UoRM’s degree programme receives PAQS accreditation
ISKANDAR PUTERI, Johor: University of Reading Malaysia ( UoRM) has announced that BSc Quantity Surveying bachelor’s degree programme has received a five-year full accreditation by the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors ( PAQS).
A press release said the School of Built Environment at UoRM recently hosted a four-member PAQS international accreditation panel in EduCity at its Johor campus on Oct 10.
The panel comprises Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors led by Raymond Kam, PAQS Malaysia Chuah Siow Leng, Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia Ahmad Shuhaimi and Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers Goh Ngan Hong.
The panel said that all the concerns raised during the provisional accreditation visit in June 2017 were suitably addressed and acted on.
It was impressed by UoRM’s dual- campuses ( Malaysia and UK) Quality Assurance model in particular the Quality Monitoring and Enhancement (QME) 1-4 model that works quite well.
The accreditation means that all UoRM’s BSc Quantity Surveying graduates are now recognised in eight countries namely Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, China,Hong Kong, Singapore and Brunei, where their graduates work, practise and become chartered surveyors.
“We are proud to say that our BSc Quantity Surveyors programme is the only triple accredited bachelor’s degree programme in Malaysia by international professional bodies which are Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ( RICS), Chartered Institute of Building ( CIOB) and PAQS,” said head of Built Environment Dr Mohd Faris Khamidi.
“BSc Quantity Surveying offers a great combination of academic excellence and practical expertise.
“This programme is rated 5th in the UK and 43rd overall for Architecture/Built Environment in the QS World Rankings 2018 by subject. We at UoRM ensure that all our students will receive the best education with global approach at our impressive campus in EduCity.”
PAQS is an international association of national organisations representing quantity surveyors in Asia and Western Pacific region whose mission is promoting the practice of quantity surveying (QS) in the region. For more information on PAQS, visit www.paqs.net
UoRM is the first multi-discipline overseas campus of the University of Reading in the UK, and is based in EduCity, Iskandar Puteri.
Ranked in the top 200 of universities worldwide according to QS World University Rankings 2019, it has a long- established international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research.
Together with the tripleaccredited (AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB) Henley Business School, which is part of the university, UoRM offers a UK quality education for students at foundat ion,undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level in a wide range of subjects including accounting, business, construction, fi nance, investment banking and Islamic finance, real estate, pharmacy, psychology, quantity survey and the prestigious Henley MBA.
For more information on UoRM, visit www.reading.edu.my.