SEGi College Malaysia Welcomes Public

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SEGi College Malaysia Open Day on 19th and 20th May. Public are invited to visit the new campus in Kota Damansara.

27 April 2007 - Built with the mission to provide better education, SEGi College Malaysia is finally ready for public to have their first visit to the magnificent campus!

“We are going to have our open day on the 19th and 20th of May at our SEGi College Malaysia. We are very excited about it as this will be the first ever an open day held in the newly built campus,” said Lee Kok Cheng, Chief Operating Officer of SEGi College.

“Students who are interested to study in SEGi College Malaysia can sign up on our open day,” said Lee.

The RM150million worth campus which is located on a 10-acre site in Kota Damansara, has a capacity of 12,000 students, is designed to provide a complete learning experience and is positioned to attract international students. The setting up of this campus will pave the way for the upgrading and further modernisation of the college facilities and infrastructure.

“Setting the right environment for learning to achieve optimum knowledge and experience is an art-form that continuously evolves. We believe in providing such an environment for our students and with that we have a purpose built new campus in Kota Damansara,” added Lee.

Hostels for the college's international and outstation students are built in the campus. An Olympic-size swimming pool, an auditorium and a sports complex are also available in the campus. Also, the campus is made ready its learning materials online within an Internet and wireless environment students will be able to assess online library and tutorial.

“SEGi College Malaysia is located within city proximity but not within the hustle and bustle of city living. It is set to be a landmark for private education in the country,” said Lee.

SEGi College Malaysia will house the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, Engineering and Information Technology, Creative Arts and Design, Education and Social Sciences, and American Degree Program.

“We also have in the pipeline programmes of health sciences and build environment. We're looking at having courses of the disciplines of bio-medicine, bio-technology, dentistry, pharmacy, life sciences, quantity surveying, architecture, construction and project management,” shared Lee.

Popular professional courses which have a long and reputable history of providing quality education to obtain these professional qualifications such as the ACCA, LCCI, ICSA, are CIMA are also offered in SEGi College .

School leavers who are keen on skill-based courses that allow them to have hands-on practical training to prepare them for the working world, can opt to take up vocational training at SEGi. Graduates of the vocational training course can continue advancing their qualifications to SEGi's diploma programmes and then to degree programmes with partner universities.

Offering degree programmes through twinning arrangements are the University of Abertay Dundee (UAD) – BA (Hons) Accountancy and Finance, BA (Hons) Marketing, BA (Hons) Business Administration; and University of Southern Queensland (USQ) – Bachelor of Business (Administrative Management), Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) and Bachelor of Business (Marketing). Students can also find out more about the BSc (Hons) Computing programme offered in partnership with University of Bolton (UOB), UK.

SEGi diploma programmes are in business administration, management, accounting, marketing, human resource management, information technology, computer studies, computer systems (operations management), civil engineering, chemical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, advertising design, mass communication, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, video and animation, photography, performing art (theatre), creative multimedia, music, early childhood education, Montessori pedagogy, nursing, hotel management and American Degree Program.

All diplomas can be articulated into bachelor programme with partner universities. Successful diploma candidates can pursue the final part of the degree with their diplomas.

Partnering reputable universities and institutes, SEGi's latest partner is the renowned University of Sheffield, UK. Making up SEGi's consortium of global partners are the University of Abertay Dundee, University of Bolton, University of Greenwich, University of Sunderland, University of Southern Queensland, James Cook University and Upper Iowa University.

For more information about SEGi College Malaysia at Kota Damansara, call (03-6145 2777). You may also call the other campuses located at Subang Jaya (03-86001888), Kuala Lumpur (03-20702078), Petaling Jaya (03-78757118), Penang (04-2633888), Sarawak (082-252566) and SEGi College of Technology (03-20722536), email to askme@segi.edu.my or log on to www.segi.edu.my