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Services Offered to Institution
- Placement Cell (BBA & MBA)
Placement rate of graduates is an essential tool to measure an educational institution's
effectiveness. The SSD along with HAA is charged with complete coordination of the
placement cell at the SUC. The functions of placement cell include:
- Maintaining and updating the database of potential employers
- Identifying employment opportunities for SUC students in the local market
- Coordinating with employers to complete their need analysis form and accordingly
send them appropriate student CVs
- Organizing campus interviews
- Coordinating with employers to secure internship positions for senior level students
- Coordinating with companies to allow our students for Field Trips and Technical
Visits in liaison with academic faculty member
- Maintaining a data of placement activities in the form of monthly and yearly reports
- Input towards Institutional Effectiveness (BBA & MBA)
The SSD is charged with providing important inputs towards the SUC's institutional
effectiveness program. The office conducts annual Alumni survey and employer feedback
survey as per the INSEFF calendar provided by IR Office. These feedbacks serve as
an important role towards measuring the effectiveness of our programs and services.
- Employer Survey (BBA & MBA)
This Survey is another important tool as it gives us feed back of Employers, who
have employed our graduates. In an analytical approach, this feedback helps the
institution in knowing how efficiently the graduates have been able to meet the
requirements of their jobs in accordance with their study at the SUC. This is an
annual survey generally conducted during the months of Feb, March and April. The
questionnaires are sent to the employers directly by the Student Affairs Office
via email or fax and received back by same media.
- Alumni Relations (BBA & MBA)
Our Alumni are an integral part to help us in enhancing our public image, building
trust in the education sector, improving our program structures with the help of
industry inputs, placement assistance for current graduates and a lot more. SUC
has a clear policy and plan for continuously improving our Alumni relations. SUC
being one of the oldest institutions in UAE has a large number of graduated students
and these graduates are goodwill emissaries of the SUC. SSD along with Head – Corporate
Relations makes persistent and synchronized efforts to improve our Alumni relations:
- Alumni Club
The Alumni Club was first established in year 2001 with the first Alumni meet. The
efforts to increase the registrations for club were revived from year to year. Currently
we have more than 300 registered members of Alumni Club. Many more activities have
been planned to further strengthen our Alumni relations in the coming years including
social, academic and cultural activities.
- Alumni Requests
SSD acts as a medium between Alumni and various departments on campus. Alumni can
send their requests for any documentation, letters, transcripts etc to the student
affairs office and the same would coordinate with the respective department/s to
address the request.
- Placement Assistance
It is SSD which keeps alumni informed about the upcoming job vacancies available
in market. If the employer has a specific requirement of experienced candidates,
then relevant information is sent to the Alumni. Interested candidates who meet
the criteria can send their CV to student affairs supervisor who then sends it to
the employer.
- Continuing Education
Learning is a lifelong process. With an intention to encourage the Alumni to expand
their knowledge base and stay up-to-date on new developments, student affairs office
sends regular alerts on any upcoming short courses, profession skill development
programs, diplomas etc. run by the training department. Besides, regular industry
updates are sent to Alumni on a monthly basis to give them information on current
scenarios.
- In House Events
Alumni are kept informed about in house events e.g. Annual Carnival, National day
etc. where they are invited to participate. An Annual event of homecoming called
"Alumni Meet" is organized which allows Alumni to meet their old friends, faculty
members, staff and strengthen the bond with the SUC.
- Alumni Survey
This survey is a very important tool to measure how effectively our programs have
prepared our students for the practical challenges of the business world and how
much our Alumni feel that Studying at SUC has helped them excel in their careers.
This is an annual survey conducted generally during the annual Alumni meet. In case
the annual Alumni Meet does not take place then the survey should be conducted on
line, by email or by postal questionnaires. The questionnaire should be reviewed
and revised if necessary on a regular basis at least once in two years.
- Student Feedback (BBA & MBA)
The SSD is responsible for conducting various feedbacks in the SUC in coordination
with the Institutional Research Office. SSD is responsible to ensure maximum participation
in the feedback for making the analysis interpretations accurate and reliable. Students
are required to participate in the following feedbacks coordinated by the SSD:
- Student Academic Feedback
Every student is responsible for giving his/her feedback of the faculty at the end
of every semester. This is required to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of the
faculty and also to help in their continuous improvement.
- Interim Feedback Survey
Students are also required to express their level of satisfaction with a new faculty
by participating in the interim feedback survey. This survey is normally conducted
for a new faculty two to three weeks after the commencement of every semester.
- Academic Advising & Academic Mentoring Survey
Each student is assigned to an advisor at BBA level & a mentor at MBA level for
the purpose of academic advising/mentoring. Students should provide their feedback
on the advisor/mentor and express their level of satisfaction with the advisor/mentor
assigned once a year towards the end of the spring semester.
- Student Academic Support Services Feedback
Students are also required to provide their feedback on various facilities and services
provided by the Academic Support Services department once a year towards the end
of the Spring semester.
- Resource Adequacy Feedback
Students should also provide the feedback on the resource adequacies of the library
and the computing department which is conducted at the end of every spring semester.
This will help the computing department and library to know the needs of the students
and bring necessary improvements in the existing system.
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