Twintech International University College of Technology

Twintech International University College of Technology
Twintech
Former names
 L&G-Twintech Institute Of Technology (1994-2003)
Motto Education at its Best
Type Private university college
Established 1994
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dato' Dr. Mohd Razali Agus
Location Bandar Sri Damansara, Petaling, Selangor, Malaysia
3°12′04″N 101°36′47″E / 3.201°N 101.613°E / 3.201; 101.613Coordinates: 3°12′04″N 101°36′47″E / 3.201°N 101.613°E / 3.201; 101.613
Campus Main Campus (Bandar Seri Damansara), Wisma Twintech (Bandar Sri Damansara), Kota Baru Campus, Kota Kinabalu Campus, Ocean Institute of Audio Technology
Colours Blue     
Affiliations Edexcel
Website www.twintech.edu.my

The Twintech International University College of Technology, or Twintech for short, is a private publicly funded university college in Malaysia.[1] The main campus is in Bandar Sri Damansara, Petaling District, Selangor.

Twintech International University College of Technology, formerly known as L&G-Twintech Institute of Technology, is a private institution of higher learning licensed by the Ministry of Education. The university college is owned and managed by Twintech Holding Sdn. Bhd.

The university was founded to provide training in the fields of Architecture & Built Environment, Business & Finance, Computer Science & Multimedia, Engineering & Industrial Technology, Biotechnology, Nursing & Health Science, Optometry, Education, Music & Performing Art.

Twintech started from a modest, rented premises in Setapak. Presently, it has three campuses at Bandar Sri Damansara, Kota Kinabalu, and Kota Bharu with facilities and amenities, including computing suites, engineering laboratories, architectural studios, and biotechnology laboratories.

Twintech has around 4,000 students studying local and overseas twinning programmes. Approximately 150 local and overseas full-time lecturers support the academic programmes at Twintech.

All programmes will be awarded internally; some will be quality-controlled by universities from United Kingdom and local universities. The university offers programme such B. Optometry (Hons), B. Nursing, B. Biotechnology and more. Over 61 programmes are under approval status, another 42 programmes are within provisional status and 24 programmes are fully accredited status with the MQA (Malaysian Qualifications Agency).

Bandar Sri Damansara is the main campus. The main campus is home for seven faculties: Engineering & Industrial Technology, Architecture & Build Environment, Nursing & Health Sciences, Computer Science & Multimedia, Education, Music & Performing Art. In the same location, there are Wisma Twintech home two faculties: Faculty of Optometry and Faculty of Biotechnology.

Faculties and centres

References

  1. ↑ Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education
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