3 credits
- ENGR 391 - Internship II3 credits
Senior Year
- ENGR 450 - Engineering Seminar1 credit
- CSAI 484 - Internet of Things System3 credits
- GEN ED - Social and Behavioral Science3 credits
- CENG 411 - Software Engineering3 credits
- CENG 492 - Senior Design Project I2 credits
- CSAI 350 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence3 credits
- CENG 493 - Senior Design Project II4 credits
- CENG 431 - Embedded Systems Design3 credits
- CENG 432 - Embedded Systems Design Lab1 credit
- Technical Elective I3 credits
- Technical Elective II3 credits
Entry Requirements
Applications are made online. AURAK's admissions application deadline for Fall 2026 is 30 August 2026 and for Spring 2027 is 3 January 2027.
Careers
AURAK lists multimedia programmer, hardware engineer, network administrator, information systems manager, IT consultant, systems developer and web developer as destinations for this degree, and names software engineer, network engineer, systems analyst and embedded systems engineer alongside them.
Accreditation & Professional Recognition
Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, and by the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. AURAK is also institutionally accredited by SACSCOC (US) and QAA (UK).
Programme Details
Award
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Start Date
Fall (August/September) and Spring (January), with an optional Summer (June) start
Typical Offer
UAE curriculum Elite Track 75%, Advanced Track 75%, or General Track 80% (with foundation Mathematics and Physics taken in the first semester). Applicants must also achieve 80% or higher in Mathematics and Physics at high school, or pass the Accuplacer test in those subjects; Chemical Engineering applicants need 80% or higher in Mathematics and Chemistry instead.
Duration
4 years
Qualification
BS
Subject Area
Engineering
Tuition Fee
AED 63,290/yr
Applications are made online through AURAK. Fees shown exclude the separate non-tuition charges: an AED 400 application fee (AED 500 for graduate programmes), an AED 4,000 seat reservation fee credited against first-semester tuition, and per-semester technology, service and medical fees.