KUCHING – Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus is now taking in application for its midyear intake and more details are obtainable at its Info Day next Saturday, 18 June.
Information on its foundation, degree and postgraduate programs, as well as campus facilities and student support services are available from specialist university staff at the 9am to 4pm event.
The Australian branch campus offers professionally accredited courses in business, computing, design, engineering and science.
A range of English support courses are also available.
Intake for its business, design, engineering/science, and IT/multimedia foundation courses is 11 July, while classes for undergraduate courses start on 22 August.
The MBA (International) program begins on 18 July, while both its MA (TESOL) and Master of Construction Management programs commence on 22 August.
A preview on the Master of Construction Management program will be held from 2.30pm to 3pm.
Apart from getting a feel for the university by visiting the campus on Info Day, prospective students could also find out their eligibility for a scholarship or bursary, and speak to university staff about career prospects, program application and the like.
Course application fee is waived for applications submitted during the event.
Those who have not finalised their career choice could take a complimentary career-personality matching analysis where they could obtain advice on suitable course options from trained university counsellors.
The courses at Swinburne Sarawak and its home campus in Melbourne are undifferentiated. At the completion of their study, students are awarded the same internationally recognised parchment by Swinburne Australia, which is well known for its career-oriented education. It was recently ranked by Times Higher Education (THE) as one of the world’s top 100 universities under the age of 50.
THE and the Academic Ranking of World Universities also ranked Swinburne among the top three percent of universities worldwide.
Last year, Swinburne Sarawak received a three-star rating for its research endeavours by the Malaysia Research Assessment Instrument (MyRA). It has also been awarded self-accrediting status by the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA).
In 2009, 2011 and 2013, it was rated Tier: 5 Excellent in the biennial MQA Rating System for Malaysian Higher Education Institutions (SETARA).