Elevate your career with UTAR postgraduate studies
LUMPUR: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s (UTAR) postgraduate programmes are considered the preferred choice and solution as they offer specialised knowledge and training in specific fields or disciplines.
Individuals with specialised skills are also highly sought after and therefore have a higher competitive advantage in the job market, said Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research director Prof Dr Lim Yang Mooi.
“Various advancements in the world today have called for more talents to be nurtured and recruited to contribute towards strengthening the economy and human resource developments. In view of this, specialised and specific requirements of employees have increased.
“Our blended learning is an answer to this because our programmes can be conducted physically and virtually, thus providing flexibility to study from anywhere.”
UTAR offers postgraduate diplomas or Masters by coursework which involves studying a specific set of core courses and a selection of electives, as well as preparing a project.
Students can also choose to undertake the Masters programme in mixed mode which involves studying a few key core courses and research methodology course(s) and preparing a dissertation.
Students who are more inclined towards research can also opt to undertake the Master programme by research, which involves taking up research methodology course(s) and preparing a dissertation, which can be furthered with a Doctor of Philosophy.
“Apart from enhancing one’s professional credentials, our postgraduate programmes provide networking opportunities with other professionals, researchers, and industry leaders of respective fields, which also enable our students to obtain crossdisciplinary knowledge and skills.
“This opportunity paves the way for our students to gain valuable mentorship, collaboration, job referrals, and even more career opportunities, locally or globally.
“These engagements with experts from other fields also allow our postgraduate students and university to stay informed about the latest developments and trends, and emerging technologies, which are valuable insights for us to constantly enhance our syllabi and programmes,” said Lim.
She added UTAR’s postgraduate programmes are also rich with opportunities for students to develop critical thinking and analytical skills through advanced research.
It would enable them to engage in innovative processes and hone their problem-solving and creativity skills, thus contributing to the advancement of their field.
“From a personal aspect, we believe our postgraduate programmes are also beneficial in helping our postgraduate students to learn more about themselves, so that they may identify their newfound abilities, enhance their strengths, and overcome challenges with more resilience,” she said.
In addition, Lim said postgraduate students have an opportunity to join the Mutual Credit Recognition Programmes from UTAR’s MoU partner universities.
The student under the mutual credit recognition programme will be recognised as a regular full-time student of both institutions and shall only pay tuition fees to the home university.
The students who fulfil both requirements from the home and host university will be awarded a degree from both universities.
UTAR has collaborated with several universities for the Mutual Credit Recognition Programmes, including Tunghai University, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University (National Yang-Ming University + National Chiao Tung University) and Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg.
The partnership with these institutions is promised to be a remarkable chapter in UTAR’s shared commitment to academic excellence and global engagement.
Currently, UTAR has established partnerships with over 650 renowned higher education institutions and corporate organisations worldwide.
These partnerships have enabled UTAR to initiate a range of transformative initiatives, including international collaborative research projects, talent development programmes, extensive staff and student exchanges, dynamic seminars, conferences and workshops.
UTAR offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in areas including Accountancy, Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Arts, Chinese Studies, Malaysia Studies, Business and Economics, Biotechnology, Engineering and Build Environment, Information and Communication Technology, Life and Physical Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, Media and Journalism, Education and General Studies, and Agriculture and Food Science.
The university also engages in the provision and conduct of research, consultation, management and leadership training, and other related educational services at its Sungai Long and Kampar campuses in Malaysia.
For more information, visit www.utar.edu.my or call 054688888 (Kampar Campus) or 0390860288 (Sungai Long Campus).