Regional College of Pharmacy

 

 

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Regional College of Pharmacy is established by "Deepshikha Kala Sansthan", which is a pioneer in technical education since 1976.

Regional College of Pharmacy is providing education with a mission "To emerge as a Centre of Excellence and innovation through leadership in professional education with concern for human values and social development". Infrastructure of our college is one of the best in Rajasthan.

We are providing education with an integrated approach of teaching and live exposures to practical applicability through training in industrial environment.

Regional College of Pharmacy

 

Regional College of Pharmacy is established by ‘Deepshikha Kala Sansthan’, which is a pioneer in technical education since 1976 for 36 years.
Regional College of Pharmacy is providing education with a mission “To emerge as a Centre of Excellence and innovation through leadership in professional education with concern for human values and social development”. Infrastructure of our college is one of the best in Rajasthan.

We are providing education with an integrated approach of teaching and live exposures to practical applicability through training in industrial environment. 

 

B.PHARM

Course Approved by  :   All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE),Minstry of HRD,Govt. of IndiaDegree Awarded by :   Rajasthan University of Health Sciences
Duration :   4 Years
Admission criteria : :   Admission will be made as per the eligibility & reservation criteria,notified by  RCA-Pharmacy system. As per present system there are two categories :
1. RCA-Pharmacy Seats: 85%
2. Management Seats: 15%
 
Aims of the course :
At Pharmacist studies the chemistry of drugs, their origin & manufacture, their preparation, their effects and ultimate use for the prevention and cure of disease in human beings. Pharmacists are in a charge of dispensing and supervising the dispensation of prescriptions in a community pharmacy or a hospital pharmacy. They ensure the safe and correct storage of a variety of medicines and certain chemical substances, and keep records. They may also be into the buying and selling of drugs, cosmetics toiletries, monitoring drug regimens, evaluating drug use patterns in hospitals and training staff in charge of shop/store counters. In hospitals, Pharmacists are in touch with the drug charts of patients to guard against adverse reactions when a patient has been put on several different kinds of drugs. They also act as consultants to health practitioners and the public, advising on adverse drug reactions and inters actions and medical supplies and durable healthcare equipment. . B.Pharm is the study of the interactions of chemical compounds with living systems and focuses on drugs and their effects on molecular, biochemical and physiological processes, particularly in humans. This course show you how a molecules act on receptors to produce particular effects, informs you of how to analyze pharmacological and screening and biomedical laboratory analyses.
 
Elligibility :
Pass in the final examination of 10+2 or any other examination recognized equivalent there to by Rajasthan university of health sciences, for B. Pharm. Compulsory Subjects are Physics and Chemistry & any one of the optional subject Maths, Bio Technology, Computer Science & Biology. Minimum 45% marks in physics, chemistry & Biology/ Maths/ Bio-Tech/ Computer Sci. in 10+2 or an equivalent.
 
Career Opportunities  :
Career option in pharmacy is represented by the pharmaceutical industry which produces chemicals, prescription and on prescription drugs, and other health products. Pharmacists do such things as marketing, research and product development, quality control, sales, and administration. These representatives call on a variety of health care professionals to explain the uses and merits of the products their firms produce. Experienced and successful medical service representatives with administrative abilities often rise to supervisory or executive posts in the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmacists are also employed as sales representatives, supervisors, and administrators in wholesale drug firms.
 

D.PHARM

College and Course Approved by  :   Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) and All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Degree Awarded by :   Rajasthan University of Health Sciences

Duration :   2 Years

Admission criteria : :   Admission will be made as per the eligibility & reservation criteria,notified by RCA-Pharmacy system. As per present system there are two categories :
1.RCA-Pharmacy Seats: 85%
2. Management Seats: 15%

 

Further Information :
Tel:+91-141-2770844
Fax:+91-141-2206436
E-mail: info@regional-college.com

Aims of the course :

There is currently full employment in the pharmacy profession & expanding opportunities in new areas. The D. Pharm course aims to provide highly skilled health care professional & competent scientists, well prepared for this new roles . In particulars, we will draw on our existing strengths in medicines management, considered by many to be the future of the profession. The course will focus on the profession and practice of pharmacy and will draw on the key aspects on the clinical, physical and social sciences. Our aim is to produce the forward thinking, modern pharmacist of the future. The Diploma in Pharmacy is designed to offer opportunities for advanced study in drug discovery technologies, therapeutics and process development, pharmaceutical analysis and quality assurance. The Diploma is suitable for people who want to work in industrial and research centre wishing to develop their knowledge in the design and synthesis of drugs and address the pharmacy issues that arise. The course is also suitable for the person want to work in hospitals, pharmacies and clinics as the course will also focus on drug analysis.

 

Elligibility :

Pass in the final examination of 10+2 or any other examination recognized Equivalent there to by Rajasthan university of health sciences. For D. Pharm compulsory Subjects are Physics & Chemistry & any one of the optional subject Maths, Bio Technology, Computer Science & Biology.

 

Career Opportunities  :

The job avenues for a pharmacist are with pharmaceutical industry, government departments, universities, teaching hospitals, investigation and research institute etc. Within the pharmaceutical industry you might be involved in activities relating to the development, formulation, production or marketing of new drugs for clinical use.

 

 

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NTU offers first-of-its-kind degree course

My Paper | Mon Mar 4 2013

A first-of-its-kind in Singapore, the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) programme will enrol its pioneer class of 55 students in August.

 

SINGAPORE - The Nanyang Technological University will offer a new undergraduate degree programme in Public Policy and Global Affairs this year.
A first-of-its-kind in Singapore, the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) programme will enrol its pioneer class of 55 students in August.

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Transnational Education (TNE) programmes

 

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UK transnational education (TNE) programmes have been established in Malaysia for close to 30 years. Popular TNE programmes include 3+0, 2+1, and 1+2 degree programmes. Monitored by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) in the UK and the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), TNE programmes are trusted internationally. The establishment of a transnational model for Malaysian private higher education was spurred by the global economic crisis. During the mid-1980s, the global recession caused a major set-back to Malaysia's rapid economic growth. The responsibility of financing students studying abroad became a heavy burden for many families and the government in Malaysia. Many of the students studying abroad were brought home and placed in local institutions. The sudden inflow of students caused a demand for places in higher education. To resolve this issue, the government started encouraging local private institutions to explore TNE programmes with foreign universities. Early birds In response to the government's appeal, KDU College joined forces with Middlesex University to offer the first British twinning programme in Malaysia. By the early 1990s the number of private colleges had increased from 20 (in 1985) to 227. The economic boom in the mid-1990s generated a huge demand for human resources in new industries such as services, trades and the manufacturing sectors. In 1992, polytechnics in the UK were promoted to new university status. Soon after, a consortium of four colleges, namely the Workers Institute of Technology, KBU International College, Megatech Institute and Linton College were formed to offer Higher National Diploma engineering courses in partnership with Nottingham Trent University. All courses were accredited by the Business Technical Education Council (BTEC) in the UK. Transnational transition Twinning in Malaysia started with 1 +2 programmes: the first year of the degree studied locally, while the latter two years of studies were completed overseas. By 1993, 2+1 twinning programmes emerged. Colleges also started offering full courses in engineering and business. These courses were known as Graduate Diploma Programmes, as private colleges were not allowed to award full degrees at the time. These catered for students who could not afford twinning programmes that required them to continue their studies overseas. By the late 1990s, most colleges were developing into comprehensive course delivery institutions, offering academic, professional, semi-professional and internal programmes. New forms of transnational programmes such as credit transfer, twinning and validated courses emerged soon after. Some local colleges started providing internal programmes that were recognized by overseas universities, allowing students to transfer credits to partnering institutions. Paradigm shift In 1996, the Private Higher Education Act liberalized and privatized higher education. However in 1997, the country was hit by the Asian financial crisis and the government had to withdraw undergraduate scholarships for overseas studies. Soon there was a surge in student enrolment in local universities. Once again, the government urged private institutions to expand and foreign universities were invited to open local branches. The price for exit visas was also increased along with the cancellation of tax rebates for parents supporting children studying abroad. To accommodate more students, places in public universities were expanded from 45,000 in 1997 to 84,000 places by 1999 through the franchising of matriculation programmes. 3+0 degree programmes were soon introduced in 19 colleges, allowing students to complete their entire twinning course locally. By the late 1990s, most of the engineering courses under the 3+0 degree programmes were affiliated to UK universities. British engineering courses became highly popular, taking only three years to complete compared to other local and foreign degrees, which typically took up to four years. To date the Ministry has approved a number of colleges to offer 3+0 degree programmes, with at least 33 of these institutions affiliated to UK universities. The popularity of 3+0 degree programmes has increased consistently among Malaysian students throughout the years. This is borne out by the fact the UK is the leading provider of TNE programmes in Malaysia, with more than 40,000 students enrolled in more than 800 courses. Such is the popularity that, of the countries that offer TNE programmes, Malaysia has become one of the largest providers. Thanks in no small part to this, Malaysia is quickly becoming an international education hub, which is tempting a lot of the country's youth to stay and educate themselves at home while encouraging overseas students to come and study here. Then, they can qualify with a UK degree and get their `international' education experience as an added bonus. Source:   etawau More News:  Whazzup-U

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The Singapore Institute of Retail Studies (SIRS)

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The Singapore Institute of Retail Studies (SIRS)

The Singapore Institute of Retail Studies (SIRS) is a CET (Continuing Education &

Training) Institute of Nanyang Polytechnic. It was the first CET Centre set up in

January 2006 as a collaborative project between Singapore Workforce

Development Agency (WDA) and Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) to upgrade the

skills profile and to raise the professionalism of the retail workforce in Singapore.

Through various skills-upgrading programmes and services for the industry,

SIRS aims to build a world-class and customer-centric retail workforce for Singapore.

We are not just another training provider - Our Role and Services

As a training institute for the retail industry, SIRS is your workforce development partner.

Our comprehensive services include:

• Enhancing the capability of the retail professionals with relevant a
• nd industry-recognised training and development.
• Developing training programs through research-driven course development
• and world-class adult education and training pedagogy.
• Matching trained and nationally-certified workers to retailers' manpower needs.
• Developing & sustaining new knowledge, especially on retail trends
• and strategies for the regional market to sustain a competitive retail sector.
• Providing best practices and standards in the retail sector through applied
• research, reports & information.

Our Track Record

Since 2006, SIRS has trained more than 40,000 individuals in the Retail WSQ

programmes and delivered over 83,000 training places.
Headed by a Director and supported by a team of 32 administrative and support

staff. SIRS has 14 experienced full-time trainers who are ACTA qualified. In addition,

SIRS has a pool of over 78 qualified Associate Trainers who have working

experience in the retail, hospitality, training and/or service sectors of the economy.

Our Vision

To be a premier CET
Institute of global distinction

Our Mission

SIRS provides easy access, market driven and quality
continuing education & training courses to upgrade and professionalise the
skills of the Singapore Workforce in the retail and service sectors in a
globalised knowledge economy. SIRS will also harness its resources, expertise,
creativity and innovation to support the development of business solutions for
the retail and service industry, and to complement Singapore’s globalisation
effort.

SIRS’ 2026 Sq Meters campus occupying 3 levels

at Toa Payoh HDB Hub consists of the following:

Our Training Rooms 14 well-appointed training rooms which can be customised to the different training and learning needs of the participants, and 1 Executive Seminar Room. The furniture is mobile to allow for easy moving and trainers are able to form multiple training configurations like U-shaped, cluster or theatre style, according to their training delivery needs.

Our Point-of-Sales (POS) Lab A POS lab with 20 Wincor Nixdorf POS machines set up for realistic Point-of-Sales (POS) System training which allows learners to learn the many functions of POS, such as Nets transaction, Item Scan and Visa Payment.

Our Visual Merchandising (VM) Lab A versatile and adaptable facility equipped with flexible retail systems transformable into different retail formats to simulate retail space. This facility provides a realistic and dynamic environment for learners and trainers to apply VM principles, explore VM solutions and experiment new applications

Source: http://www.sirs.edu.sg/ourfacilities.aspx

SEGi University College, Malaysia

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Tarik minat remaja

 

Oleh MOHD. SAIFUL MOHD. SAHAK
kampus@utusan.com.my

SEbahagian pelajar program KTB GiatMara-Utusan Malaysia yang mengikuti kursus fesyen sedang dibimbing oleh tenaga pengajar GiatMara.

 

KELAB Teknologi Bumiputera (KTB) yang ditubuhkan oleh GiatMara bersama rakan strategiknya, Utusan Malaysia merupakan platform bagi menarik minat golongan remaja menceburi bidang kemahiran teknikal dan vokasional di negara ini.
Pengerusi GiatMara, Datuk Shahiruddin Ab. Moin berkata, penubuhan KTB GiatMara-Utusan Malaysia bakal memberikan kesan positif dalam memupuk minat dan kecenderungan pelajar bumiputera di seluruh negara terhadap bidang tersebut.
"Program yang dianjurkan KTB GiatMara-Utusan Malaysia di seluruh negara dilihat mencapai matlamat untuk mendedahkan pelajar dengan ilmu-ilmu kemahiran.
"Peserta yang terlibat ditempatkan di beberapa pusat GiatMara dan sekolah berkenaan dengan 40 pelajar bagi setiap pusat GiatMara untuk mengikuti kursus kemahiran yang diminati mereka.
"Setiap peserta didedahkan dengan ilmu kemahiran, antaranya membuat kek dan pastri, pendawaian elektrik, pertukangan dan membaiki motosikal," katanya ketika ditemui pada majlis Pelancaran dan Penyampaian Sijil KTB GiatMara-Utusan Malaysia Peringkat Negeri Pahang baru-baru ini.
Yang turut hadir, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif GiatMara, Meriam Abd. Majid dan Pengarang Pendidikan Utusan Malaysia, Wahid Hashim.
Program KTB-Utusan Malaysia itu melibatkan 14 bidang kursus yang ditawarkan GiatMara termasuk teknologi automotif, elektronik audio visual, kimpalan, teknologi motosikal, rekaan fesyen dan pakaian, masakan serta pramusaji di samping teknologi pembekuan dan penyaman udara.
Shahiruddin berkata, antara objektif program kursus itu adalah merangsang dan menggilap bakat pelajar dalam bidang kemahiran selain memperkenalkan GiatMara sebagai salah satu pusat pengajian yang boleh disertai pelajar apabila tamat Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM).
"Kita lihat sepanjang lima hari program ini, maklum balas yang diterima daripada keluarga dan pelajar sangat menggalakkan. Ada yang mencadangkan program KTB dilanjutkan tempohnya.
Katanya, kerjasama akhbar Utusan Malaysia sebagai penganjur bersama program KTB GiatMara-Utusan Malaysia dan pakar motivasi, Dr. Ismail Mohd. Zain membantu melicinkan perjalanan program.
Pihaknya berharap kerjasama seperti itu dapat diteruskan lagi di masa akan datang.
Dalam pada itu Shahiruddin berkata, GiatMara memperuntukkan RM2 juta untuk program tersebut yang membabitkan 9,240 peserta dari seluruh negara bagi memberi peluang golongan muda mengikuti latihan kemahiran.
"Program ini menyokong pelan transformasi pendidikan negara yang diumumkan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Prinsip 1 Insan 1 Kemahiran yang diperjuangkan oleh GiatMara juga akan lebih tersebar luas di setiap kawasan Parlimen.
"Dengan jumlah Pusat GiatMara di seluruh negara 231 buah, menjadikannya antara institusi pendidikan pertengahan lepasan sekolah terbesar di negara ini." katanya


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Proving their worth

 

Standing tall: The graduates proudly pose for a group photo at their convocation.

IT WAS a happy day for 712 students when they graduated from Stamford College recently.
Most of them graduated with degrees from the college’s partner universities: the University of East London and the University of Ballarat, Australia.
At the convocation, valedictorian Lily Chow captured the hearts of the audience when she spoke on her struggle to prove her worth with a university degree.
Lily, whose parents run a food stall in Segambut, said her parents had always encouraged her to fulfil her ambition. Sadly, her father passed away just a few months before her final examinations last year.
Urging her fellow graduates not to fear failure, the Star Education Fund scholarship recipient said: “Success is never final and failure is never fatal.”
Lily obtained First Class Honours in International Business from the University of East London and is currently on a scholarship to pursue a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Ballarat.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong was the guest of honour and presented the scrolls to those graduating with a degree.
Dr Wee advised the graduates to continue updating their knowledge and encouraged them to continue learning even after graduation.
“Today, a university qualification will give us no assurance of the quality of our learning unless we maintain the means to continue learning.
“It is a process that you have to discover for yourself — how to learn and to keep on learning,” he said.
The University of Ballarat’s senior deputy vice-chancellor Prof Rowena Coutts conferred the scrolls to those graduating from the MBA programme.

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Rising to Global Expectations with the ITE Advantage

A bold, new strategic blueprint to propel ITE into a global leader and strengthen ITE’s competitive advantages in Vocational and Technical Education, has been rolled out. Building on the strengths of the previous plan, the ITE Breakthrough, the new Plan will take ITE beyond being a world-class education institution to scale greater heights – to be a Global Leader in Technical Education. Entitled ITE Advantage, the new Plan will be the fuel to accelerate ITE’s transformation in its next phase of development from 2005 to 2009.

Having come this far to be recognised as a post-secondary technical institution of world-class standing, ITE is now extending its international reach, to establish a stronger international foothold and presence as a global leader in technical education. And the ITE Advantage Plan with its four Goals, nine Strategies and 19 programmes will provide the means for ITE to actualise its new vision. It was the result of extensive consultation with various stakeholders and customers.

Dr Law Song Seng, Director & CEO, ITE, said: “Over the years, ITE has created a unique brand of ITE education that is not only attractive to school leavers and adult learners, but also widely recognised locally and internationally for its relevance, quality and values. The new ITE Advantage will help ITE achieve its new vision of A Global Leader in Technical Education. It will create competitive advantages for ITE students and stakeholders in facing the challenges of a global economy. It is about building the next generation of a globally- competitive and highly-skilled workforce.”

Dr Law was speaking to journalists as he shared ITE’s new vision and details of the ITE Advantage Plan in a Media Conference held at ITE Headquarters on 2 February 2005.

Plugging Into the Global Grid
The ITE Advantage is ITE’s third strategic blueprint followng the successful completion of the previous two plans conducted in 1995 and 2000. To position ITE for new challenges in the ever changing global, social and economic environment, and Singapore’s vision to be a globalised, entrepreneurial and diversified economy, the Plan this round, has taken on a global slant.

Through fostering an openness to the world and adopting a greater outward orientation, ITE aims at developing secondary school leavers into “world ready” graduates capable of holding their own against their counterparts from anywhere in the world. Amidst a competitive environment toughened by globalisation, these graduates will have continued marketability and mobility through lifelong learning programmes. ITE will also focus on creating and strengthening its brand name on foreign shores and enhancing its core capabilities that would help raise enterprises’ know-how and competitive edge.

These are the outcomes to be elicited by the four Goals that form the thrust of ITE Advantage Plan: Goal 1 – An ITE Education for the Global Economy; Goal 2 – Lifelong Employability for ITE Graduates; Goal 3 – An Increased Global Presence for ITE and Goal 4 – An Enhanced Capability for Organisational Excellence.

What’s In the Bag
To help bring ITE closer to its vision, the ITE Advantage promises several new initiatives; among them, a Global Education Programme to shape the global mindset of students, new Joint Certifications with global industry players and the setting up of Centres of Technology in ITE Colleges to build and strengthen ITE’s core competencies in niche areas.

Going global seems the way to go, judging from the gung-ho reactions from staff and students. And they are all fired up to make the Plan works. Section Head/Nursing/ITE College East, Mrs Tan Wee King, enthused: “The unrelenting environment resulting from globalisation calls for continual innovation and a competitive spirit among staff. Lecturers who exude enthusiasm and model professionalism will inevitably fuel their students to step on their accelerators. With courage, commitment and determination, we will soldier on in this journey!”

Added Ms Tan Meng Huay, Course Manager/PE & CCA/ITE College Central: “The Plan opens up a new horizon beyond local boundaries. The Global Education Programme, for example, not only escalates the learning pace of our present systems, it also speeds up the adrenaline rush within us and further provokes our old mindset of the local education model. More avenues will be opened up to make learning and teaching more realistic and practical.”

And real-life lessons are what ITE College West student, Ridhwan Osman and 14 other ITE soccer players will be looking forward to during their impending attachment at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, as part of a student exchange programme. “Soccer skills aside, the exposure to the differences in cultures, ethics and customs will be a step to learning more about the world outside of Singapore,” said Ridhwan excitedly.

ReNew Goes a Step Further
Ms Geraldine Yap, Head/Worker Education, ITE, is hopeful in placing greater emphasis on the relevance of ITE’s Part-time Education programmes for the global economy than just the local market. “This is more a mindset shift which would translate to a conscious effort to consider new perspectives in the current way part-time programmes are planned and run. In providing ITE graduates with lifelong opportunities to update their knowledge and skills to remain relevant and employable in global industries, we are advocating a brand of technical education which trancends the formal years of Pre-Employment Training education. Employers are recognising this uniqueness through their response to the ReNew programmes for adult learners,” she said.

Under the ITE Advantage Plan, ReNew, an initiative introduced in 2003 to enhance employability of adults, will receive a shot in the arm. The ReNew-Plus programme will go a step further to facilitate ITE graduates’ lifelong learning needs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source:  http://www.ite.edu.sg/about_ite/TQW_Archived_Issues/Tqw_77/77_p01.html

NUS and Yale to create Singapore’s first liberal arts college

 

March 31, 2011

President Richard C. Levin and the Minister of Education for Singapore Dr. Ng Eng Hen.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yale University announced today that they will establish Yale-NUS College, an autonomous college of NUS. The College will provide a new model of liberal arts education for Asia that will prepare high potential students — from Singapore, the rest of Asia and beyond — for leadership and engaged citizenship in today's complex and rapidly changing world.
The Yale-NUS College is Singapore's first liberal arts college, and the first with a full residential college model, integrating living and learning. It is also the first campus outside New Haven, Connecticut, that Yale University has developed.
The College will develop a new curriculum and integrated residential education model that is new to Singapore and Asia, and which can serve as a catalyst for innovation in liberal arts education in Asia and globally.
Building upon the best traditions of liberal arts education, which has broad-based critical inquiry and problem-solving at its heart, the College will have four distinctive features:

• The new curriculum will synthesize Western and Asian perspectives with an integrated general education spanning the first two years of study before concentration on a major. A substantial period devoted to general education is unusual in many universities, where students ordinarily undergo specialized education in a field of study chosen before they matriculate.

• Pedagogy will emphasize critical thinking and classroom interaction. Most classes will be taught in seminar-style with 18 or fewer students.

• There will be three residential colleges, with about 330 students each, devoted to creating a sense of community where living and learning are intentionally integrated. Far more than dormitories, these are full residential colleges, adapted from those at Yale.

• A rich array of extracurricular activities will focus particularly on developing leadership skills and teamwork and also encouraging community service.

At the end of their four-year program, students will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts or Science (Honours) from the Yale-NUS College, awarded by NUS.
Singapore Minister for Education Dr. Ng Eng Hen, who visited Yale in September 2010 as part of an official trip to the U.S. and Canada, witnessed the signing of the initial Memorandum of Understanding on this landmark collaboration by the two University presidents, NUS President Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, and Yale President Professor Richard C. Levin.
Said Dr. Ng, "Our education system strives to offer a wide array of programmes catered to students with different interests, academic inclinations and aptitudes. The Yale-NUS College will be a strategic addition to our university sector. It will offer another distinctive educational experience for top students, with its model of liberal arts education that is contextualised to Singapore and Asia."

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Said Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS President, "The most distinctive feature of NUS' education is that it is global, while at the same time, addressing the contexts of Asia. NUS' landmark partnership with Yale will give students at the Yale-NUS College the benefit of the unique strengths of both universities, brought together to create an enriching liberal arts educational experience that is both global and Asian. The Yale-NUS College is a bold and exciting initiative which provides an extraordinary opportunity to nurture talented young minds with the intellectual breadth and depth needed to address the complex issues of the future."
Said Professor Richard C. Levin, Yale President, "Yale is delighted to be a partner with NUS in developing a new liberal arts college curriculum and designing an entirely new campus. Just as Yale shaped liberal arts education in the U.S. in the 19th century, we believe the new Yale-NUS College can play a pivotal role in shaping the many liberal arts colleges likely to be built in Asia in the coming decades."

An Exciting New Opportunity

Located in Singapore in the heart of Asia, the Yale-NUS College will bring together two universities with extraordinary strengths and a strong shared vision. The College will welcome an inaugural class of about 150 in 2013 and grow to reach a steady state of 250 new students per year, for a total student population of about 1000.
The College will be headed by a College President who will be assisted by a team of Vice-Presidents. An international search for the President will begin immediately. The College will also appoint a number of Deans with responsibilities for faculty recruitment, student life, curriculum development, international and professional experience, and the development of educational resources and technology. Charles Bailyn, the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor at Yale, has agreed to be the inaugural Dean of the Faculty, with responsibility for faculty recruitment.
The Yale-NUS College will be located to the north of the NUS main campus at Kent Ridge.
For more information about Yale-NUS College, please see the fact sheet and visit the new Yale-NUS College website, which is being launched today, at http://www.ync.nus.edu.sg.

Fact Sheet:
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About National University of Singapore (NUS)

A leading global university centered in Asia, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is Singapore's flagship university which offers a global approach to education and research, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise.
NUS has 14 faculties and schools across three campuses. Its transformative education includes a broad-based curriculum underscored by multi-disciplinary courses and cross-faculty enrichment. Over 36,000 students from 100 countries enrich the community with their diverse social and cultural perspectives.
NUS' collaboration with Yale University builds on the University's framework for internationalization where NUS has been undertaking major initiatives with leading institutions around the world. NUS' current collaborations with overseas universities include a graduate medical school with Duke University, a conservatory of music with Johns Hopkins' Peabody Institute and concurrent and double degree programs with New York University's Law School. NUS also has a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over a decade, including dual Masters degree program in several engineering disciplines.
NUS has three Research Centers of Excellence (RCE) and 22 university-level research institutes and centers. It is also a partner in Singapore's 5th RCE. NUS shares a close affiliation with 16 national-level research institutes and centers. Research activities are strategic and robust, and NUS is well-known for its research strengths in engineering, life sciences and biomedicine, social sciences and natural sciences. It also strives to create a supportive and innovative environment to promote creative enterprise within its community.
For more information, please visit www.nus.edu.sg.

About Yale University

Since its founding in 1701, Yale University has been committed to undergraduate education. Yale was instrumental in shaping the concept of liberal arts education for the United States in the Nineteenth Century, and its faculty and graduates proceeded to establish or serve as inaugural presidents of over 30 colleges and universities. Yale was also a pioneer in developing the concept of the extracurriculum to supplement classroom learning, and its system of residential colleges is unsurpassed in the United States.
In addition to Yale College for its undergraduates, Yale's other academic schools include the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, which was the first to award the Ph.D. in the United States, as well as 13 Professional Schools. Its library is one of the three largest in the Western Hemisphere.
With its international activities dating back to the 1810s. Yale has been particularly focused in the last two decades on becoming a more global university.
For more information, please visit www.yale.edu.

Source:  http://news.yale.edu/2011/03/31/nus-and-yale-create-singapore-s-first-liberal-arts-college

Seeking tertiary avenues

 

By KAREN CHAPMAN, TAN EE LOO, PRIYA KULASAGARAN, KANG SOON CHEN and JEANNETTE GOON
educate@thestar.com.my

Special serving: Chef lecturer Darren Teoh demonstrates how liquid nitrogen can be used to prepare food. Looking on are Mohamed Khaled (second from left), The Star deputy group chief editor 1 David Yeoh and chief events officer Iris Tan.
 

With almost 600 booths and close to 200 exhibitors, school-leavers were able to shop for a programme that catered to their interests and budget at the country’s biggest education fair.
When it came to making important decisions about the future, student Kevin Chen Tze Zhiong decided it was best to hear it straight from the horse’s mouth.
Instead of relying on secondary sources, Kevin decided to attend the popular “Options after SPM” talk at the Star Education Fair.
The 17-year-old certainly wasn’t let down because the talk turned out to be the highlight of his visit.
“After sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, it is good for school leavers to understand the various study options by coming to the fair,” he said.
He also took home a Yes Buzz 4G Cloud phone during a lucky draw at the talk.
Kevin was among the thousands of visitors who came from near and far to visit the nation’s largest education fair.
The two-day event was packed with an interesting lineup of experts who shared insights about the challenges and career prospects of the various industries such as medicine and engineering.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the fair attracted many parents and students who came to the one-stop centre to obtain information and guidance on study options and career developments.
Loyal exhibitors who had taken part in the fair over the past 25 years were also recognised at the fair.
For many of them, visiting the fair was a must-do when making important decisions regarding the right programmes and institutions.
A-Levels student Tan Vee Yen, for instance, is no stranger to the annual fair.
She visited the fair last year when she was choosing her pre-university programme.
Now that she is about to complete the programme, the 18-year-old visited the fair again to look for options in degree programmes.
“I want to join the teaching profession so I will be visiting the booths which offer education programmes,” said Vee Yen, adding that her younger brother Vee Keong, 16, tagged along to experience the myriad of courses and institutions on offer.

Mobbed: Counsellors and institution representatives were busy helping students and parents shop for tertiary education options.

Merry with food

The Christmas spirit was evident with many culinary art schools dishing up delectable treats with the Yuletide theme.
Chef Jochen Kern cut a jovial figure in his immaculately starched chef coat as he sliced smoked salmon for visitors at the Berjaya University College of Hospitality booth.
“Thanks to the popularity of the Masterchef cooking programmmes on TV, there has been a growing interest in culinary art courses,” said Kern who hails from Germany.
The School of Culinary Arts director added that his father-in-law used to scoff that chefs were doing the “servant’s job” but over the years, chefs have been enjoying high salaries.
“The work in the kitchen is very tough though, so that is why you may see more male gourmet chefs around. However, females chefs are equally capable,” he said.
Starting young
It is never too early to start thinking about tertiary education.
Daniel Koh, 15, went to the fair with the intention of attending the series of career talks slotted throughout the two days.
“I play a lot of computer games so I think being a computer games designer might be quite cool,” he said.
Asked on whether he was still passionate about his ambition after attending the Career in Games Development talk, he said “Maybe, why not?”.
SEGi University vice-chancellor Emeritus Prof Dr Muhamad Awang said the education fair is a wonderful platform for parents and students to find out about options in tertiary education.
“It helps for students who want to further their studies because they can obtain more information about the programmes that they are interested in,” said Dr Muhamad.
He applauded the newspaper’s effort in organising the fair and hoped that it would benefit more students in the years to come.
The Star Education Fair was also a platform where students gained insights into the professions that they aspired to join after completing their studies. Taylor’s University institutional marketing vice-president Loy Teik Inn said attending the fair helped students crystalise their thoughts.
“Students tend to see just one side and not the entire picure when deciding on their career pathway. We are here to help them understand what the industry really requires by showing them a realistic picture of the real-world settings,” he said.

Enquiry: Fashion design lecturer Alex Yeo (second from left) speaking to students (from left) Jack Cheong, Shen-Nii Choo and Jessie Chan at the fair.
 

Nation-building
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, who opened the fair, said that higher education had an important role to play in driving the nation forward.
Explaining that research, development and commercialisation activities were key to developing a country’s wealth, he encouraged private tertiary institutions to “develop a talent pool of high-level intellectuals in postgraduate studies” in order to spur more research and innovation.
He added that the ministry sought to draw more international students to the country as it would generate income as well as promote knowledge-sharing.
“Based on the 87,000 international students last year, internationalisation contributed to approximately RM2.6bil of our national income.
“The country has awarded a total of 788 international scholarships to recipients from 87 countries, with 292 active students in our local institutions of higher education.
“This scholarship aims to support the government’s effort to attract, motivate and retain talented human capital from abroad,” he said.
Mohamed Khaled also lauded The Star for being an “enthusiastic proponent of education” for organising the fair as well as offering scholarships through the Star Education Fund.
“Even though the government has always strived to address this need by providing scholarships and study loans under the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) for qualified students, additional support from the private sector is greatly appreciated and welcomed.
“In this respect, the Star Education Fund is an important endeavour that serves to help talented young people realise their dreams,” he said.
The Irish Minister of State for Education, Training and Skills Ciaran Cannon came to support the Irish institutions that took part in the fair.
Cannon said his department would be coming up with proposals next year on potential areas that could bring the relationship between Ireland and Malaysia to the next level.
He said the two countries had a successful partnership in medical education and Ireland was keen on expanding beyond that relationship.
“What we want to show is that these universities also excel in other areas like computer science.
“Our educational institutions have strong industrial linkages. That’s one aspect of the Irish education system that the whole of Asia finds attractive.
“Malaysia is emerging as the global economic powerhouse in the area of ICT. It’s going to need world-class graduates who understand the industry well and can make immediate contributions once they graduate,” he said.
Citing an example of collaboration, Cannon said 10 Malaysian lecturers recently started a three-month intensive training programme in Ireland to learn how to teach entrepreneurship, an area that Ireland is known for.
He said it was a pilot project between the Higher Education Ministry and Dublin City University.
Financial concerns
There was a hive of activity at the booths for the Star Education Fund, Higher Education Ministry and PTPTN.
A representative from PTPTN said the team received many enquiries from both students and parents on the loan process.
Choong Ah Kin and his wife Tan Gin Cheng were interested to know how their younger daughter could apply for a loan.
“She is waiting for her PMR results but we would like to prepare early as education is very expensive and we are worried it could eat into our retirement savings,” said Tan.
Choong hoped the government would consider extending the loans to students without SPM results.
“My eldest daughter was offered an Asean scholarship in Singapore after Form Three. She obtained very good grades in the A-Levels but could not get a PTPTN loan when she wanted to continue her tertiary studies here,” he said.
Amalina Hashim was at the PTPTN booth to enquire if she could reapply for another loan to continue with her studies.
“I have completed my diploma in business and want to continue with a degree in the same area,” she said.
She added that she had visited other booths to find out about available degrees.
Pamela Victor who is a recipient of the Star Education Fund, was a volunteer at the fund’s booth.
“We have been advising prospective students on the scholarship process as well as sharing our own experiences,” she said.
Pamela is a second year International Communications student at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC).
Ne’ryez Singh Randhawa just completed his Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examination and is “looking into studying for a medical science degree either locally or overseas.”
Meanwhile, a representative from the Scholarship Division at the Higher Education Ministry’s booth said he received enquiries on the MyBrain15 programme. “It is a programme to finance postgraduate studies for Malaysian citizens,” he said.
Another programme being promoted was the Malaysian International Scholarship, he said, adding that it is to attract the best brains from around the world to pursue advanced studies in Malaysia.
British education
As a partner in education for the Star Education Fund, Prof Stephen W. Doughty said the UNMC is committed to giving deserving Malaysian students a chance to pursue higher education in a British institution.
“Even if some students may not be able to afford it, they will have the opportunity to experience what British education has to offer,” said Prof Doughty who is UNMC vice-provost (Teaching and Learning),
He added that students studying at the local campus will be able to go to the United Kingdom campus or the China campus for a semester during the duration of their undergraduate programmes.
He also pointed out that UNMC offers art and social sciences courses in international relations even though only a small number of students signed up for the programmes.
“We realise that like engineering and business, programmes in arts and socials sciences are very important and we want to give students the opportunity to further their studies in this field should they be interested to do so,” said Prof Doughty.
Career testing
The fair was abuzz with activities like free personality and interest tests, psychology games, and eye and health screenings.
HELP University Psychology lecturer Justin Yap who facilitated the career testing, began the session by asking students to think about their hobbies.
“What if there was a job that lets you do your hobby? The interest test helps you identify jobs with elements that you’re interested in,” he said.
The test consists of statements about specific activities, for example, tending flowers, managing money for a company and so on. Students who took the test had to rate their interest in each activity on a scale of one to five.
A high rating meant that the student had more interest in that activity while a low one meant the opposite.
Jayse Lee, 17, said that in terms of personality, the test was accurate but she was uncertain of what she wanted to do. She explained that while the test indicated her interests were more arts-related, she was a science student.
Yap said that students should not take the interest test as the ultimate truth about themselves.
“Your interests will keep changing as you get older and usually stabilises in your 20’s,” he said, adding that the test can be used for students to explore further options.

Source:   http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2012/12/23/education/12474295&sec=education

Kempen hijau UMW

 

Oleh NUR LELA ZULKIPLI

Sebahagian daripada kakitangan UMW Toyota Motor yang terbabit dalam program penghutanan semula di Gunung Brinchang dekat Cameron Highlands baru-baru ini.

Usaha pemuliharaan alam sekitar semakin menjadi agenda dalam aktiviti tanggungjawab sosial (CSR) syarikat-syarikat koprorat.
Atas rasa tanggungjawab itu juga, seramai 57 kakitangan dari Kumpulan UMW Toyota Motor bersama pertubuhan Kesedaran Alam Sekitar Serantau Cameron Highlands (REACH) menjalankan program penghutanan semula di Gunung Brinchang, dekat Cameron Highlands, baru-baru ini.
Program yang bermula dengan pendakian gunung itu disertai oleh kakitangan daripada empat anak syarikat Kumpulan UMW Toyota Motor iaitu UMW Toyota Motor Sdn. Bhd., Assembly Services Sdn Bhd (ASSB), Automotive Industries Sdn. Bhd. (AISB) dan Boshoku UMW Toyota Sdn. Bhd. (TBU).

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Program Penajaan Pengajian Untuk Pelajar Cemerlang Diumum

 

• Posted by Shaipul Bahri on December 20, 2012 at 6:20am in General Stories and Articles
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Timbalan Perdana Menteri hari ini mengumumkan program penajaan pengajian kepada para pelajar yang memperoleh keputusan cemerlang Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia 2011.

Bagi mengiktiraf kecemerlangan mereka, Kerajaan mengumumkan kaedah pengurusan dan penawaran penajaan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) dan Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM) kepada pelajar cemerlang untuk melanjutkan pelajaran di dalam dan di luar negara di peringkat Ijazah Pertama dan persediaan pra-universiti.

Sebagaimana yang telah dipersetujui oleh Kabinet, Kerajaan melalui JPA dan KPM telah meneruskan penajaan biasiswa kepada pelajar cemerlang untuk melanjutkan pelajaran di dalam dan di luar negara pada tahun ini.

Program penajaan JPA dan KPM bagi tahun 2012 adalah seperti berikut :

(i) Program Biasiswa Nasional (PBN)

Penajaan kepada 50 orang pelajar paling cemerlang lepasan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2011 di kalangan yang terbaik atau crème de la crème mengikut senarai Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia untuk melanjutkan pelajaran ke universiti terkemuka dunia berasaskan kepada merit akademik. Calon-calon yang terpilih akan ditawarkan biasiswa dari peringkat persediaan sehingga ke peringkat Ijazah Pertama tertakluk kepada syarat-syarat yang ditetapkan dan pengiktirafan bidang pilihan yang menjadi minat pelajar di universiti dalam dan luar negara seperti yang disenaraikan oleh JPA.

ii) Bursary

Bursary adalah merupakan bantuan kewangan yang disediakan oleh Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM) untuk mengikuti pengajian di peringkat persediaan (pra-universiti) sebelum pelajar melanjutkan pengajian peringkat Ijazah Pertama di universiti dalam atau luar negara.

Pada tahun ini, bagi mengiktiraf kecemerlangan pelajar lepasan SPM pada tahun 2011, semua pelajar cemerlang yang mendapat keputusan sekurang-kurangnya 9A+ dan ke atas akan ditawarkan Bursary secara AUTOMATIK oleh KPM tanpa mengira etnik, kaum, keturunan dan latarbelakang.

Kerajaan sentiasa prihatin dengan keluhan ibu bapa pelajar yang menunjukkan keputusan peperiksaan yang cemerlang tetapi tidak berjaya untuk mendapat penajaan untuk melanjutkan pelajaran setiap kali keputusan penajaan diumumkan kerana persaingan yang amat sengit dan bilangan yang ramai mendapat keputusan yang cemerlang. Pada masa yang sama, Kerajaan juga mempunyai kekangan dari segi peruntukan kewangan berikutan kos pendidikan yang semakin meningkat.

Walau bagaimamanapun, pada tahun ini, Kerajaan telah mengambil keputusan untuk menawarkan Bursary kepada semua 1,609 pelajar yang telah mendapat keputusan cemerlang iaitu sekurang-kurangnya 9A+ dan ke atas. Statistik pencapaian 1,609 pelajar, iaitu melibatkan 1,020 (9A+), 490 (10A+) , 90 (11A+) dan 7 (12A+).

Program- program persediaan dalam negara seperti berikut :

Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) -STPM adalah program pra-universiti di semua sekolah-sekolah bantuan Kerajaan. Kelayakan STPM boleh digunakan untuk permohonan ke Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (IPT) dalam dan luar negara bagi melanjutkan pengajian ke peringkat Ijazah Pertama.

Matrikulasi- Matrikulasi adalah program pra-universiti anjuran Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia yang menawarkan kursus persediaan jurusan Sains dan jurusan Perakaunan bagi melayakkan pelajar melanjutkan pengajian Ijazah Pertama pelbagai bidang di IPT dalam negara. Kelayakan ini turut diterima pakai untuk memohon kemasukan ke IPT luar negara TERHAD kepada universiti yang menerima kemasukan lepasan Matrikulasi

Asasi-Program persediaan Asasi di bawah Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi adalah lebih menjurus kepada pengajian di IPT tertentu di dalam negara.

International Baccalaurate (IB) atau A-Level-Kursus persediaan IB (2 tahun) dan A-Level (12 hingga 24 bulan) ini merupakan program persediaan universal yang diterima pakai sebagai kelayakan masuk ke IPT dalam dan luar negara untuk melanjutkan pengajian ke peringkat Ijazah Pertama. Walau bagaimanapun, bagi kemasukan ke IPT Awam dalam negara kelayakan IB dan A-Level hanyalah terhad kepada bidang SELAIN daripada bidang kompetitif (Perubatan, Pergigian dan Farmasi).

Bagi kesemua program pra-universiti yang tersenarai di atas, pemberian Bursary tertakluk kepada pelajar telah ditawarkan/ditempatkan di pusat persediaan yang ditetapkan oleh Kerajaan. Sila layari laman sesawang Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia di www.moe.gov.my untuk membuat semakan dan pengemaskinian profil pelajar program busary mulai 16 April, 2012.

Pelajar lepasan Bursary akan ditawarkan penajaan peringkat ijazah Pertama di dalam atau luar negara mulai tahun 2014 di bawah anjuran JPA sekiranya memenuhi syarat-syarat seperti berikut:

SYARAT PENAJAAN PROGRAM IJAZAH LUAR NEGARA

• Mencapai sekurang-kurangnya CGPA 3.5 dan setara di peringkat persediaan; dan

• bagi pelajar bidang perubatan, pergigian dan farmasi, telah mendapat tawaran tanpa syarat dari mana-mana 10 universiti terkemuka dunia berdasarkan kepada senarai yang dikemas kini setiap tahun dan telah mendapat pengiktirafan; atau

• bagi pelajar bidang lain, telah mendapat tawaran tanpa syarat dari mana-mana 50 senarai universiti terkemuka berdasarkan kepada senarai yang dikemas kini setiap tahun; .

• syarat tempat mengikut bidang seperti di Jadual 3.
• SYARAT PENAJAAN PROGRAM IJAZAH DALAM NEGARA
• Mencapai sekurang-kurangnya CGPA 3.5 dan setara di peringkat persediaan; dan

• telah mendapat tawaran dalam program yang telah diiktiraf di Institusi Pengajian Awam (IPTA) dan Swasta (IPTS) berikut:

• Semua Institut Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA) [kecuali Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idris (UPSI)];

• IPTS yang bertaraf GLC iaitu Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) dan Universiti Multimedia (MMU);

• Kampus-kampus cawangan universiti luar negara di Malaysia iaitu University of Nottingham, Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology, Curtin University of Technology dan Newcastle University Medicine (NUMed) Malaysia;

• IPTS-IPTS lain seperti AIMST University, UniKL-Royal College of Medicine Perak, University College Sedaya International, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences, International Medical University dan Universiti Perdana; dan

• IPT lain yang dipersetujui oleh Kerajaan dari semasa ke semasa.

(iii) Program Khas Jepun, Korea, Perancis dan Jerman

Program penajaan anjuran JPA kepada 300 pelajar dalam bidang kejuruteraan ke negara Jepun, Korea, Perancis dan Jerman. Pelajar akan ditindik bagi mengikuti program bahasa sebelum melanjutkan pengajian peringkat Ijazah pertama di negara berkenaan. Program penajaan ke negara-negara tersebut amat diperlukan oleh negara dalam menyediakan modal insan yang mempunyai daya cipta, kreativiti dan daya saing yang tinggi di samping transfer of knowledge / teknologi tinggi. Seperti yang diketahui umum, negara-negara ini amat terkenal dengan daya cipta dan kepakaran dalam bidang kejuruteraan, teknologi dan industri.

Selain itu, program ini diteruskan bagi menghormati persefahaman dan kerjasama antara negara serta mengeratkan hubungan dua hala yang telah sedia terjalin. Memandangkan syarat kelayakan masuk ke IPT di negara berkenaan menekankan kemahiran bahasa masing-masing selain pencapaian akademik, maka pelajar perlu mengikuti persediaan yang menekankan ciri-ciri khas yang diperlukan berbanding kelayakan biasa seperti IB dan A-Level .

Pelajar yang ingin mengikuti program ini perlu mengemukakan permohonan secara dalam talian (on-line) melalui laman sesawang JPA, dan kriteria pemilihan adalah berdasarkan 4 kategori dengan mengambil kira faktor ko-kurikulum, latar belakang sosioekonomi keluarga dan temu duga. Kriteria pemilihan program mengikut kategori adalah seperti di Jadual 1 berikut:

ASAS-ASAS	KATEGORI
	SCHOLASTIC ABILITY	POPULASI KAUM	BUMIPUTERA SABAH & SARAWAK	SOCIALLY DIS-ADVANTAGED
PRESTASI AKADEMIK	MINIMUM 9A- DALAM SPM MENGIKUT BIDANG
BIL. PENAJAAN	20 %	60 %	10 %		10 %
BILANGAN PEMBAHAGIAN	-	Bumi putera - Melayu 51% - Sabah 8% - Sarawak 7% - Lain-lain 1% Bukan Bumi putera • Cina 25% · India 7% · Lain-lain 1%	Sabah - 5% Sarawak - 5%		-
KRITERIA	Akademik • 80% Ko-kurikulum • 10% Temuduga +SAC • 10%	Akademik • 70% Ko-kurikulum • 10% Sosio ekonomi • 10% Temuduga +SAC • 10%	Akademik • 60% Ko-kurikulum • 5% Sosio ekonomi • 25% Temuduga +SAC • 10%
BIDANG	Bidang mengikut keperluan NKEA dan yang ditetapkan oleh Kerajaan

BIDANG Bidang mengikut keperluan NKEA dan yang ditetapkan oleh Kerajaan
Semasa proses temu duga pelajar akan turut dinilai di bawah Student Assessment Centre (SAC). SAC adalah satu kaedah penilaian dan pemilihan pelajar yang lebih komprehensif berdasarkan kompetensi-kompetensi yang ditetapkan meliputi minat, tata kelakuan, kepimpinan, patriotisme, kreativiti, ketahanan dan keyakinan diri. Panel penilai terdiri daripada pegawai-pegawai Kerajaan pelbagai kaum dari pelbagai profesion dan gred jawatan.
(iv) Program Ijazah Luar Negara (PILN) – mulai tahun 2014
Penajaan PILN di bawah anjuran JPA adalah juga terbuka kepada pelajar cemerlang lepasan program persediaan (diantaranya STPM, A-Level, IB) yang tidak ditaja di bawah Bursary. Semua calon PILN perlu memenuhi syarat serta telah mendapat tempat di universiti terkemuka dunia.
Pelajar perlu mengemukakan permohonan secara dalam talian (on-line) melalui laman sesawang JPA, dan kriteria pemilihan adalah berdasarkan 4 kategori dengan mengambil kira faktor ko-kurikulum, latar belakang sosioekonomi keluarga dan temu duga. Kaedah pemilihan PILN mengikut kategori adalah seperti di Jadual 2 berikut:

ASAS-ASAS	KATEGORI
	SCHOLASTIC ABILITY	POPULASI KAUM	BUMIPUTERA SABAH & SARAWAK	SOCIALLY DIS-ADVANTAGED
PRESTASI AKADEMIK	MINIMUM CGPA 3.5 DAN SETARA DI PERINGKAT PERSEDIAAN
BIL. PENAJAAN	20 %	60 %	10 %		10 %
BILANGAN PEMBAHAGIAN	-	Bumi putera - Melayu 51% - Sabah 8% - Sarawak 7% - Lain-lain 1% Bukan Bumi putera • Cina 25% • India 7% • Lain-lain 1%	Sabah - 5% Sarawak - 5%		-
KRITERIA	Akademik • 80% Ko-kurikulum • 10% Temuduga +SAC • 10%	Akademik • 70% Ko-kurikulum • 10% Sosio ekonomi • 10% Temuduga +SAC • 10%	Akademik • 60% Ko-kurikulum • 5% Sosio ekonomi • 25% Temuduga +SAC • 10%
BIDANG	Bidang mengikut keperluan NKEA dan yang ditetapkan oleh Kerajaan

BIDANG Bidang mengikut keperluan NKEA dan yang ditetapkan oleh Kerajaan
Pelajar lepasan persediaan yang ingin memohon PILN perlu memenuhi kriteria berikut:
• Mencapai sekurang-kurangnya CGPA 3.5 dan setara di peringkat persediaan; dan
• bagi pelajar bidang perubatan, pergigian dan farmasi, telah mendapat tawaran tanpa syarat dari mana-mana 10 universiti terkemuka dunia berdasarkan kepada senarai yang dikemas kini setiap tahun dan telah mendapat pengiktirafan; atau
• bagi pelajar bidang lain, telah mendapat tawaran tanpa syarat dari mana-mana 50 senarai universiti terkemuka berdasarkan kepada senarai yang dikemas kini setiap tahun mengikut bidang dan telah diiktiraf.
Bidang tajaan PILN meliputi bidang kritikal iaitu perubatan, pergigian, farmasi bidang profesional seperti kejuruteraan, seni bina, perancang bandar serta bidang keutamaan dan strategik seperti sains tulen, perakaunan, undang-undang, pentadbiran, ekonomi dan bidang-bidang lain yang ditetapkan oleh Kerajaan melalui 12 bidang utama di bawah Aktiviti Ekonomi Utama Nasional atau National Key Economic Area (NKEA).
Pecahan perancangan penajaan mengikut bidang adalah di Jadual 3 seperti berikut:

KELOMPOK BIDANG	BIDANG
KRITIKAL	Perubatan, Pergigian, Farmasi
PROFESIONAL	KEJURUTERAAN (Oil, Energy & Gas/Elektrik & Elektronik/ ICT / Kelapa Sawit / Pertanian / Pengangkutan )
	Ukur Bahan / Seni Bina/ Perancang Bandar
STRATEGIK	SAINS & TEKNOLOGI (Sains Kesihatan / Sains Tulin)
KEUTAMAAN	ICT/Kreatif
	SASTERA IKHTISAS (Kewangan / Perniagaan / Pelancongan / Undang-undang / Perakaunan / Ekonomi/ Alam Sekitar )

PRogram Ijazah Dalam Negara (PIDN)
Penajaan oleh JPA kepada 10,300 orang pelajar lepasan mana-mana program persediaan untuk mengikuti pengajian peringkat Ijazah Pertama dalam program yang telah diiktiraf di Institusi Pengajian Awam (IPTA) dan Swasta (IPTS) tempatan. Kriteria penajaan adalah seperti berikut:
• Mencapai sekurang-kurangnya CGPA 3.5 dan setara di peringkat persediaan; dan
. telah mendapat tawaran dalam program yang telah diiktiraf di Institusi Pengajian Awam (IPTA) dan Swasta (IPTS) berikut:
• Semua Institut Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA) [kecuali Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idris (UPSI)];
• IPTS yang bertaraf GLC iaitu Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) dan Universiti Multimedia (MMU);
• Kampus-kampus cawangan universiti luar negara di Malaysia iaitu University of Nottingham, Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology, Curtin University of Technology dan Newcastle University Medicine (NUMed) Malaysia;
• IPTS-IPTS lain seperti AIMST University, UniKL-Royal College of Medicine Perak, University College Sedaya International, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences, International Medical University dan Universiti Perdana; dan
• IPT lain yang dipersetujui oleh Kerajaan dari semasa ke semasa.
Kerajaan membelanjakan sejumlah RM2.12 billion untuk membiayai kos keseluruhan pengajian pelajar di universiti dalam dan luar negara bagi pengambilan tahun ini.

SENARAI UNIVERSITI TERKEMUKA MENGIKUT BIDANG BAGI TAHUN 2011 – 2012

Bidang Klinikal, Pra-Klinikal & Kesihatan

KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
1	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
2	Harvard University	United States
3	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
4	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
5	Johns Hopkins University	United States
6	Stanford University	United States
7	University College London	United Kingdom
8	Yale University	United States
9	University of California, Los Angeles	United States
10	Duke University	United States

Bidang Sains Hayat

KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
1	Harvard University	United States
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States
3	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
4	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
5	Stanford University	United States
6	University of California, Berkeley	United States
7	Yale University	United States
8	Princeton University	United States
9	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
10	University of California, Los Angeles	United States

Bidang Kejuruteraan & Teknologi

KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
1	California Institute of Technology	United States
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States
3	Princeton University	United States
4	University of California, Berkeley	United States
5	Stanford University	United States
6	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
7	University of Oxford	United States
8	University of California, Los Angeles	United States
9	ETH Zürich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich	Switzerland
10	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
11	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States
12	Carnegie Mellon University	United States
13	University of Texas at Austin	United States
14	University of Michigan	United States
15	Cornell University	United States
16	University of California, Santa Barbara	United States
17	University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	United States
18	University of Toronto	Canada
19	National University of Singapore	Singapore
20	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland
21	University of Tokyo	Japan
22	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands
23	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States
24	University of California, San Diego	United States
25	University of Melbourne	Australia
26	University of Manchester	United Kingdom
27	University of College London	United Kingdom
28	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong
29	University of Minnesota	United States
30	Ecole Polytechnique	Perancis
31	Tsinghua University	China
32	University of California, Davis	United States
33	University of British Columbia	Canada
34	Pohang University of Science and Technology	Korea
35	The University of Sydney	Australia
36	Pennsylvania State University	United States
37	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
38	Katholieke UNiversitat Leuven	Belgium
KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
39	Purdue University	United States
40	Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology	Korea
41	Rice University	United States
42	The Ohio State University	United States
43	Technicshe UNiversitat Munchen	Jerman
44	Peking University	China
45	Brown University	United States
46	The University of Queensland Australia	Australia
47	McGill University	Canada
48	Kyoto University	Japan
49	University of Waterloo	Canada
50	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore

Bidang Sains Kemanusian

KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
1	Stanford University	United States
2	Harvard University	United States
3	University of Chicago	United States
4	Australian National University	Australia
5	Princeton University	United States
6	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
7	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
8	University College London	United Kingdom
9	University of California, Berkeley	United States
10	University of Toronto	Canada
11	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom
12	Yale University	United States
13	University of Michigan	United States
14	University of California, Los Angeles	United States
15	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	United States
16	New York University	United States
17	Cornell University	United States
18	The University of Sydney	Australia
19	University of Melbourne	Australia
20	University of Texas at Austin	United States
21	McGill University	Canada
22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States
23	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	United States
24	University of St Andrews	United Kingdom
25	University of Pittsburgh	United States
26	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	Jerman
27	Brown University	United States
28	University of British Columbia	Canada
29	Freie Universität Berlin	Jerman
30	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands
31	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Jerman
32	University of Arizona	United States
33	University of Massachusetts	United States
34	University of Manchester	United Kingdom
35	Leiden University	Netherlands
36	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
37	Indiana University	United States
38	National University of Singapore	Singapore
39	King's College London	United Kingdom
40	University of California, San Diego	United States
41	Universität Heidelberg	Jerman
KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
42	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Belgium
43	University of Auckland	New Zealand
44	Lancaster University	United Kingdom
45	Utrecht University	Netherlands
46	The Ohio State University	United States
47	University of Vienna	Austria
48	Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen	Jerman
49	University of Leeds	United Kingdom
50	University of Notre Dame	United States

Bidang Klinikal, Pra-Klinikal & Kesihatan

KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
1	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
2	Harvard University	United States
3	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
4	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
5	Johns Hopkins University	United States
6	Stanford University	United States
7	University College London	United Kingdom
8	Yale University	United States
9	University of California, Los Angeles	United States
10	Duke University	United States
11	McGill University	Canada
12	Washington University in St Louis	United States
13	University of Pennsylvania	United States
14	University of Melbourne	Australia
15	University of Michigan	United States
16	McMaster University	Canada
17	University of Toronto	Canada
18	University of California, Berkeley	United States
19	University of Washington	United States
20	Karolinska Institute	Sweden
21	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	United States
22	King's College London	United Kingdom
23	University of Pittsburgh	United States
24	The University of Sydney	Australia
25	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom
26	Boston University	United States
27	University of Chicago	United States
28	Emory University	United States
29	Cornell University	United States
30	Vanderbilt University	United States
31	University of Massachusetts	United States
32	University of Tokyo	Japan
33	Monash University	Australia
34	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
35	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Germany
36	Tufts University	United States
37	Northwestern University	United States
38	University of Minnesota	United States
39	New York University	United States
40	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Belgium
41	National University of Singapore	Singapore
42	The University of Queensland Australia	Australia
KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
43	University of Manchester	United States
44	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States
45	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom
46	University of Southern California	United States
47	University of Montreal	Canada
48	University of Auckland	New Zealand
49	University of Alberta	Canada
50	Universität Heidelberg	Jerman

Bidang Sains Hayat

KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
1	Harvard University	United States
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States
3	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
4	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
5	Stanford University	United States
6	University of California, Berkeley	United States
7	Yale University	United States
8	Princeton University	United States
9	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
10	University of California, Los Angeles	United States
11	University College London	United Kingdom
12	University of Chicago	United States
13	University of Washington	United States
14	Cornell University	United States
15	University of British Columbia	Canada
16	University of California, San Diego	United States
17	Wageningen University and Research Center	Netherlands
18	University of California, Davis	United States
19	University of Michigan	United States
20	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States
21	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich	Switzerland
22	University of Toronto	Canada
23	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom
24	McGill University	Canada
25	University of Tokyo	Japan
26	The University of Queensland Australia	Australia
27	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Jerman
28	University of Melbourne	Australia
29	Kyoto University	Japan
30	Uppsala University	Sweden
31	Utrecht University	Netherlands
32	University of Massachusetts	United States
33	Australian National University	Australia
34	University of California, Santa Barbara	United States
35	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	United States
36	Ghent University	Belgium
37	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom
38	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Belgium
39	Pennsylvania State University	United States
40	University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	United States
41	University of Minnesota	United States
KEDUDUKAN	UNIVERSITI	NEGARA
42	Université de Lausanne	Switzerland
43	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom
44	National University of Singapore	Singapura
45	King's College London	United Kingdom
46	Lund University	Sweden
47	The University of Sydney	Australia
48	Osaka University	Japan
49	University of Bristol	United Kingdom
50	Boston University	United States

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