Tag: Universiti Teknologi MARA

The Faculty of Computer & Mathematical Sciences (FSKM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Microsoft (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 19 March 2021.

The MoU aims at mutual cooperation to benefit the university and students from Microsoft’s expertise. The MOU was virtually signed by the Former Vice-Chancellor of UiTM, Emeritus Prof. Datuk Ir. Dr Azraai Kassim and Microsoft’s Managing Director, Mr K. Raman.

Under the MoU, UiTM can leverage Microsoft Learn for Educators (MSLE) resources to achieve its vision – to establish UiTM as a Globally Renowned University of Science, Technology, Humanities and Entrepreneurship.  The mission is to empower UiTM to lead the development of professionals through state-of-the-art curricula and impactful research.

Affiliated as one of the “Premier Digital Tech Institution”, UiTM is always looking forward to offering competitive programmes that fulfill market needs, spearhead national development and promote global prosperity.

This MoU will extend the opportunities to the UiTM lecturers and students to upskill with the Microsoft Future-Ready Skills through Microsoft Learn. It provides self-paced, digital learning resources to build skills and a foundational understanding of technology besides making available the resources to complement existing institution courseware and study materials to best prepare students for in-demand jobs and Microsoft industry-recognized certifications.

This MoU is expected to be able to improve UiTM’s graduate employability as it helps validate students’ knowledge of technology and potential to perform in technology industry jobs through Microsoft certification in the Azure Fundamentals, Azure AI Fundamentals and Azure Data Fundamentals courses.

Students will be equipped with relevant technical skills and graduate as certified IT professionals, making them more competitive in the job sectors which are becoming more digitized and automated, requiring strong technology skills.

The effort by UiTM is another step taken to strengthen the ICT and AI capacity building of students relevant to the current needs and changes affecting higher learning institutions globally.

Students from the Faculty of Business Management (FBM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia, Faznie Hasniza binti Mohd Zanif and Ika Farina binti Mustaffa, stood out in the online Summer Course Program and International Student’s Competition organized by the Faculty of Human Ecology, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) University, Indonesia on November 22 to 30, 2021.

Both students from the Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons.) International Business demonstrated their active engagement and enthusiasm by joining the summer course and succeeded to excel in the International Student’s Competition. Faznie Hasniza has been awarded as 2nd Winner Videography Group 2, while Ika Farina won a 3rd Winner Videography Group and 3rd Winner Poster Group competition.

The focus of the summer course was on “Learning for Human Development and Natural Resources towards Sustainability: An International Perspective”. Students participating from different countries had the opportunity to learn and exchange knowledge, ideas and experiences while earning credit units that can be transferred to their home university.

The course also integrated a competitive element to allow the students to showcase their talents and understanding of the topics learned during the program.

Overall, the Summer Course Program and its International Student’s Competition conducted by the Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Indonesia, provided an excellent avenue for knowledge sharing and exchange between the two nations.

Additionally, it also opens the possibility for future collaborations between the two institutions, which UiTM is very much looking forward to in the near future.

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia, Kelantan branch campus was recently awarded a grant valued at RM94,000 from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education for the Digital Datapreneur Incubator Project.

The grant which was awarded on 23rd November 2020 will allow Dr. Wan Fairos Wan Yaacob, the leader and her team members, Dr. Syerina Azlin Md Nasir, Dr. Nurazleena Ismail, and Dr. Wan Marhaini Wan Omar to continue building on the digital datapreneur hub initiative. This project primarily aims to centralise the mobilisation of young entrepreneurs from the public universities nationwide.

The Digital Datapreneur Incubator is aimed at equipping the growing number of participants with data-based analytical skills and encourage the use of data analytics approach to innovate the decision-making phase. This will add value to the entrepreneurs as skills in advanced technology will give them the competitive edge to not only run their businesses, but to also thrive the fast-paced economic landscape of Industrial Revolution 4.0.

Apart from providing the platform for young entrepreneurs to polish their skills in data analytics, this project will reach the local community in Kelantan by providing hands-on experience in using a wide array of applications to do their business activities. This programme has very far-reaching aims and hopes to facilitate the entrepreneurs involved through the identification of important business data which are pivotal for the decision-making process. Hence, this will enable them to make informed selection of target market, determine market segmentation, and to better strategise the market placement.

The Digital Datapreuner Incubator is one of the 10 collaboration incubators under the Structured Entrepreneurial Incubator Programme (SEIP) which is an entrepreneurship programme at the Ministry of Higher Education. Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, as the key figure for SEIP has been working hand in hand with Malaysian higher educational institutions, government agencies, as well as the industry to bring this project together.

Overall, this initiative is observed to principally produce human capital who is knowledgeable, skilled and competitive to pursue the development of digital entrepreneurship in Malaysia. The Digital Datapreneur Incubator project will contribute towards improving both data management and data analytical skills, and also ensure the sustainability across various sectors in Malaysia such as engineering, technology and digital entrepreneurship. This project will play an important role in national development.

Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences (FSKM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) is hosting a fifteen-week Hybrid Synchronous lectures series aimed at students and lecturers interested in the area of Groups and Algebras scheduled from February 25 – June 1 2021. Topics covered include algebraic structures, groups, rings, polynomials and number theory, vector space, and algebra.

The move to online and hybrid teaching and learning environment offers faculties and students from all participating universities an opportunity to collaborate, experiment, analyze, and discuss mathematical problems together.

The lecture series taught by Prof Dr Isamiddin Rakhimov is a hybrid experience for the faculties and students from UiTM, the National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz), and Samarkand State University (SamsU) Uzbekistan.  

FSKM, UiTM hosted the first lecture in one of the Global Learning Spaces on February 25, 2021 (5.00 pm, Malaysian time). It was joined virtually by participants from other local universities and UiTM campuses nationwide. Lectures were streamed live via the Cisco Webex application and the Centre for Mathematics Studies, UiTM Youtube account.

The hosting of the hybrid synchronous series embarks a significant faculty’s role in education innovation delivery to be experienced by more students and lecturers in the future. It also offers the students and staff the taste of international exposure and strengthening our global engagement through knowledge sharing. 

Prof Dr Isamiddin Rakhimov who led this lecture series is a mathematics professor at FSKM, UiTM, since October 2019, with research interests in pure mathematics. With his presence, FSKM has successfully co-organized the International Uzbekistan-Malaysia Conference on Computational Models and Technologies (CMT2020) with the National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz) and several universities from Uzbekistan.

He also contributed to the recent MoUs with the National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz) and Samarkand State University (SamSU), Uzbekistan. Various organizations have awarded him for his achievements, such as the Lifetime Professor Award by the Supreme Attestation Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Excellent teaching (Faculty of Sciences), and Outstanding Scientist Award (INSPEM) by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

He has extensive teaching experience in a few universities, including Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI) in Russia, the National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz) in Uzbekistan, and University Putra Malaysia (UPM) in Malaysia.

To support the Malaysian government’s initiative in creating more entrepreneurs and also to increase knowledge among the B-40, the Institute of Management & Halal Science (IHALALMAS), Faculty of Business and Management (FBM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia collaborated with NNN Technical Resources to run six training sessions on Halal Supply Chain for Industry. B-40 refers to the bottom 40 % of the low-income households in the country.

This program was awarded the HRDFGENERATOR Fund (National Economic Regeneration Plan) from the Ministry of Human Resources (MOH), Malaysia.  The training took place from October to December 2020 and was conducted in six zones such as Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu and Penang.

The first five-day training, days was conducted in October 2020 at the Sime Darby Convention Center (SDCC), Bukit Kiara Kuala Lumpur. A total of 60 participants from various background participated in this program.

Three qualified instructors and experts in the field of Halal logistics, Dr Harlina Suzana Jaafar, Halal warehousing, Dr Emi Normalina Omar and Halal Retailing, Assoc Prof Dr Anizah Zainuddin, were assigned to complete this training.

This training program is important due to the fact that it is a field that has not been explored among Bumiputera. Therefore, this training aimed to provide exposure and impart knowledge on the opportunities available in the halal logistics business as a potential source of business and income, especially in the field of transportation, warehousing/storage, and retail business.

Participants were also taught about the importance of certification as well as Shariah compliance implementation procedures, which emphasized the critical point of halal control in the logistics process along the supply chain as outlined in the Halal Guarantee Management System, guidelines by the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (JAKIM), Prime Minister’s Department.