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UCSI alumni Lim Yuet Kim, Lee Swee Lin and Suzanne Ling are in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 list for their contributions to social entrepreneurship through The Picha Project – their startup that empowers refugees through food preparation and catering operations. The trio started operations in 2016 with zero capital while they were still studying. Today, they have served more than 52,000 meals to leading companies across Malaysia. 50% of all revenue is disbursed to the refugee families and more than RM600,000 has been given back to date. UCSI taught them for four years. They’ll go on to teach others for decades.
-- Published: May 2018
UCSI’s Institute of Music (Imus) made history when it was ranked as a top 100 university in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018. Around 1,200 universities and institutes were evaluated in the discipline-based ranking and UCSI made the top 100 solely for its excellence in music, unlike other universities that also offer programmes in dance, drama, acting and theatre. The ranking also distinguishes UCSI as one of Asia’s top five institutions for music.
-- Published: May 2018
UCSI medical students in Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Terengganu enjoy invaluable opportunities to connect with leading medical practitioners through live lectures with the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh (RCPE). Organised regularly since 2014, UCSI students gained insights from leading academics, medical researchers and their overseas counterparts. UCSI’s commitment as a live streaming centre has also been recognised by the RCPE. The RCPE is one of three Royal College of Physicians in Britain that sets the specialty training standards for doctors and physicians.
-- Published: Apr 2018
UCSI Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff, FASc has been recently appointed as the Chairman of the steering committee behind the Malaysian Code of Responsible Conduct in Research – a major initiative by the National Science Council to consolidate Malaysian research in the areas of integrity and accountability.
Senior Professor Khalid also stands out as the only member of the steering committee who helms a private institution.
-- Published: Feb 2018
UCSI University is the first private university in Malaysia to adopt the new Learning Management System (LMS) CourseNetworking system. UCSI University is also the biggest CourseNetworking adopter in the country by student number.
Other universities that have adopted the same system includes Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Thailand Chiang Mai University, United States Indiana University and California State University.
-- Published: Nov 2017
UCSI University is ranked as the 212th best university in the QS Asia University Rankings 2018. Breaking into the top 250 bracket for the first time, UCSI rose 131 spots in the competitive annual exercise that evaluates the best universities in Asia. The meteoric rise also cements UCSI's stature as the fastest rising university in Asia.
-- Published: Oct 2017
Aina Abdul's song titled 'Mimpi Kita', was selected as one of the soundtrack for the movie 'Jejak Warriors'. Released in 2015, the movie received three nominations in Anugerah Festival Filem Malaysia ke-28.Aina is currently pursuing Bachelor of Contemporary Music (Hons) with our very own Institute of Music.
-- Published: Feb 2017
UCSI University has opened doors for over 45,000 students from 110 countries since its founding in 1986. With over 100 academic programmes across multiple disciplines and with Malaysia's largest industrial placement programme, UCSI is proud to be among the best performing comprehensive private universities for graduate employability.
-- Published: Jan 2017
UCSI's Doctor of Medicine students can now opt to gain the Bachelor of Medical Science by studying for a year at the University of Melbourne. Other world-class opportunities include a year of high impact research at Harvard Medical School; clinical placement and research at partner hospitals in Melbourne; posting at University Medical Centre Groningen in Holland, and live training sessions by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
-- Published: Sep 2016
UCSI University has become the first and only private university in Malaysia to be recognised by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), joining the ranks of an elite group of universities like Oxford, Imperial College London, LSE and Warwick.
-- Published: Sep 2016
