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from both the infrastructure of our facilities to the education delivered. To create this level of excellence we have appointed an in-country UK team to work alongside Iskandar Investment Berhad to ensure that quality and experience underpins the development, every step of the way,” said Bell.
University celebrates start of construction of its Malaysia campus
The University of Reading is celebrating the start of construction at its first overseas campus at EduCity Iskandar Malaysia. EduCity is a 600- acre education hub comprising of universities and higher education institutes, research and development centres to encourage partnerships between education and industry, student accommodation and sports facilities. The flagship initiative is the first of its kind in Asia.
University of Reading vice-chancellor Sir David Bell said the University was delighted to be part of the EduCity initiative and to meet the growing
demand for its brand of quality education.
“We have around 3,000 graduates from the University of Reading in Malaysia and Singapore, the majority of whom travelled to the UK to experience our unique offering, first-class resources and world-class teaching. We are therefore proud and excited to have the opportunity to deliver the same experience to students in the Asia-Pacific region at EduCity in Iskandar. We are consciously and proactively developing this campus to offer the best experience to students,
The initiative confirms the University of Reading’s support for the development of Malaysia as a regional education hub and follows an invitation from the ministry of higher education Malaysia to Reading to establish a campus in Malaysia to help it achieve its ambitious target of 70% of the population reaching tertiary education by 2020.
The new campus, to be known as the University of Reading Malaysia, will open in September 2015 offering programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level in three thematic subject areas, requested by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia: business and law, science (including pharmacy), and the built environment. It will cater for 2,000 students.
Details:
www.reading.ac.uk/ Malaysia/
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