Sunway Advantage

1. Qualified Academics - The highly qualified academic staff comprise of professor, associate professors and post-doctorate level lecturers who are strongly connected to the industry and actively involved in the research world. On top of it all, they are truly accessible and committed in offering advice and guidance to students even beyond the scope of regular lessons.
    
2. International Connection: University Partner
   Success is a culmination of teamwork and strong partnerships. We have long been in alliance with some of the most accomplished institutions of higher learning to ensure that our students get the best in education.
   
   Lancaster University
   Sunway University is in partnership with Lancaster University, UK, a world-class institution of higher learning which has consistently maintained its high rankings over the years in numerous reputable league tables.
   
   Established by Royal Charter in 1964, Lancaster University enjoys a world-class reputation as a centre for excellence in teaching, scholarship and research. The institution is currently ranked 9th out of over 100 universities in the UK in The Times Good University Guide 2012, 9th in the Independent’s Complete University Guide 2012, 7th in the Guardian University Guide 2012, 124th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011, and 153 out of 300 Universities in QS World University Rankings 2011, making it within the top 1 per cent of the universities in the world.
   
   Lancaster University is also a member of the prestigious N8 Group which consists of eight of the most research intensive universities in northern England. The institution continues to sustain its reputation for teaching and research excellence both nationally and internationally by bringing universities, businesses and communities together. An example of this is the InfoLab21 at Lancaster University, which is an award-winning international centre of excellence for research in information and communication technologies and has a successful history of working with Microsoft, BT Labs, Orange, Cisco, Nokia and Ford. Additionally, the Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) is a triple-accredited, world-ranked management school, consistently among the UK’s top five.
   
   The degree programmes developed and conducted at Sunway University are validated by Lancaster University, UK. Our students who successfully complete these undergraduate programmes will be awarded two certificates, making them graduates of both Sunway University and Lancaster University.
    
3. Industry-linked & Providing Career Advice for students (students can go to a career co-ordinator in the school, who can link students up with Companies who are hiring, even before they graduate. A lot of companies have sent in Job Vacancies Notice to seek for our students.
    
4. Industry relevance (graduates are market ready), through Industry Advisory Board making sure curriculum is up to date with the current market. This ensures that graduates of the Sunway School of Computer Technology (SCT) are equipped with up to- date syllabi and the close academic and industry links serve to enhance their professional knowledge.
    
5. Industrial Training
   We place much emphasis on our students training in companies that help in their development and leadership. Our students have gone to some of the companies listed below for their Industrial Training, Graduate Management Trainee Programme and real-life projects.
   • SAS Institute Sdn Bhd
   • Serial Data Sdn Bhd
   • Sunway Group
   • Time dotCom Berhad
   • Accenture
   • Aims Data Centre Sdn Bhd
   • I-Net Sdn Bhd
   • PricewaterhouseCoopers