NIVERSITI Industri Selangor (Unisel) is the largest state-owned institution of higher learning and has successfully churned out many graduates to fill the employment needs of the state.
When Unisel started in 1999, it only had 200 students, compared to the 11,000-student annual intake in recent years.
With two campuses, one in Shah Alam and the other in Bestari Jaya, Kuala Selangor, Unisel has proven to be an institution able to provide quality education and training to students.
The university provides more than 80 courses in a wide range of fields including engineering, health care, business, communication and media, information technology, language study and biotechnology.
Unisel president and vice-chancellor Datuk Dr Rosti Saruwono said the university’s research and development programmes was currently focusing on biotechnology.
“We have sent a lecturer to Cambridge University in September to conduct further research in this field,” he said, adding that Unisel had collaborated with Cambridge and several other universities in England.
It is also hoping to have more twinning programmes with foreign universities.
Dr Rosti added the purpose for research and development programmes was to produce skilled and competent graduates able to compete in the rapidly changing global market.
He added that Unisel’s research programmes, especially that in biotechnology, was funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Selangor government.
Asked if the university focused on any other courses, Dr Rosti said Unisel had introduced primary and pre-school education programmes.
Such courses are very popular among students, he added.
“It is very important to have the right teachers equipped with the right teaching methods to shape young minds,” he added.
Dr Rosti said Unisel designed relevant courses to fit current market needs.
“This way, the graduates will find themselves able to secure employment while industries will not be caught in the problem of being unable to find skilled workers.
“About 60% of the 3,000 graduates this year found employment before graduation day,” said Dr Rosti.
The university, he added, would be introducing a nursing programme in January 2011.
“There is a huge demand for nurses but there are not many institutions offering the course,” said Dr Rosti.
Unisel is also trying to intensify efforts to get more graduates to enrol in its post-graduate programmes.
Dr Rosti said 40 of the 400 lecturers in Unisel were PHD holders.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=/2010/12/11/nation/7584676
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