Career Guidance

The Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at King Abdulaziz University places great emphasis on empowering its students to plan their career paths and develop their competitive capabilities in alignment with the demands of the technology and computing job market. Through its career guidance system, the Faculty strives to achieve its vision of becoming a globally leading faculty in developing distinguished competencies in computer science and informatics, by offering a comprehensive range of services: .

- Jahizia Test Preparation:

The Faculty is committed to improving students' employment prospects by raising their average scores on the Jahizia test. This is achieved by ensuring alignment of curricula and learning outcomes with the test requirements, and providing periodic mock exams that simulate the actual test across the Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems disciplines. .

- Professional Certifications:

The Faculty works to link all practically-oriented departmental courses with accredited professional certifications, and to enable faculty members to become certified trainers from professional certification bodies, ensuring that students obtain additional professional qualifications that enhance their competitiveness in the job market. .

- Specialized Training Bootcamps:

The Faculty offers specialized bootcamps in emerging technologies aimed at raising student competency levels and enhancing their competitive abilities, preparing them to participate in local and international technology competitions and events.

- Industry Partnerships:

The Faculty builds effective partnerships with the business sector to qualify students and equip them with the skills necessary to enhance their employment prospects. It aims to provide 500 quality cooperative training opportunities annually through agreements with leading employers, in addition to establishing agreements with academies of leading technology companies and international educational institutions. .

- Career Fairs:

The Faculty organizes a sustainable semester-based meeting with employers and alumni to strengthen relationships and improve responsiveness to job market requirements, enabling students to secure job offers before graduation. .

- Entrepreneurship:

Through its Entrepreneurship, Project Management, and Marketing Club, the Faculty supports the transformation of students' and faculty members' ideas into practical and impactful projects that contribute to national development and open new horizons for entrepreneurship and innovation in startups.

- Alumni Follow-up:

The Faculty follows up with graduates and provides them with ongoing support, aiming to enhance communication and increase employment rates within 6 and 12 months of graduation.