Sunway University College Opens New Lancaster Centre to Strengthen Affiliate Partnership
The new Lancaster University Centre was officially opened by Professor Robert McKinlay, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University. Professor McKinlay was in Malaysia to represent the Chancellor of Lancaster, Sir Chris Bonington, at the first graduation ceremony at which graduates of the collaborative degree programme received their scrolls. As part of its commitment to continuously provide quality education in Malaysia, Sunway University College opened a new Lancaster University Centre within its premises to further strengthen the affiliation between Sunway University College and its British partner.
The partnership between Sunway University College and Lancaster University, which was formalised in 2006, has already seen Sunway University College develop their own undergraduate courses in Business, Psychology, Computing and Hospitality Management which are validated by Lancaster University, one of the top 20 universities in the UK and top 10 in research according to the Times UK Good University Guide 2009.
The partnership has resulted in world class degrees and is an excellent option for students who want a good UK degree with the “Malaysian experience”. For example the BSc (Honours) in Accounting and Finance at Sunway University College, developed in collaboration with Lancaster University, is officially accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and is one of two Accounting and Finance degrees in Malaysia, to be given provisional exemptions in 8 papers by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
“We are very pleased at Sunway that we passed all the ‘tests’ which Lancaster University set, to establish a lasting and effective partnership. Of prime importance was our ability to deliver honours degree programmes in collaboration with Lancaster which matched the high standards of this distinguished institution. The results achieved by our first graduates, in the Department of Psychology, 6 scored firsts and 12 scored upper seconds, justify the confidence that Lancaster has shown in us,” said Professor Jarlath Ronayne, Vice-Chancellor of Sunway University College.
In 2009, the postgraduate courses offered through the School of Business and Law and School of Computing Technology will commence. The Masters courses in Management, Management with Law as well as Money, Banking and Finance have been jointly developed by Sunway University College and the Lancaster University Management Schools (LUMS). LUMS is the 4th top business school in the UK and is the 22nd in the world according to the Financial Times Global MBA ranking for 2008. LUMS is also one of two UK management (business) schools acknowledged by the UK government as a six-star (6*) centre of world-class research in Management.
In addition to that, the School of Computing Technology will offer courses in Network Mobile Systems and MSc in Computer Science (by research).
Ranked one of the top 200 universities in the world by the authoritative THES-QS Guide to the World’s Top 200 universities 2008, Lancaster University also ranks no 1 in the Northwest of England (which includes Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan and Liverpool) according to the Guardian and Independent League Tables UK 2008.
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