IBTE Sultan Bolkiah Campus (, Abbrev: '), formerly known as Sultan Bolkiah Vocational School (, Abbrev: '), is a

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of the

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(IBTE), a post-secondary vocational institution in

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. It is located in

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. The institution offers

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courses in the fields of

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and

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History

IBTE Sultan Bolkiah Campus became operational in 1996 with the name (Sultan Bolkiah Vocational School) as an independent government technical college, 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. On 24 November 2015, students from the campus hosted a Basic Business Research Module (FBS) Clean Project at Lumut Beach, in which was part of the

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(CSR) assessment. On 9 October 2017, students from the Chung Ching Middle School visited the campus, and later on the 26th a visit was hosted by the Air Engineering Unit, Technical Equipment Maintenance Division (TEMD) and the

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(RBAF) to the

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. From 30 until 31 October 2018, a Market Day was held within the campus. A financial roadshow was hosted by TAKAFUL Brunei Keluarga Sdn Bhd (TBK) at the

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(SMSA), in which students from SCB and

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attended. The Department of Administration and Services at the

(MoE) visited the campus on 30 November 2019. Another beach cleaning campaign was carried out by the students of the campus at the

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, Lumut on 28 August 2020. A collaboration with Green Brunei and

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was made on 31 January 2022 with a tree planting campaign which consisted of 22 donated saplings was carried throughout the campus.

Academics

The Sultan Bolkiah Campus houses three of IBTE's schools, namely the School of Engineering and Satellites, School of Information and Communication Technology, and School of Information and School of Business. The schools offer programmes in the fields of engineering and information and communications technology, leading up to

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(HNTec) and

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(NTec).

References

External links

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