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A night to celebrate Sunway’s pre-university graduates

A night to celebrate Sunway’s pre-university graduates

“The most gratifying moment of our teaching profession is when we witness a group of young people completing their academic year after all the hard work and perseverance they put in”, said Ms Elizabeth Lee, Executive Director of Sunway University  during the AUSMAT Awards Night. Three of Sunway’s Pre-University programmes commemorated the success and accomplishments of their graduating students from Australian Matriculation (AUSMAT), Foundation in Arts (FIA) and Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) recently.

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Ninth Impressive Performance by MUFY Sunway University College

Ninth Impressive Performance by MUFY Sunway University College

Chew Weng Chuen, a student of the Monash University Foundation Year, pre-university programme at Sunway University College did Sunway University College proud by achieving the highest overall score in the June 2009 exams. His score was ranked the highest among all the providers of MUFY in the world, namely Taylors College Melbourne in Australia, Jakarta International College in Indonesia, Vientiane College in Laos, ANC Sri Lanka, Sunway University College and Sunway College, J.B.

For his outstanding performance, Weng Chuen received…

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Soaring from MUFY to PhD

Soaring from MUFY to PhD

In 2001, Mark Ng Kok Yew was in the Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY), a pre-university programme at Sunway College before it became Sunway University College. He then went to do an engineering degree at the Monash University, Sunway campus.

In just eight years, he made news, when he became the first graduate from Monash University campus in Bandar Sunway to be conferred a PhD in engineering.

Mark is currently an engineering lecturer at Monash University Sunway Campus and is…

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Chess Kings

Chess Kings

For the first time ever, Sunway University College Chess Team emerged as Champion of the International Chess category at the MAPCU IMU International Chess Competition 2009, organised by International Medical University, Bukit Jalil recently.

Last year, our International Chess team was in third placing, while the Chinese Chess team won the First Runner-up, a position which they maintained this year at the MAPCU IMU Chinese Chess 2009.

An exhilarated Chess Club advisor, Khoo Boo Hin of A-levels department said he was excited…

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Melvin has the Midas touch

Melvin has the Midas touch

He surfs the net, hangs out with friends and watches movies in his spare time but that is where the similarity with 19-year old Melvin Chua Bao Quan, a student of Sunway’s Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) and other youngsters ends.

Melvin storms up the pool in squad training twice a day from 6.30 am to 9 am and from 4pm to 6.30 pm, clocking up about 6-7 kilometers each time. “That’s about 240 laps a day” said Melvin. As most of…

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Students who made a mark

Students who made a mark

534 Sunway students were presented with various scholarships amounting to RM 2.5 million during a ceremony held recently. The amount came from the Sunway Education Trust, a fund set up by Sunway in 1997 with an altruistic purpose of providing financial assistance to deserving students every year. A total of RM 30.4 million has been distributed so far to 3,500 students. Sunway University College is the only private higher education institution in Malaysia which operates under a Trust. “Sunway’s Founder Tan…

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Nothing but Brilliance by MUFY Sunway

Nothing but Brilliance by MUFY Sunway

It has become something of a tradition at Sunway University College for the Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY), a pre-U programme, to consistently produce outstanding students. The Monash College Group, Melbourne, the examination and awarding body for MUFY Worldwide recently announced that Leanne Ho Su Yee, a MUFY August 2006 student at Sunway University College achieved the highest overall score among all the MUFY providers worldwide in the recent June examinations. She also received the Monash Top Scorer Award. In…

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That Top of the World Feeling Again for MUFY Sunway University College

That Top of the World Feeling Again for MUFY Sunway University College

At the recent Graduation Night last month, Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) Sunway University College was tops in the world again as it clinched the Monash Top Scorer Award. The award has been won by a MUFY Sunway University College student on all occasions each time it was offered. This is the fifth time that a student of MUFY Sunway University College has won this. The coveted award went to Cheng Yuan Xiang. Cheng was also given the MUFY Excellence…

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Sunway Student Battles His Way to Italy

Sunway Student Battles His Way to Italy

His baby face does not reveal that he is an offensive and defensive combat expert, but Tan Soon Hua has proven his capabilities – in the cyberworld, that is.

After three days of battle at the World Cyber Games (WCG) 2006 Malaysia Finals, winners emerged for the various cyber games. Tan claimed the championship title for StarCraft: Brood War (SC). The coveted prize – to represent Malaysia in the Grand Finals in Monza, Italy come this October.

This was…

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Top Students Power Up Pre-U Programmes

Top Students Power Up Pre-U Programmes

Sunway University College has the distinction of being the only institution in Malaysia that is a provider of four pre-university programmes from Australia, Canada and the UK.

Sunway University College has been offering the Australian Matriculation (AusMat) on behalf of the Curriculum Council of Western Australia since 1988 and is one of the largest providers in terms of student numbers for the Ontario-based Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) since 1990. It is the sole provider of the Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) in…

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