Taylor's University

Taylor's University
Established 1969
Type Private university
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dato’ Dr. Hassan Bin Said
Location Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Campus Taylor's University Lakeside Campus
Affiliations ASAIHL[1]
Website www.taylors.edu.my

Taylor's University is a private university in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It was founded in 1969 as a college, was awarded University College status in 2006, and got University status in 2010. It is a member of Taylor's Education Group. Taylor's University offers courses in tertiary education, from foundation and diploma to degree, post-graduate and professional programmes.

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History

The first Taylor's campus was located in a building at Jalan Pantai, Kuala Lumpur offering the Victorian High School Certificate (VHSC) programme for a student population of 345. In 1985, Taylor's moved to its second campus in PJ New Town. Four years later, the Subang Jaya Campus was launched and two new pre-university programmes were introduced: the Canadian Pre-University (CPU) programme and South Australian Matriculation (SAM).

By 1990 more programmes had been introduced, including the American Degree Programme; Architecture, Quantity Surveying & Construction; Business, Accounting, Marketing & Finance; Cambridge A Levels; Computer Science; Software Engineering & IT; Engineering; Hospitality Tourism & Culinary Arts; Taylor's Business Foundation.

In 2001, the fourth campus in Wisma Subang housing the Taylor's Business School was launched. The following year, Taylor's College Petaling Jaya (TCPJ) became the fifth campus at Leisure Commerce Square, and Taylor's School of Hospitality and Tourism was relocated from Kuala Lumpur to this new campus. TCPJ also housed the School of Communication, School of Architecture Building & Design and Taylor's School of Computing. In 2004, the sixth campus was launched in Subang Square housing the American Degree Programme.

More expansion was in the works with the launch of the seventh campus in Sri Hartamas (TCSH) in 2008. This campus is able to accommodate 800 students and runs the Cambridge A Level programme, South Australian Matriculation programme and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

Work commenced on the RM450 million Taylor's Lakeside Campus in early 2007. The Lakeside Campus houses all existing tertiary programmes under one roof.

Counseling and Psychological Services Centre (CPSC)

In 2008, Taylor's established the Counseling and Psychological Services Centre (CPSC), making this institution different from all other private universities in Malaysia. Taylor's established the CPSC to demonstrate awareness that the psychological well-being of an individual is as important as academic achievement. The centre is led by En. Adnan Omar, a suicide and social sciences expert, who made frequent appearances on NTV7 for open discussion on suicide.[2] En. Adnan gave talks regarding Generation Y.[3]

Teaching and learning philosophy

Consisting of Taylor's University (tertiary programmes) and Taylor's College (foundation and pre-university courses), Taylor's has educated more than 65,000 students.

Taylor's pioneered the Taylor's Graduate Capabilities (TGC) initiative in 2008, in line with a worldwide drive to revamp university-level education in keeping with privatisation and globalisation trends. This approach emphasises a student-centred curriculum, aiming to produce graduates who not only possess academic and theoretical knowledge but supplementary qualities such as leadership, creativity, teamwork, adaptability and street-smarts that will give them the added edge to shine in the global marketplace.[4]

Student life

Taylor's offers a range of pre-university, diploma and degree courses. Acknowledged as the biggest independent centre for Cambridge A-Levels (CAL), Taylor's also runs the largest and most successful South Australian Matriculation (SAM) programme, and the Canadian Pre University (CPU), a programme recognised and acknowledged by top universities worldwide. The American Degree Transfer Programme (ADP) allows students to apply into universities in the United States.

Students can choose to major in subjects including Architecture, Computer Science, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Biosciences and Law, to Business, Communication, Design, Hospitality and Tourism, Medicine and Pharmacy.

Taylor's has introduced several new programmes under its umbrella, including the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), degrees in Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Quantity Surveying and Postgraduate Studies.

Academics

American Degree Transfer Program

Architecture and Quantity Surveying

Biosciences

Business

Taylor's University and the University of the West of England (UWE)

University of South Australia

The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Communication

University of South Australia

Computing & IT

RMIT University, Australia

Design

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Northumbria University, UK

Engineering

Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts

Académie de Toulouse, France

Taylor's University, Université de Toulouse Lee Mirail and Académie de Toulouse

Université de Toulouse Lee Mirail, France

Law

University of Reading, UK

Medicine

Pharmacy

Pre-University Studies

Taylor's Graduate School

Recognition and achievements

Year Achievements
2011
  • Taylor's University again received the Gold Award in the Putra Brand Awards in the Education and Learning category as the "Most Preferred Education Brand" in Malaysia.
  • Degree students emerged Champions in the MSC Malaysia – IHL Business Plan Competition 2010/2011 under the ‘Business Idea’ category.
  • Received the Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Gold Award in the Private University/College category
2010
  • Taylor's was voted as the "Most Preferred Education brand" in the Putra Brand Awards in the Education & Learning category (Gold Award). Over 6,000 Malaysian consumers helped determine Malaysia's favourite brands in this exercise.
  • Rated as 'Tier 5: Excellent' - 2009 MQA Rating System for Malaysian Higher Education Institutions (SETARA ’09).
  • Winner of 12 medals in Food and Hotel Asia (FHA) Culinary Challenge 2010.
  • Champion - the LAWASIA International Moot Competition 2010.
  • Merit Award for degree student in the e-Genting 2010 programming competition.
  • Senthil Ilangovan, Taylor's CPE consultant, achieved the Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) Certification, the highest professional certification in the hotel industry by the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Senthil was recently awarded the Facilities Management Professional (FMP) Certification, the highest certification in the Food and Beverage Industry. Senthil was acknowledged with the honor for his expertise, knowledge and experiences by the National Restaurant Association (NRA), USA.
  • Dr. Thirunelveli Narayana Pillai Padmesh from Taylor's School of Engineering has been honored with the "Young Scientist Paper Award" for his paper entitled "Kinetic, Isotherm, Thermodynamic & Column Studies of Biosorption of Lead [II] by Modified Shells of Portunus Sanguinolentus", at the 5th International Conference of Environmental Science and Technology 2010 held in Texas, USA.
  • Associate Professor Dr. Lim Chia Sien, the Acting Director of the Graduate School, and academic staff of Taylor's School of Computing was recently awarded the MOHE Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) of RM29000 for his project entitled, "Relations between Asymptotic Behaviour of Graded Local Cohomology Modules and Linear Diophantine Equations."
  • Associate Professor Dr. Vickneswaran Nair, Director of the Centre for Research and Development, Taylor's University, was recently appointed as an Editorial Board Member of Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research (APJTR). (APJTR, founded in September 1995, is the official journal of the Asia Pacific Tourism Association. It publishes both empirically and theoretically based articles which fosters tourism education, research and professionalism in the Asia Pacific region.)
  • Gold Award in the Education and Learning category of the Putra Brand Awards 2010, which honors the most preferred brands in Malaysia.
  • Taylor's School of Computing & IT student, David Lau Shyh Tzer represented Malaysia in the Asian Science Camp 2010 held in Mumbai, India. He and his team were awarded a bronze medal for their outstanding research work.
2009
  • Dr Vikneswaran Nair Sehkaran, Director of the Centre for Research & Development (R&D) won The Outstanding Young Malaysian (TOYM) Award 2009 in Academic Leadership & Accomplishment.
  • Mr Hariandra Muthu, Head of Department of the Cambridge A Level Programme at Taylor's College Sri Hartamas, received the Certificate of Honour from the prestigious Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore. The award recognises the influence of inspirational pre-university teachers on their students who have gone on to become top scholars at NTU.
  • Dr Marwan Shamel, Unit Coordinator of Chemical Engineering Dept, Taylor's School of Engineering won Silver Medal for his joint research with UM at 8th Malaysia Invention & Innovation Awards 2009, Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE).
  • For the 2nd in a row, Taylor's University College has been voted the "Most Popular Private College/University in Malaysia" in 2009. Taylor's was also voted the "Most Popular Private College/ University in Malaysia" for Hospitality & Tourism, Pre-University Studies, Business/Accounting/Management, Law and First Runner-Up "Most Popular Private College/University in Malaysia" for Engineering.
  • Taylor's Law School was appointed a member of LAWASIA in Feb 2009, the only law school in Malaysia to be awarded such a membership. (LAWASIA is an international organisation of lawyers’ associations, individual lawyers, judges, legal academics, and others which focuses on the interests and concerns of the legal profession in the Asia Pacific region.)
  • Global Invention & Innovation 2009 (Malaysia Technology Expo 2009) Ivan She's innovation "Real-Time IP Surveillance System (RISS)" won Bronze medal
2008
  • PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Gold Award 2008 (Education & Training)
  • "Most Popular Educational Institution" - GTI Students’ Choice Awards 2008
  • Brand Excellence Award (Services) – Industry Excellence Awards by Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI), Malaysia
  • First Runners-Up in Industry Excellence for Education Award 2008, awarded by Malaysia Canada Business Council
  • Cambridge Brilliance Awards 2008. A-Levels Top in the World for Biology and Chemistry
  • 1st Place – PAM (Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia) Student Exhibition 2008 (Booth Design)
  • MAA (Marketing Agencies Association) Global Academic Challenge 2008 Champion
  • eGenting Programming Competition 2008 – 3rd Prize, Distinction and Merit respectively.
  • Taylor's Law School moot team won runner up in the 3rd LAWASIA National Rounds.
  • Winner of 2 medals in Food Hotel Asia (FHA) Culinary Challenge 2008
  • Best Overall Team at Taste of Italy Cooking Competition 2008
  • Most Outstanding Apprentice – MIBC (Malaysia International Bakery & Confectionery) Challenge 2008
  • Overall Winner – Myskills Competition 2008 (Restaurant Service Category)
2007
  • Hospitality School of the Year 2007-2008 (Malaysia Series) at the Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards (HAPA)
  • BrandLaureate Award 2006/2007 for brand excellence in the Education industry.

Membership

Taylor's University is a member of Taylor's Education Group, which comprises Taylor's College, Garden International School, Sri Garden Kuala Lumpur, Australian International School Malaysia and Nexus International School.

References

  1. ^ http://www.seameo.org/asaihl/
  2. ^ See http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7768667715996702691#
  3. ^ See http://kotabharuleoclub.blogspot.com/search/label/Adnan%20Omar
  4. ^ Graduate Capabilities. Taylor's University.

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