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KUCHING: Newcastle is the gateway to the Hunter Valley region and is the strongest economic hub in the regional centre of Australia.
Conveniently located two hours’ north of Sydney, people choose Newcastle for a coastal lifestyle and for a city which is safe, cosmopolitan and multicultural, a great place for future career opportunities across a diverse range of industries.
These include health and medical services, engineering and architecture, consultancy, technical and retail services.
The University of Newcastle (UON) focuses on a workintegrated learning approach to develop skills early in the bachelor degree through placements or internships so students are careerready.
The university recently built a AU$95 million NewSpace campus which houses the School of Business and Law, close to its industry partners in the city centre.
The university has higher than national average salaries among its graduates in Engineering.
Its students of Medicine can access a range of rural, urban and regional placements, and Nursing schools.
It has around 3,000 students studying annually and ranked among the top 100 globally.
Students who have completed O levels, A levels and UEC may be considered for a place at Newcastle International College which delivers pathways at pre-university and Diploma (equivalent to first year of a degree) level.
The college located on the university’s Callaghan campus (10km from Newcastle city centre) focuses on helping students transition from high school to university environment in Australia.
Students may use the Foundation to access bachelor degree programmes at the University of Newcastle, ranging from Music to Medicine, Social Work to Early Childhood studies, Architecture to Diagnostic Radiography, Surveying to Development Studies, Nutrition & Dietetics to Entrepreneurship, and Oral Health Therapy to Nuclear Medicine to name a few.
The college also delivers a unique stand-alone foundation programme for Medicine focused on problem-based learning. Over the past 4 years, the university has accepted 36 NIC graduates from the Foundation Programme for Medicine into its medical degree.
As part of enhancing student experience, Newcastle has an active Malaysian University of Newcastle Students Association (also known as MUNSA), originally formed to support Malaysian students studying at the university and NIC.
The organisation also helps promote the cultures of Malaysia within the Newcastle community. Under the leadership of Andrew Wong who hails from Kota Kinabalu, MUNSA contributed to organising many activities in 2017 including Harmony Week, Cheap Chewsday, Ramadan Iftar and Cultural Awakenings.
NIC graduate Jane Mak is the president of the association for 2018 and will be studying Medicine next year. Jane has promised a busier activity calendar for next year.
For more info on NIC, visit Market Management Services Sdn Bhd (MMS) at Block E, No. 32, 33 & 34 on First Floor, Taman Sri Sarawak Mall (opposite Hilton Kuching) at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman where Kellen Evans from NIC will be present from 2pm to 5pm on Dec 18.
For those in Miri, Kellen will be at MMS Miri (Angela Educational Services) on the First Floor, Lot 1341, Jalan Sri Dagang, Miri Waterfront Commercial Centre (above Klinik Chan Toh Hang) from 2pm to 5pm on Dec 19.
For an appointment, contact MMS: 082- 428066 , 019-854 6850 or 016-870 1212.