Quest-Beijing Institute of Technology launches dual degree programme

A new quest: The agreement was signed by QIU chief operating officer Nicholas Goh and BIT vice-president Wang Bo.

THE opportunity to study computer science in China — a leading nation in global technology — is a chance of a lifetime.

Now thanks to a new dual-degree partnership between Malaysia’s Quest International University (QIU) and China’s Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), students who register for the four-year programme will spend their first two years in QIU, before continuing the final two years at BIT.

Upon successful completion of the dual-degree programme, they will be awarded a Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) degree from QIU and a Bachelor of Science degree from BIT—which could open new windows of career opportunity across the globe.

The exciting collaboration was launched after both parties inked a memorandum of agreement (MoA) to kickstart a strategic partnership between the two institutions. The agreement was signed by QIU chief operating officer Nicholas Goh and BIT vice-president Wang Bo last month.

Goh said the dual-degree was one of the many unique learning opportunities provided by QIU — a private and comprehensive research-led university established on 12 June, 2008.

QIU believes that planting the seeds of curiosity in students from the beginning will inspire them to make ‘knowledge-seeking’ their quest in life.

To engage the students and instill the hunger for knowledge in them, QIU believes in blending theory and practice in education, ensuring that all its programmes are industry-relevant using motivational teaching methods which are highly effective.

“Our founder Datuk Seri Dr Vijay Eswaran has a vision that QIU must be more than a degree mill. We give our students the chance to have an extraordinary student life with opportunities that they might not get anywhere else.

“This programme combines two years of QIU’s experiential industry-based learning with the chance to study at one of China’s leading science and technology universities, ” he said, adding that learning is more than what is said or done in a classroom; it is a holistic experience.

“Studying in a different country is the ideal way to gain new skills, perspectives and opportunities that will make you a more valuable asset in the modern job market.”

BIT international students office director of Wang Ying added: “BIT has received a lot of students from Malaysia in recent years and we have been looking for ways to establish even closer ties with universities in Malaysia. QIU is a prestigious comprehensive research-led university. The dual-degree programme with QIU takes us to a new chapter in international education.”

As one of the top science and technology universities in China, BIT is delighted to offer this opportunity to undergraduates of QIU to pursue their education though our Bachelor’s Degree programme in computer science. The degree will position students to meet challenges and needs across the globe. We are eager to welcome our dual-degree students at BIT campus soon.”

To be a part of this exciting programme, contact Li Rui Solehah at 012-2021314.

QIU also offers programmes at Foundation, Diploma, Degree and Postgraduate levels.

There are five Faculties and one Centre at QIU – the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Business and Management, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Centre for Research and Innovation.

For details, log on to www.qiup.edu.my.