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Twintech | |
Former names | L&G-Twintech Institute Of Technology (1994-2003) |
|---|---|
| Motto | Education at its Best |
| Type | Private university college |
| Established | 1994 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr.Paul Ang Siew Chuan |
| Location | , 5°25′08″N100°20′28″E / 5.419°N 100.341°E /5.419; 100.341 |
| Campus | Main Campus (George Town) |
| Colours | Blue |
| Affiliations | Edexcel |
| Website | www |
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TheTwintech International University College of Technology, orTwintech for short, is a private publicly fundeduniversity college inMalaysia.[1] The college's campus is located inGeorge Town,Penang, and formerlyBandar Sri Damansara,Selangor.
Twintech International University College of Technology, formerly known asL&G-Twintech Institute of Technology, is a private institution of higher learning licensed by the Ministry of Education. The university college is owned and managed byTwintech Holding Sdn. Bhd.
The university was founded to provide training in the fields of Architecture & Built Environment, Business & Finance, Computer Science & Multimedia, Engineering & Industrial Technology, Biotechnology, Nursing & Health Science, Optometry, Education, Music & Performing Art.
Twintech started from a modest, rented premises inSetapak. It previously had three campuses located inBandar Sri Damansara,Kota Kinabalu, andKota Bharu, with facilities and amenities, including computing suites, engineering laboratories, architectural studios, and biotechnology laboratories.
Twintech has around 4,000 students studying local and overseas twinning programmes. Approximately 150 local and overseas full-time lecturers support the academic programmes at Twintech.
All programmes will be awarded internally; some will be quality-controlled by universities from United Kingdom and local universities. The university offers programme such B. Optometry (Hons), B. Nursing, B. Biotechnology and more. Over 61 programmes are under approval status, another 42 programmes are within provisional status and 24 programmes are fully accredited status with the MQA (Malaysian Qualifications Agency).
