Diploma in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

Our curricula are designed to outfit for the needs of students, future employees, and employers in the field of Electrical and Automation Engineering (EAE). Therefore, the program is geared towards producing innovative, creative, flexible work force and entrepreneurs.

Our program delivery is based on Competence Based Education and Training (CBET), learning by doing approach through normal lecturers, laboratory and workshop sessions in every semester.

Electrical and Automation Engineer may serve in the production, construction, manufacturing and processing industries after successful completion of the respective study requirements.

This program, training is offered at a Diploma level (National Technical award level 4-NTA 6).

Programme Philosophy

The philosophy behind this programme contents is geared towards producing innovative, creative and flexible graduates. As such students are given opportunity to specialise in the fields of their or market interest through various options provided.

The philosophy of the programme is based on the following principles and assumptions:

a)      To provide foundations of basic principles, competencies and expertise that will give the greatest opportunity for graduate career development

b)      To facilitate changes in interest, specialities, roles and responsibilities.

c)      To provide in depth understanding of variety of advanced electrical and biomedical engineering applications and systems.

d)     To stimulate student interest in designing related to electrical and biomedical engineering applications and motivation in pursuance of further knowledge, research and imaginative thinking.

e)      To produce graduates who are ready to enter the engineering employment and flexibly satisfy the needs of industry.

f)       To satisfy the requirements of the National Council for Technical Education which is regulating Technical Education in the Country

Objectives of the Programme

The objectives of the programme are to establish:

a)      Appropriate basic practical and analytical competencies in product design, development engineering, commissioning and manufacturing processes in the context of the market economy and financial control.

b)      An appreciation that the solution to electrical and biomedical  engineering problem must involve the integration of wider engineering disciplines, consideration of their economic and environmental consequences and the employment of non-technical disciplines, such as financial management and marketing, all of which are necessary contributors to the success of the student

c)      Initiative, imagination, perception and confidence sufficient to cope with new situations, problems and ideas by critical analysis of situations, synthesis of practical solutions and application of new idea;

d)     Potential knowledge for creative and critical thinking, including critical self-awareness.

e)      The ability to communicate with members of an organisation at the same, higher and lower levels of expertise or responsibility.

Mode of training.

 Our students enjoy training delivered by experienced local and international faculties in vast areas of the engineering fields. Every semester we have planned site visits and industrial excursions. Our students enjoy broad range of exposure to various areas of the engineering fields through excursions and existing infrastructures at our workshops, laboratories and industries within and outside the city.

Annually, students shall take industrial internship for ten (10) weeks where they may have access to modern facilities while mingling with industrial supervisors, through this approach our students easily links training at the college with actual applications in the workplaces.

Besides normal practical sessions, we also provide opportunities for students to undertake mini projects on the course of semester training to apply skills and knowledge obtained in specific modules in a respective semester.

With such training approach, we have built competent graduates who serve in the industry as well as self-employment.

Expected competencies.

It is expected that the graduates from this programme will have aspirations to become professional engineers. As such they will likely take roles involving high level managerial and organizational responsibility and be expected to provide leadership over a broad range of engineering activities. Skills required for such roles will be acquired from Management and Entrepreneurship subjects. This will involve computations using controllers; microcontrollers, PLC however those courses are supplemented with entrepreneurship skills. 

Diploma in Electrical Engineering

This program offers Certificate of Ordinary Diploma in Electrical Engineering awards. The programs’ curricula is designed to cater for the needs of students, future employees, and employers in the field of Electrical Engineering (EE). Therefore, the program is geared towards producing innovative, creative, and flexible work force that will be responsive to the societal needs. The program also covers an area of entrepreneurship, which is very essential in this area of stiff job market competition globally.

Admission Requirements.

Admission to our Ordinary Diploma Program will be open to candidates who have a certificate of Secondary Education with a minimum pass grade of D in Mathematics, Physics or Engineering science, Chemistry, and Biology or English.

Admission to higher NTA levels (5 &6) will be open to those who have passed all modules of either NTA4 (for admission to NTA 5) or NTA 5 (for admission to NTA 6) in the similar academic programs from ATC or other institutions with similar academic programs and accredited by NACTE.

Program Philosophy

The philosophy behind the development of this programme is geared towards producing a technician who will be creative, innovative and knowledgeable, equipped with practical skills that will make him/her to deliver technical services at professional level. This expertise will be in conformity with the NACTE level descriptor. The philosophy of the programme assumes that the graduate will be able to:

(i)                 Promote economic progress through delivering expertise services in the electrical engineering industry;

(ii)               Proceed with further education at higher levels and fostering lifelong learning;

(iii)             Create job opportunities through self employment scheme;

(iv)             Comply with the NACTE regulations.

It is therefore expected that graduates of this programme will be flexible and compatible to the drastic changes of technology that prevails today.

The program is of a modular nature and will operate under semester system.  The modular structure allows flexibility of the learning context to be developed to suit a related discipline. It also provides an opportunity to accommodate modules that suit a particular specialty that may be desired by the student.

Objectives of the program

The objectives of the programme are to:

a)      Provide basic practical skills necessary for installation, testing commissioning and maintenance of electrical systems and equipment.

b)      Establish a sound foundation of scientific principles applied in the filed Electrical and Electronic engineering.

c)      Create awareness and the need of being creative, innovative and self reliant in tackling Electrical and Electronic engineering problems.

d)     Develop the ability in communicating with all workmates, of all levels to create conducive working environment within the field of Electrical and Electronic engineering.

Mode of Training  

Our students enjoy training delivered by experienced local and international faculties in vast areas of the engineering fields. Every student enjoy broad range of exposure to various areas of the engineering fields through excursions and existing infrastructures at our workshops, laboratories and industries within and outside the city.

Annually, students shall take industrial internship for ten (10) weeks where they may have access to modern facilities while mingling with industrial supervisors, through this approach our students easily link training at the college with actual applications in the workplaces.

Besides normal practical sessions, we also provide opportunities for students to undertake mini projects on the course of semester training to apply skills and knowledge obtained in specific modules in a respective semester.

With such training approach, we have built competent graduates who would serve in the industry as well as self-employment.

 Expected Competencies

Students undertaking training in Ordinary Diploma in Electrical Engineering are expected to acquire multiple skills ranging from installation, routine preventive and corrective maintenance, construction, diagnosis, repairs and modifications of simple and medium scale electrical systems to developing technical reports, written work procedures and installation guidelines.

On top of the above skills set, students undertaking our program will also be able to analyse and design electrical systems for industrial, commercial equipment; specify materials, types of installations, production methods and quality standards; establish control on efficient functioning and safety of electrical systems, plan, organize and monitor maintenance and repair of electrical and Biomedical systems, and communicate clearly by applying ICT and other sciences in solving engineering problems.

Historical Background

Electrical Engineering began on the ATC Arusha campus more than three decades ago. The early days focused on ElectricalEngineering, for Full Technician Certificate until 2006. By 2007 Electronics and Telecommunications engineering programme was established and later on, in 2012 Electrical and Biomedical Engineering programme came onboard to Ordinary Diploma level.

The development of our national-class Electrical and Biomedical Engineering program followed naturally from the synergies between electronics, systems theory, computing, and human systems Biology. In 2016 the department established degree programmes and it has become one of the giant departments at ATC defined more by its bigger number of enrollment, intellectual approach to engineering problems than by particular technical solutions.

Current strengths in Biomedical engineering, Electrical, Electronics andTelecommunications drives many of our current research projects to focus on enormous societal challenges and opportunities such as Biomedical equipment, packaging equipment, telecommunication networks, security, and general health care. More than any other engineering discipline, Electrical Engineering department bridges the physical world and the semantic one, creating technologies to serve humanity.

Organizationally, the Department of Electrical Engineering smoothly integrates its high-class training with dedicated staff and extremely active and involves student groups. Our undergraduate programs recognize the daunting intellectual breadth of the field by offering a great deal of flexibility. These programs are accredited by NACTE (OD) and TCU.