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| 21 January 2008 |
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| TAR College: Nurturing Innovativeness, Developing Industry-relevant Skills |
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Behind every new invention and breakthrough in technology are the people who dare to be innovative and bring their ideas to fruition. At Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TAR College), students are nurtured to be innovative and think out of the box. |
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| The result is reflected in its students’ successes in many competitions that pitch their knowledge and skills against undergraduates from other institutions of higher learning. TAR College students recently won the B Braun Innovation Project Competition 2006/2007 organised by B Braun Medicals, an internationally renowned medical equipment manufacturer. The champion team’s project, a system that tracks the medical tools and utensils used in a surgery, will be adapted by B Braun to be incorporated in their new products. Another team of students beat undergraduates from many universities to win a prize in the ICT Competition 2007 organised by Scope International, the ICT division of Standard Chartered Bank. |
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| The winners of the Scope International ICT Competition with Dato’ Kong Cho Ha, Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (centre), Principal Ms Yoong, and Mr. Chan Kum Wing, Head of the School of Technology (extreme left) |
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“The students’ good performance in competitions is the result of the vigorous training they received at the College. Such achievements show that TAR College students are able to compete among the best in the country and produce designs that are practical and relevant to the society,” said Principal Ms Yoong Lai Thye. “This further proves the versatility of TAR College graduates.” |
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TAR College prides itself for providing a quality education and its programmes are supported with ICT and laboratory facilities stocked with the latest and industry-standard software such as AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor Professional, Architectural Desktop, CATIA, SolidWorks, MTS CNC Programming and Simulation packages, LabView, MATLAB 2007 & SIMULINK, PROTEL and MultiSIM EDA, Paragon Zeni IC Design package, Agilent ADS Software for Microwave/RF Design, DSP Development tools, MoldFlow, BinaLink and BuildSoft.. |
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| The College adopts a value-added approach by incorporating into its syllabus industry-relevant skills training that lead to professional certifications. Students learn the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) and related CNC part-programming that are used in computer-aided manufacturing, and the SolidWorks Computer-aided Design cum Cosmos Finite Element Analysis software package used in three-dimensional computer-aided design. The College is also a Local Academy of the Cisco Networking Academy Programme (CNAP) and both students and lecturers benefit from the relevant, cutting edge computer networking knowledge and skills from the CNAP curriculum. |
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| Hands-on experience working with industry-standard equipment at TAR College produces students who are employment-ready. |
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| The experiential learning approach adopted at TAR College has produced students who are well accepted by the industry for internship and graduates who are highly in demand both locally and internationally. The College is well known for producing employable graduates for the construction industry through its Building and Quantity Surveying courses. This is clearly evident especially in the annual industrial training programme where the entire batch of second year students in the Quantity Surveying programme, numbering over 300, together with over 150 final year students in the Engineering programmes are absorbed by the industry for practical training. Many TAR College graduates are now working on major projects in the Middle East, China and other fast-developing countries. |
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| “We at TAR College are given ample opportunities to develop ourselves. Even my friends who are studying overseas envy what we can learn and achieve here,” said Low Aik Sun, the leader of the champion team in the B Braun Innovation Project Competition who is in the Advanced Diploma in Technology (Electronic Engineering) course. |
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| To cater to the increasing demands and changing employment needs, TAR College would be introducing a new Diploma in Technology (Architectural Studies) and Advanced Diploma programmes in Quantity Surveying, Mechatronics, Telecommunications, and Property Management. |
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| If you are interested to find out more about the exciting opportunities available through TAR College, do drop by the College during its Open Day from 7 to 23 March 2008 (inclusive of public holidays and Sundays), between 9 am to 5 pm, at all its campuses. Application forms for the May intake are available at all campuses as well as online. |
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| For further information, please contact the College at the following numbers: 03-41450100 (Kuala Lumpur Main Campus), 04-8995230 (Penang Branch Campus), 05-4660388 (Perak Branch Campus), 07-9270801 (Johor Branch Campus), 09-2314185 (Pahang Branch Campus), and 088-718482 (Sabah Branch Campus), or visit the College website at www.tarc.edu.my. |
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| For more information, please contact: |
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| Mr Aaron Chan Jin Ho |
Manager
Communications & Marketing
Department of Development and External Relations |
(03) 4145-0100/23 ext 479
chanjh@mail.tarc.edu.my |
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