KDU College Penang has recently launched the double major, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Business Management and Finance and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Business Management & Human Resource Management. The event was filled with prospective parents and students of Diploma in Business from KDU College. On 1st February 2010, the Penang State Exco of Local Government and Traffic Management, YB Mr. Chow Kon Yeow, was here to grace this ceremony and delivered a speech. In addition, KDU College has invited a guest speaker, Dr. Lim Hock Eam, a senior lecturer of University Utara Malaysia (UUM) to give an interesting talk about the business economic outlook in Malaysia to the parents and students.
Ranked 42nd in The Times Good University Guide 2010, Keele University is renowned for its exciting and innovative approach to higher education and excellent student life. Keele University offers students a modern and internationally recognized education. Keele University is the most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in the United Kingdom and 80% of Keele University’s undergraduate students are taking Dual Honours pogrammes, where they study two subjects with equal weight for their degrees. It is in fact a remarkable achievement that more than 96% of Keele graduates are recorded to enter employment to further their studies within six months after graduation.
Employers are increasingly demanding competent graduates with interpersonal skills, team-working abilities, flexibility, adaptability and excellent communication skills. At KDU, students will have the opportunity to develop all of these skills through academic study, work experience and extra-curricular activities.
According to YB Mr. Chow Kon Yeow, “There are many job opportunities for business graduates across the various industries in the manufacturing as well as the services sectors in our country. Our country needs more business graduates to help lift our economy to a higher level and at the same time improve the Malaysians standard of living. So my advice to those students who has pursued or intend to pursue a business degree you should not worry whether you can get a job or otherwise.”
With the support of quality and experience lecturers, well-equipped modern facilities, and efficient administration, KDU College Penang Campus has grown from strength to strength. The launch of Keele University’s double-major Business Management Programmes is in line with KDU’s vision of providing excellent education that is both locally and internationally recognized.
Principal of KDU College Penang, Dr. Chong Beng Keok said, “We are constantly developing fields of studies that are market driven and industry relevant in order to ensure that our graduates are readily employable. The challenging Keele syllabi emphasize on a high degree of critical and analytical thinking. It also builds up students’ ability in handling and solving mutli-disciplinary problems that are happening in the present professional business world.”
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