On a quest to produce all-rounders
QUEST International University Perak (QIUP)’s Foundation programmes are a great way for students to develop practical and academic skills after SPM towards higher education.
The Foundation in Business, Science and Arts has a practical focus with a range of handson experiences. Students will also get to explore a selection of QIUP programmes to help them plan for diploma or degree programmes.
To produce outstanding students, QIUP has attracted the best intellectual minds.
Faculty of Business and Management dean Prof Dr Abdul Latif Salleh spent 25 years working at University of Malaya. After his retirement in 2008, he taught at Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for five years.
Faculty of Social Sciences dean, Prof Dr Tina Lim Swee Kim specialises in curriculum design and elearning. With over 20 years experience in the education industry, she has won numerous awards.
Faculty of Pharmacy dean Prof Datuk Dr Allan Mathews is a wellknown figure in the pharmacy profession with 14 years’ experience in the government sector, pioneering Clinical Pharmacy Services and 22 years in the pharmaceutical industry.
Faculty of Medicine dean Prof Dr Alam Sher Malik has had a distinguished career and is a recognised expert on infectious diseases in children.
Faculty of Integrative Sciences dean Prof Dr Vilasini Pillai, also the Biotechnology head, has over 30 years of experience in agriculture biotechnology and science and technologyrelated policies and regulations.
There are many other excellent academicians in the Engineering, Computer Science and Foundation programmes with strong credentials.
QIUP’s quest is to develop allrounded graduates who actively participate in various conferences, educational competitions and sports during their study.
QIUP Computer Science programme undergraduates Dickson Chin, Wilson Ho, Ivan Fong and Wong Kok clinched three top prizes in the 40th Science Engineering and Design Exhibition organised and held at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) with their project called Intelligent Parking System.
The debating team clinched podium finishes in three categories at the 2017 National English Olympics competition held at UTP.
In the storytelling category, Sahibzada Mubashir Noor was crowned champion while in the speech category, Kajel Gill and Jasdeep Singh clinched the first runnerup and second runnerup titles respectively. In the creative writing category, Monissha Thiagu clinched the second runnerup title. QIUP was crowned first runnerup in the overall institutional championship.
QIUP undergraduates have also presented papers at the Interdisciplinary ICT Practice Conference and International Symposium on Mathematical Sciences and Computing Research conference, which have been published in the International Journal of Computer Networks and Applications.
Besides educational competitions, the undergraduates also participate in various sports competitions with outstanding results The university firmly believes these competitions will help undergraduates develop the necessary competitive and leadership skills required for the working world.
QIUP’s interim campus is strategically located in Ipoh and provides a conducive learning environment and lower cost of living.