Academic City University College (ACUC) has introduced a degree programme, BSc. Industrial and Systems Engineering, the first of its kind in Ghana, the private tertiary institution has announced.
This innovative and demand-driven programme has successfully received the necessary approval from the National Accreditation Board and scheduled to commence in September, 2020.
The programme aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of the use of modern manufacturing systems and technologies, optimizations of complex systems, processes and organizations to gain production efficiencies, product quality and global leadership.
As the African continent gears toward industrializations for economic development, it has become necessary to make industrial and system engineering an integral part of the industrialization drive. Industrial and systems engineers are crucial in this phase of the development of the continent in order to provide an integrated and dynamic system perspective to challenges faced by businesses in the automobile manufacturing, healthcare, finance and education among others.
It is in this endeavour that ACUC has launched its Industrial and Systems Engineering programme to nurture and equip the young generation with a broad-based engineering foundation, systems thinking perspective and strong data analysis skills to design, construct, optimize and administer efficient and complex modern production systems.
Speaking about the new programme, Prof. Fred McBagonluri, President of ACUC expressed delight at the commencement of this new programme, which he described as a key milestone in the history of the country’s tertiary education and follow up from the 2019 Peduase Declaration.
According to a report by U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics, global employment of industrial and systems engineers is expected to grow steadily over the next decade, faster than the average for all occupations.
“As the world seeks engineers with analytical skills and strong systems perspective, ACUC is committed to nurturing students to become 21st century engineering experts, who can improve productivity and efficiency as well as improving existing systems and building dynamic modern systems for the continent,” Prof. McBagonluri said.
Industrial and systems engineering is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, to specify, predict and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems.