INTI: More students with bigger campus

SUBANG JAYA: INTI College Subang Jaya, a unit of INTI Universal Holdings Bhd, is targeting a student population of 3,000, of whom 30% will be foreign, when the redevelopment of its campus is completed in 2010. 

Work had started on the first phase, which was expected to be completed by September 2008, INTI Universal chief executive officer Tan Yew Sing said. 

After the redevelopment costing RM22mil, the campus would have 50 new classrooms, two more computer laboratories, five new science laboratories, a new library, a 500-bed hostel and a surau, he said. 

Speaking after the groundbreaking ceremony to mark the commencement of the project yesterday, Tan said the redevelopment would be internally funded.  

“With the addition of Phase 1, we hope the college will cater to needs of both local and foreign students. With this, we will be one step closer to reaching our goal of 3,000 students,” he said. 

INTI Universal would look into Phase 2 development, costing RM20mil, once Phase 1 was completed, he added. 

Tan said the group was heeding the Government’s call to have at least 30% of Malaysia’s workforce having tertiary education degrees by 2010, by looking to increase its adult education programmes. 

This will be achieved through its collaboration with the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM). 

“INTI Universal subsidiary, MIM-IMS (INTI Management Services, has a few programmes with institutions such as RMIT University (Australia), Maastricht School of Management (the Netherlands) and University of Hertfordshire (Britain) to offer MBA and DBA programmes,” he said. 

Tan said MIM-IMS also planned to increase the number of courses and students and INTI Universal would either enlarge its operations in MIM or set up an adult learning centre in Subang Jaya. 

He said the group also planned to set up one more college franchise in India and two more in China next year, in addition to the one and three colleges already existing in the respective countries.  

INTI Universal has one college franchise each in Yemen and Indonesia. 

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