Top-notch postgraduate education
POSTGRADUATE education at UCSI University revolves around one thing: smarter solutions for a smarter planet.
In science, business and the arts, UCSI University devotes itself to address society’s biggest challenges and prepares postgraduate students for leadership in today’s world of end-to-end responsibility.
As a postgraduate student, one can expect to advance research in an international community in an exhilarating environment that encourages smarter correlations and connections.
Sound decision-making will become a way of life in obtaining a defining credential.
The quality of UCSI’s staff is one thing that distinguishes the UCSI postgraduate experience from the rest.
Nine fellows of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia are at UCSI University and together, they steer the university’s direction in the areas of research and postgraduate endeavours.
A foremost cardiologist by profession, UCSI University vice-chancellor and president Academician Senior Prof Datuk Dr Khalid Yusoff; UCSI University deputy vicechancellor (research and postgraduate studies) Emeritus Prof Dr Phang Siew Moi, an award-winning author of 17 books, 249 journals and a champion in the development of phycology (study of algae) in Malaysia; Prof Dr Ooi Keng Boon, author of over 100 papers in international refereed journals; Assoc Prof Dr Nyam Kar Lin, a top 1% researcher in the ESI list of agricultural sciences; and two-time fundamental research grant scheme recipient, Assoc Prof Dr Cheah Shiau-Chuen are some long list of staff who are at the forefront of research and knowledge.
Some of them have been recognised by Unesco while others are sought by industries. This is a testament to the outstanding contributions they have made in their respective fields.
The commitment to the various fields of research makes the telling difference at UCSI.
UCSI partners with world-class universities around the globe, providing access to the world’s best minds through strong research focus and collaboration.
To date, over 40% of UCSI academic staff
UCSI partners with worldclass universities around the globe, providing access to the world’s best minds through strong research focus and collaboration.
are PhD holders and a further 17% are pursuing their doctorate degree.
Between 2013 and 2016, there was a 1080% increase in the number of research grants obtained by the university’s academics.
Similarly, there was a 957% increase in the university’s cumulative impact factor score; and a 155% increase in the number of research publications in the same period.
At present, the university offers over 30 postgraduate programmes from eight different disciplines, namely business, applied sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, music, medicine, engineering, social sciences and creative arts.
UCSI has been distinguished as the nation’s best private university, twice in a row, in the 2019 and 2020 QS World University Rankings. Presently ranked as a top 70 university in the world among young universities, UCSI is distinguished as Asia’s fastest-rising university in the QS University Rankings: Asia 2018 and 2019.
Besides the commitment to push education boundaries further and greater, the university also fervently champions the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) resulting in its Sarawak campus being acknowledged as the Regional Centre of Expertise by the United Nations University.
■ For more details on UCSI University postgraduate programme, visit Office of Postgraduate Studies (OPS) website: https:// www.ucsiuniveristy.edu.my/postgraduate ;or enquire via email: ops@ucsiuniversity.edu. my (Attention to: Assoc Prof Dr Yim Hip Seng, Director of OPS).