1,400 int'l students benefit from UMS Intensive English Preparatory Program
KOTA KINABALU: More than 1,400 international students have undergone the Intensive English Preparatory Programme (IEPP) offered by Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) through the UMS Investment Centre for Professional Development (UCPD) since the inception of the programme in 2003.
UMS vice chancellor Prof Datuk Dr D Kamarudin D Mudin said the IEPP would enable the students to join the UMS family of 17,000 in pursuing bachelor's and postgraduate degree of their choice.
From there the students should be able to further their studies at master's degree and doctorate or PhD levels, he said.
Kamarudin said in his speech, which was delivered by the dean of Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, Associate Professor Dr Jualang Azlan Gansau, at the welcoming and registration of the 32nd batch international students for IEPP here yesterday. The latest batch comprised 23 foreign students.
He also highlighted the culturally diverse student population at UMS, locally and internationally.
“We have international students from China, Indonesia, South Korea, Cambodia and Brunei just to name a few.
“We intend to increase the number of international students even further, and soon our curriculum will be aligned with the majority of education systems around the world.”
Also present were Centre of External Education director, Dr Stephen Laison Sondoh Jr, representing UMS Investment Holdings Sdn Bhd group chief officer Ramlan Awang Ali, senior librarian Mohd Tajuddin Atin, UMS Centre for International Affairs director Prof Dr Ho Chung Mun and UMS representative in China, Dr Helen Liu Rong.