INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT
Engagement with the industry is vital in fulfilling the following key objectives: to ensure that our students are learning skills that
will prepare them for a successful and varied career; and to build partnerships with national and international external stakeholders to
address contemporary challenges in an impactful manner. This year saw an increase in activities and developments in industry
relationships involving research projects, career development, student engagements, workshops and conferences.
MOA with Hovid Berhad and National Heart Institute of Malaysia
PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS
Sunway Group
Leveraging on our partnership with Sunway Group, the campus has
engagements with Sunway subsidiaries covering research projects,
student engagement, internship and graduate placement. Meetings
were held with Sunway Paving Solutions Sdn Bhd, Sunway Quarry
Industries Sdn Bhd, Sunway Marketing Sdn Bhd, Sunway Lagoon
Sdn Bhd and Sunway Malls to deepen academic and research
collaboration.
Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia
A small delegation of academics from the School of Business met
with the learning and development unit of the Islamic Banking and
Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) to discuss potential for our Islamic
Banking and Finance units to build up to professional certifications
offered by IBFIM.
Hovid Berhad and National Heart Institute of Malaysia
Monash Malaysia, through its research and development arm
MMR&D, signed an agreement with Hovid Berhad and National Heart
Institute (NHI) of Malaysia to undertake a clinical trial study. This
research collaboration on 'Prospective Clinical Trial on the Prevention
of Atrial Fibrillation post CABG using Tocotrienol' hopes to yield
positive outcomes that could benefit society in general, especially
heart patients. The study is conducted by Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa
and Professor Rusli Nordin with co-researchers from NHI and
Universiti Sains Malaysia.
MOA with Perkin Elmer
SELECTED AGREEMENTS
MOA with Fiatec Bioactive Sdn Bhd for the development and testing of an
artificial sugar replacement.
Research agreement signed with Relivium Science Sdn Bhd for provision
of research services to analyse traditional medicine samples.
MOU with the Malaysian Textile and Apparel Center for development of
low-cost automation strategies in apparel factories.
MOU with the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers for education and
research initiatives, including mapping and exemption of undergraduate
units in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce towards the Chartered
Banker certification.
MOA with Perkin Elmer on the establishment of a centre of excellence for
Analytical Instrumentation.
MOA with Sunway Pharma to provide training for Bachelor of Pharmacy
students at their retail outlets. Other placement sites were also secured
with the Ministry of Health in the polyclinics at Kuala Selangor, Titiwangsa
and Putrajaya.
MOU with National Sports Institute to promote joint research and
education activities related to sports and health among the general public.
MOA with Malaysian Software Testing Board to incorporate their materials
into Software Engineering's teaching curriculum.
Malayan Banking Berhad
The campus organised an academic visit to Maybank, one of our key
industry partners. Fifteen academic and professional staff took part in
this visit which discussed opportunities for deeper engagement and
to adopt work integrated learning components within the curriculum.
Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council
A Certificate of Cooperation was established to access the Council's
Industry Linkage Fund. This collaboration aims to move the rubber
products industry up the innovation value chain via university research
and development initiatives.
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MOA with the National Sports Institute