SSC 399 Summer Training is a required academic course in the B.Sc. in Smart and Sustainable Cities. It gives students eight weeks of supervised professional experience before their senior year.
Important: The department does not place students in training positions. Students are responsible for finding and applying to a suitable organization. The Summer Training Coordinator helps them identify organizations, prepare applications and get their placement approved, and supervises the training.
Summer Training Coordinator: Dr. Abdulaziz Alqadhib (aalqadhib@kfupm.edu.sa)
Course description (KFUPM Bulletin):
A continuous period of 8 weeks of one semester working in the industry to gain exposure and appreciation of the Smart City Planning profession. On-the-job training can be acquired in one or more of the areas related to Smart City Planning. The student is required to write a detailed report about his practical work experience. The report should emphasize duties assigned and completed by the student and gained skill and abilities.
Training should relate to Smart City Planning. Examples include urban and regional planning, urban design, transport and mobility planning, GIS and urban data analytics, smart-city and digital-twin projects, environmental and sustainability planning, real estate and urban development, and municipal or regional government work.
Our SSC students have recently completed their summer training with:
Through its Industry, External Engagement, Research & Visibility (IERV) initiatives, the department is working with several organizations to offer further training opportunities for SSC 399 students, including:
Opportunities will be announced once they are confirmed. Please contact the Summer Training Coordinator for the latest updates.
These are examples only, not guaranteed placements.
Government and planning authorities
Developers and national projects
Planning and engineering consultancies
Industry