IBTE Jefri Bolkiah Campus, formerly known as Jefri Bolkiah College of Engineering (, abbreviated as ''MKJB''), is a campus of the Institute of Brunei Technical Education (IBTE), a post-secondary vocational institution in

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. It is located in Kuala Belait, the main town of

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. The institution offers

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courses in the fields of engineering and

information and communications technology Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computer ...

History

IBTE Jefri Bolkiah Campus was established in 1970 with the name (Jefri Bolkiah College of Engineering) as an independent government technical college, nevertheless overseen by the then Department of Technical Education under the

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. In 2014, it was subsumed under, and made a campus of, , the umbrella institution which effectively replaced the department. The campus acquired its present name two years later.

Academics

The Jefri Bolkiah Campus houses three of IBTE's schools, namely the Brunei Maritime Academy, School of Energy and Engineering, and School of Information and Communication Technology. The schools offer programmes in the fields of engineering and information and communications technology, leading up to

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Higher National Technical Education Certificate The Higher National Technical Education Certificate, abbreviated as HNTec, is a post-secondary vocational qualification in Brunei. It is a Level 4 qualification in the country's current national qualifications framework and awarded by the Brunei D ...

(HNTec) and

National Technical Education Certificate The National Technical Education Certificate, abbreviated as NTec, is a post-secondary vocational qualification in Brunei. It is a Level 3 qualification in the country's current national qualifications framework and awarded by the Brunei Darussala ...

(NTec).

References

External links

Institute of Brunei Technical Education
{{Institute of Brunei Technical Education Jefri Bolkiah Campus Educational institutions established in 1970 1970 establishments in Brunei Buildings and structures in Kuala Belait