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The university insists on providing consistent exposure to cutting-edge research to continually broaden students’ minds without neglecting crossdisciplinary instruction and hands-on practical training.

These efforts, along with all of UTAR’s postgraduate programmes and R&D activities, are coordinated by the Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research (IPSR).

According to IPSR director Prof Dr Faidz Abd Rahman, “The institute functions as a central body ensuring that the programmes and R&D projects are well administered and monitored to provide the best possible R&D experience.

“In line with our motto Intellectual Pursuits through Sustainable Research, the postgraduate programmes offered are designed to encompass a large share of R&D activities to provide students with the most up-to-date technical knowledge and skills.

“Embarking on a postgraduate programme will help students get more out of their careers as it broadens and enhances knowledge and thinking skills, thus giving them an edge over their contemporaries.”

IPSR has endeavoured to cultivate innovative research, which can be seen from the number of grants received by UTAR researchers from local and international organisations.

UTAR’s postgraduate studies may be completed by coursework or research or a combination of both. This ensures flexibility to suit diverse individual needs and learning styles.

UTAR was awarded Tier 5:

Embarking on a postgraduate programme will help students get more out of their careers as it broadens and enhances knowledge and thinking skills, thus giving them an extra edge over their contemporaries.

Prof Dr Faidz Abd Rahman

Excellent status in the 2011 and 2013 Rating for Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia (Setara’11 and Setara’13), Tier 5: Excellent in Discipline-Based Rating System (D-Setara) for engineering as well as Tier 4: Very Good in D-Setara for health sciences.

The university offers more than 110 academic programmes at the foundation, bachelor’s, master’s and PhD levels.

The Open Day will be held on April 8 and 9 as well as May 6 and 7 from 9am to 5pm at UTAR Kampar Campus in Perak and UTAR Sungai Long Campus in Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor.

UTAR provides extended counselling hours at both campuses daily (except for public holidays) from 9am to 5pm.

For more information, call 05-468 8888 (Kampar Campus) or 03-9086 0288 (Sungai Long Campus) or visit www.utar.edu.my.