Sunway College is a

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based in

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. It was established on 25 July 1987 by

Jeffrey Cheah Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling (; pinfa: ''Qia4 Fu4 Ngian2''; born 1945 or 1946) KBE is a Malaysian entrepreneur who is the founder and current chairman of the Sunway Group, a Malaysian conglomerate operating in 12 industries with core busines ...

. It has a 10-hectare (24 acre) campus comprising academic and residential blocks adjacent to the

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theme park. In addition to the Bandar Sunway campus, there are also colleges in

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and in

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@ Velocity. The college offers a number of international

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, university foundation, diploma and professional courses. In some campuses,

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undergraduate courses are offered as external and/or twinning courses.

History

In 1987, Sunway College was established by its Founder, Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, AO. A pioneer of twinning and credit transfer programmes, Sunway College offers Malaysian and international students the opportunity of obtaining well recognised foreign university qualifications from the UK, Australia and the USA here in Malaysia. Sunway College was upgraded to Sunway University College in 2004. In January 2011, at the time when Sunway University College became

Sunway University Sunway University, located in Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, is a private research university. The university is on a 8.9-hectare (22-acre) campus within Sunway City. The university offers a wide range of undergraduate an ...

, Sunway College was re-formed as an education provider of internationally recognised pre-university, diploma programmes, professional accounting programmes as well as undergraduate twinning degree programme with

. Sunway College and Sunway University are part of the Sunway Education Group, fully owned and governed by the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation (JCF). The Foundation, launched in March 2010 operates via the Sunway Education Trust Fund which was set up in 1997. Sunway College channels its surpluses to provide scholarships and financial support to deserving students. To date, a total of more than RM538 million in scholarships has been disbursed by the Foundation to thousands of deserving students.

Pre-University Studies

At the pre-university studies level, Sunway College offers grade 12 or matriculation studies options from the UK, Australia, Canada together with its own home-grown programmes. The pre-university programmes offered are: * Australian Matriculation (AUSMAT) * Cambridge GCE Advanced-Level (A-Level) * Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) * Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) * Sunway Foundation in Arts (FIA) * Sunway Foundation in Science (FIST)

Sunway Diploma Studies

Sunway College offers 8 diploma programmes & 2 certificate studies designed to prepare students for careers in the various fields of study. The programmes are: * Diploma of Accountancy * Diploma in Finance * Diploma in Communication * Diploma in Interactive New Media * Diploma in Business Administration * Diploma in Information Technology * Diploma in Computer Science * Diploma in Digital Creative Content * Certificate in Business Studies * Certificate in Digital Creative Content

References

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