Mukah Sarawak Polytechnic (; abbreviated as PMU) is a
TVET institute located in
Mukah
Mukah ( muːkəh), historically known as Muka, is a coastal town which has served as the capital and the administrative center of the Mukah Division since 1 March 2002.
The district also covers an area of with a population about 49,900 in t ...
,
Sarawak
Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...
which is the first in central region of Sarawak. Being the twentieth polytechnic in Malaysia, PMU is the third polytechnic in
Borneo
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island after Kuching Sarawak Polytechnic and Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic. The campus is built on a 100-acre site.
The institute first operation began at Sibu Technical Secondary School in 2004. The first intake of students was in July 2005 session with pilot courses such as Certificate in Information Technology, Certificate in Civil Engineering and Certificate in Business Studies. Course offerings increased a year later where Diploma level courses were also offered by all five major academic departments. When PMU first started it had only 156 students, but in 2010 the population has increased to 3,144.
Directors of Mukah Polytechnic
Programme offered
* Department of Civil Engineering
** Diploma in Civil Engineering
* Department of Electrical Engineering
** Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
** Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Communication)
* Department of Mechanical Engineering
** Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
* Department of Commerce
** Diploma in Accountancy
** Diploma in Business Studies
** Diploma in Secretarial Science
* Department of Information, Communication and Technology
** Diploma in Information Technology (Digital Technology) Software and Application Development
** Diploma in Information Technology (Digital Technology) Network System
* Department of General Studies
** Islamic and Moral Education Unit
** English Language Unit
* Department of Mathematics, Science and Computer
** Pre-Diploma (Science)
Academic
The offering of general subjects, science and mathematics is offered by the Department of General Studies (JPA) and the Department of Mathematics, Science and Computer (JMSK).
In addition to the full-time courses, PMU also offers short-term courses that are open to the public and the local community under the Time Sector Privatization (TSP) program.
References
External links
Official Portal of Politeknik Mukah
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Polytechnics in Malaysia
Universities and colleges in Sarawak
Engineering universities and colleges in Malaysia
Business schools in Malaysia
Information technology schools in Malaysia
2004 establishments in Malaysia
Universities and colleges established in 2004