EASYUNI Ultimate University Guide 2013 Issue 4 | Page 8

Advertorial KPJ HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE KPJ Healthcare University College (KPJUC) is a Malaysian private university college located in Kota Seriemas Nilai, Negeri Sembilan and a member of KPJ Healthcare Berhad, the leading private healthcare provider in Malaysia. Established since 1991, it was previously known as Puteri Nursing College (PNC). It was the first private nursing college in Malaysia to offer Diploma in Nursing programme and the first private higher institution to obtain Diploma in Nursing accreditation by MQA in September 1991. In 2008, PNC was renamed KPJ International College of Nursing and Health Sciences. In May 2011, the institution achieved University College status and in September 2012, it is rebranded as KPJ Healthcare University College. KPJUC has produced five thousand nurses and healthcare professionals with graduated with Master, Bachelor and Diploma qualifications. KPJUC has collaborated with Liverpool John Moores University (1997) in offering Certificate and Diploma in Peri-Operative and Operations Department Practice, and also worked with University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (2009) to offer BSc (Hons) International Nursing. Today KPJUC boasts of more than 30 programmes, mostly home-grown, in pursuing its dream to achieve a full-fledged university status in 2016. The programmes range from PhD to Diplomas and Professional Certificates. All programmes obtained accreditation and approvals from Ministr 䁽