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Masterskill Education Group Berhad / Annual Report 2012<br />

14<br />

ACADEMIC - UPGRADED<br />

AND REPOSITIONED ……<br />

2012 marked a year of many achievements for us, the most<br />

significant of which was the approval from the Ministry of Higher<br />

Education Malaysia (MoHE) for our university college, Masterskill<br />

University College of Health Sciences (MUCH), to be upgraded<br />

to a full-fledged university in October. With this upgrading, we<br />

took the opportunity to refocus and reposition our university<br />

from being purely health sciences and domestic market focused<br />

to being multidisciplinary and international in orientation. asia<br />

Metropolitan University, while shaped from the strengths and<br />

legacies of MUCH, is transformed and fortified by our passion<br />

and vision to deliver relevant and high quality higher education<br />

for domestic and international students in various disciplines.<br />

Chronologically, our milestones for the year include:<br />

• For the first time in our history, we launched two<br />

postgraduate programmes by coursework, Master of Science<br />

in Healthcare Management and Postgraduate Certificate in<br />

Teaching Methodology with the inaugural intake in March.<br />

• Proposal on “Self Nano Emulsifying Geftinib Capsules in<br />

the Treatment of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC):<br />

Formulation and Bioavailability Studies” for the Fundamental<br />

Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) in the sum of RM64,600 was<br />

approved by MoHE [FRGS/1/2012/SKK02/MUCH/03/04]<br />

on 5 April 2012.<br />

• We went through a name change for our university college<br />

and colleges as approved by MoHE in May 2012. The initial<br />

name change for our university college was temporary given<br />

the upgrading to a full-fledged university in October. In line<br />

with the rebranding and repositioning strategy, our colleges<br />

are now known as Masterskill Global College Ipoh, Kota<br />

Kinabalu, Kota Bharu and Kuching.<br />

• Three programmes under the School of Business and Law<br />

were launched. Foundation in Business Studies and Diploma<br />

in Business Administration had their inaugural intakes<br />

on 8 October 2012 and Bachelor of Science in Business<br />

Administration had its first intake on 17 September 2012.<br />

• MUCH was officially upgraded to aSIA Metropolitan<br />

University (AMU) on 12 October 2012.<br />

• Proclamation of the third Pro Chancellor of AMU and<br />

Convocation 2012 were held at Putrajaya International<br />

Convention Centre (PICC) on 18 to 20 October 2012.<br />

On this occasion, Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, a world renowned<br />

cardiac surgeon in Bangalore and Chairman of the Narayana<br />

Hrudalayalaya Group of Hospitals was appointed as the<br />

third AMU Pro Chancellor. Convocation 2012 celebrated<br />

5,675 graduands with a total of 2,147 graduands/certificate<br />

holders for AMU and a total of 3,528 graduands for MGC<br />

Ipoh, Kota Bharu and Kota Kinabalu as shown in Exhibit 1.<br />

Exhibit 1. Convocation 2012 Total number of Graduands/<br />

Certificate Holders by Institution<br />

(18 october 2012 – 20 october 2012)<br />

Institution Programme<br />

aMU<br />

number of<br />

Graduands/<br />

Certificate<br />

Holders<br />

aMu<br />

Bachelor 106<br />

Diploma 2,016<br />

Foundation 25<br />

Total 2,147<br />

MGC<br />

MGC ipoh All programmes 929<br />

MGC Kota Bharu All programmes 1,123<br />

MGC Kota Kinabalu All programmes 1,476<br />

MGC Kuching Nil Nil<br />

Total 3,528<br />

Grand Total 5,675

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