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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