KUCHING, Sept 23 – Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Sarawak will team up with foreign universities, including those from Indonesia, to offer medical and integrated agriculture programmes to help provide suitable workforce for the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score).
Its director, Prof Madya Dr Jamil Hamali, said UiTM was expected to sign memoranda of understanding with the universities involved in Bogor and Bandung by year-end.
“In modern agriculture, UiTM will tap the (Indonesian) expertise for its Kota Samarahan campus which is equipped with a research laboratory while our top students are expected to further their studies in Indonesia various levels,” he told reporters at his Hari Raya open house here today.
He said although UiTM has a medical faculty, the number of places was limited and the cooperation with foreign universities would help give local students another opportunity to pursue the course overseas after obtaining the science diploma from UiTM.
“In a move to help the state government, UiTM Sarawak will also offer programmes to help in project implementation under Score, including pharmacy as well as chemical, civil and electrical engineering,” he said.
Dr Jamil said UiTM Sarawak would build another campus on 200-hectare site in Mukah given by the state governement to provide educational opportunities for Bumiputras in Sibu, Bintulu, Miri, Limbang and Belaga.
“The second campus in Mukah, which is situated in the Score area, currently has 300 students pursuing plantation industry course,” he said.
He said UiTM Sarawak also planned to build a new campus opposite the current Kota Samarahan branch to accommodate 10,000 students by 2015.
UiTM Sarawak, which offers 23 different courses, currently has 5,000 students. – Bernama
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