APU, DMU ink agreement
ASIA Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU) recently became the first university in Malaysia to ink a pathway progression agreement with De Montfort University (DMU).
With this arrangement, APU students from selected programmes can choose to complete their degree studies at DMU’s Campus in Leicester, theUnited Kingdom, through the 2+1, 1+2, 2+2 and 3+1 progression pathways.
The new extensive progression pathways benefit students from the Computing, Technology, Business, Management, Marketing, Tourism, Media, Engineering, Accounting, Finance, Quantitative Studies, Design and Media disciplines.
APU students who undertake the new APU-DMU progression pathway will be entitled to an exclusive Bursary Scholarship of £2,500 (RM13,200) upon receiving an offer from DMU.
To facilitate closer working relations between both parties, under the pathway agreement, both universities will organise guest lecture sessions, joint student events and other collaborative efforts that are set to take place in Malaysia and the UK.
The signing ceremony took place at APU’s campus in Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil, earlier this month.
“APU is thrilled to welcome DMU at this momentous occasion.
“We wish that through this new pathway progression, APU and DMU can work together to continue achieving excellence by providing quality education in Malaysia and the UK,” said APU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ron Edwards.
DMU is ranked the fifth best university in the UK for overall teaching excellence; the outstanding learning and teaching experience entitled the university a Gold ranking under the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2017.
Representing DMU at the opening of the event, Pro ViceChancellor for Strategic and International Partnerships James Gardner said: “Today’s collaboration is a two-way engagement between both universities. I am pleased to see APU and DMU share similar values of appreciating multiculturalism, which is an important trait for nurturing students with a global mindset.”
Present at the ceremony were DMU Faculty of Technology associate dean (international) Elizabeth Hathaway and APIIT Education Group chief executive officer Datuk Parmjit Singh.
APU has a multi-cultural student community that comprises 11,000 students from more than 120 countries. It has earned a reputation as an award-winning university through its achievements in winning prestigious awards at national and international levels.