Achievement of programme outcomes for chemical engineering and biochemical engineering graduating students of session 2013/2014: Result of an exit survey

This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of students through the achievement of programme outcomes (po) for two programmes offered at the department of chemical and process engineering (jkkp),namely,chemical engineering and biochemical engineering. implementation of the outcome-based education (obe) approach from the 2005/2006 session has opened a new chapter in the process of teaching and learning (tnl) at the departmental level in particular. special emphasis was given to the ability of students to use,apply and relate engineering knowledge in order to solve complex engineering problems. therefore,regular monitoring is important to look at the trend of po student achievement for each session. the assessment was conducted by distributing questionnaires to final-year students of the department at majlis mesra bakal graduan (mmbg),an event that is held at the end of the second semester of every session. questionnaires were distributed to students to get their feedback on the implementation of the programme during their four years at jkkp and the proposed improvements to the programme and their evaluation of the performance of the pos set by the department for both programmes. comparison of the results from sessions 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 shows a slight decrease in terms of performance of the po achievements. © universiti putra malaysia press.