Why study Foundation at UCSI?
THE pride of success is attained from perseverance, audacity, and a strong devotion to the things you want to see become.
Often, a formal qualification is associated in the preliminary steps of building your ‘dream future.’ Thus, the first step must be comprehensive, specific, and driven towards the right pathway in giving you the prerequisite knowledge and skills needed to thrive. That’s precisely what UCSI University’s foundation years are for!
At UCSI, foundation courses are divided to arts and science with specific pathways to over 100 academic programmes.
Aside from being an institution that holds truly towards the concept of providing a wholesome education experience, you may ask – Why choose UCSI? Over 70 per cent of UCSI’s lecturers teaching the foundation courses are equipped with the PhD qualification and more than 50 per cent of them are trained in Post Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Teaching (PGDTT).
Academics with PGDTT, let alone with a PhD, know how best to ensure a class is engaging and is being conducted effectively.
At UCSI, there a total of 24 and 26 electives respectively for the Arts and Science streams. With more options to choose from, students will be able to select their choice of subjects and excel. In other words, your foundation programme is customisable.
UCSI’s students who had begun their academic journey at UCSI from the foundation level, have had the experience to embark on high impact research programmes during their degree years at some of the world’s top universities.
These universities include Harvard, Imperial College,
Tsinghua, British Columbia, Queensland, and Nihon Pharmaceutical, among others.
UCSI is ranked as one of the world’s top 350 universities after being ranked 347 in the QS World University Rankings 2022. Earlier this year, in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021, UCSI’s Institute of Music emerged as the world’s top 50 in the field of performing arts.
Its Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management was ranked as the world’s top 100 for hospitality and leisure management, Faculty of Engineering was ranked as the world’s top 150 for petroleum engineering, and Faculty of Business Management was ranked as one of the world’s top 300 business school in the world in the same exercise.
This is a testament to the university’s rising global recognition in giving students reputable academic qualifications that are of exceptional standards.
At UCSI, students may apply to obtain up to 100 per cent scholarship for those who had scored 9A+ in the recent SPM examination.
In addition to that, the university would waive off all other tuition fees on a caseby-case basis for such students whose parents were experiencing financial constraints from the Covid-19 pandemic.
UCSI has set aside RM30 million to provide scholarships and bursaries to excellent students, including those who thrived in sports.
Another notable initiative which UCSI has adopted over the years is the Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) session whereby senior students would assist their juniors in their studies. Like PAL, the mentor-mentee system is a special consultation session with a lecturer each week.
These are just a microcosm of what UCSI has to offer. If you feel you have what it takes to succeed, enrol now and visit www.ucsiuniversity.com.my, and know more about our e-Info Day that is being held from July 11 to Aug 1.