The Economic development Board (EDB) that established Bahrain Polytechnic expects that Bahrain will have a world-class Polytechnic, pre-eminent in the Gulf region and one that stands out as a statement of the economic and educational reforms and attests to the leadership being demonstrated by Bahrain.
Bahrain Polytechnic Serving our Industry Partners We will grow our capacity and develop new offerings in line with Bahrains Economic Vision 2030 in consultation with employer networks, professional associations, government and civic agencies, and Bahrain Polytechnic
To ensure the best learning experience for its students, Bahrain Polytechnic has a mix of both local and international academic and administrative staff.
Real life experience
We place high value on the real world experience of our academic staff. Bahrain Polytechnic’s tutors have significant experience in their discipline and as a consequence have:
Academic and/or industry/professional qualifications
- Recent and relevant practical and applied industry/professional experience
- Tertiary teaching qualifications, based on adult learning principles This ensures learners benefit from the tutor’s extensive international work experience, subject expertise and from a variety of role models.
Bahrain Polytechnic tutors:
- Plan so as to ensure a student-centred approach
- Deliver curriculum through a problem-based learning methodology
- Understand learning styles and motivate learners
- Develop critical thinking and creative skills
- Know and promote course context by incorporating relevant materials and current resources
- Ensure relevance of curriculum and practical experiences
- Develop students’ social responsibility through academic and extracurricular activities
- Assist in the development of community and civic engagement
- Assess student learning relevant to the workplace by employing flexible and authentic assessment
- Apply up-to-date learning technologies
The Bahrain Polytechnic Master Plan, currently under development, recognises that the learning environment is criticial if we are to ensure a world-class experience for students.
Purpose Built
Learning spaces have been designed to ensure:
- A wide range of learning experiences
- The development of team-work and collaboration skills
- Social interaction and the enhancement of communication skills
- A reflection of the modern workplace
- A professional work experience and workplace for both staff and students
Bahrain Polytechnic is committed to creating a modern, well-designed, innovative and exciting learning and social environment. The new campus will represent international best practice to provide assurance that graduates have the real world and leading edge technological understanding critical to their future success.
Key to Bahrain Polytechnic’s quality assurance model are:
- Policies and procedures based on international best practice
- A commitment to adopting internationally recognised quality standards
- Regular independent internationally benchmarked academic audits
- Four levels of accreditation covering both the institution and programmes
- Institutional accreditation
- Programme accreditation
- Specialized accreditation
- Industry validation
We are committed to ensuring that industry and business employers can be confident that the students graduate with qualifications that are benchmarked against work standards and are recognised at the appropriate level.
Work Integrated Learning ensures educational activities integrate theoretical learning with its application in the workplace. Bahrain Polytechnic places an emphasis on work integration as a key element in preparing its students for the world of work, and recognises the importance of student-centred learning as a focus for its delivery. Work Integrated Learning ensures an approach to learning through a combination of academic and work-related activities. This approach develops students’ employability skills and assists them to become work-ready graduates.
Work Integrated Learning is an opportunity to provide students with meaningful learning experiences relevant to the real world, and includes:
- Work placements based on agreed learning contracts
- Industry projects developed in partnership with industry
- Co-operative education
- Internship programmes
- Work simulations
- Mentoring
In many countries, a network of industry training boards (or similar organisations) set minimum standards and criteria for education and training programmes in their areas, and they also provide recognition through accreditation to the providers whose programmes meet these. In the absence of such industry training organisations in Bahrain, Bahrain Polytechnic has established a separate Curriculum Advisory Committee (CAC) for each programme. The networking of CACs with faculty staff members ensures an effective interface with the private sector and future employers of our graduates.
Curriculum Advisory Committees (CAC) assist with:
- Curriculum development and reviews
- Ensuring the provision of authentic learning experiences that are relevant
- Work-placements
- Practical experience that prepares students to become work-ready graduates
Curriculum Advisory Committees (CAC) and Industry networking:
- Interface with the private sector and other employers, including non-profit organisations and government
- Provide assistance and advice at a programme or course level
- Provide feedback and guidance on relevance of content or new technology
Bahrain Polytechnic will continue to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that we provide programmes designed to be:
- Relevant to the needs of the workplace
- Responsive to changes in technology
- Reflective of the realities of the labour market, inclusive of its rapidly changing technological needs
Our programmes focus on the following areas of high strategic relevance to the growth and diversification of Bahrains economy:
- English Language
- Foundation studies
- Engineering
- Transport, Freight and logistics
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
- Business and Tourism
- Design
- Health and Applied Sciences
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