PRIVATE TERTIARY INSTITUTE TO EXPAND PROGRAMMES (BT)

by Nurhamiza Hj Roslan

THE International Graduate Studies (IGS) College is looking to expand its degree courses in collaboration with Malaysia's Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT).

Chief Executive Officer of IGS College Pg Hjh Fatimah Pg Setia Jaya Pg Hj Abdul Momin said the college plans to offer more programmes related to the field of creative industries.

Yesterday, IGS College launched four honours degree programmes in Business and IT. These programmes are twinning degree programmes with LUCT.

On the sidelines of the launching ceremony, Pg Hjh Fatimah told The Brunei Times that IGS college would be offering other programmes not limited to IT and business courses.

"LUCT has inspired me and I think we are going to offer more than what we are offering now," she said.

The CEO said IGS College could offer many more programmes especially those related to design and broadcasting, as well as short courses.

Nurturing the talents and skills of students was the main reason IGS College approached LUCT in coming up with programmes for students' further studies, Pg Hjh Fatimah explained.

She also said that IGS College approached LUCT because the university's philosophy was about embarking on innovation and creativity which goes in line with the aspirations of students at IGS College.

Students at IGS College's strengths leaned more towards skills and talents and it was through skills and talents they excelled, the CEO said.

Dato Fajura Juffa who represented LUCT at the launch of IGS College's twinning degree programmes said she hoped that the newly-offered degree programmes IGS College would expand.

She also hoped that more students would enroll in the programmes and realise the type of education that LUCT and IGS College could provide.

Dato Fajura expressed her confidence that in the future, programmes at IGS College would expand from just IT and Business courses to multimedia, design and other courses.

"Today, creative industries is the driving force. It's about building content, about people producing (their own) works, whether it's animation or software or opening up of their own businesses," said Dato Fajura.

The Brunei Times

COLLEGE IGS LAUNCHES DEGREE PROGRAMMES (BT)

by Zatty Joanda

THE International Graduate Studies College (IGS) officially launched their degree programme yesterday morning at the college's main hall yesterday morning. Present at the event as the guest of honour was Deputy Minister of Education Dato Seri Setia Hj Yusoff Hj Ismail. Also present at the event was the Malaysian High Commissioner Dato Abdullah Sani Omar and Dato Fajura Juffa from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) representative, other senior government officials, lecturers and students of IGS College.

IGS College is the first private college in Brunei to offer a full three-year degree programme for the students in collaboration with LUCT Malaysia.

The event began with a speech presented by Pg Hjh Fatimah Pg Setia Jaya Pg Hj Abd Momin, CEO and principal of IGS College and was then followed by a speech by Dato Fajura Juffa, the LUCT representative.

The guest of honour, Dato Hj Yusoff also presented a speech as well as to officiate the launching of the degree programme.

A formal agreement between IGS College and LUCT was signed on March 15, 2011 for the two degree programmes which are offered namely the Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) and Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons), available in both morning and evening sessions.

All the programmes are accredited by the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council (BDNAC) of the Ministry of Education.

The degree classes commences today.

The Brunei Times

IGS COLLEGE OFFERS NEW DEGREE COURSES (BT)

by Nurhamiza Hj Roslan

THE International Graduate Studies College (IGS College) has become the first private higher education institution in Brunei to introduce four new undergraduate degree programmes yesterday.

The new programmes offered at the IGS College are honours twinning degree programmes with Malaysia's Limkokwing University of Creative Technology and have been accredited by the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council (BDNAC).

The new programmes include Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours), Bachelor of Business (Honours) Accounting, Bachelor of Science (Honours) Information Technology and Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Software Engineering with Multimedia.

The offering of the new programmes has made IGS College the first private academic institution in Brunei to run a three-year full-fledged degree programme.

Speaking during the launch of the degree programmes at the IGS College in Kiulap, Deputy Minister of Education Dato Seri Setia Hj Yusoff Hj Ismail hoped that the college would consider making minor adjustments or additions to the programmes in such a way that the modules would have some relevance to the context of Brunei.

He suggested that modules like Brunei Studies and a subject on the Malay Islamic Monarchy (MIB) of Brunei be included.

The deputy minister noted the accreditation of the new programmes by the BDNAC and reminded IGS college to abide by all the quality assurance requirements as stipulated by the BDNAC.

Dato Hj Yusoff then further anticipated the partnership between IGS college and LUCT to be strengthened and sustained towards promoting quality education.

The link between IGS College and LUCT reflected the existing friendly relations between Brunei and Malaysia, he said.

Also present at yesterday's event was Malaysian High Commissioner to Brunei Dato' Abdullah Sani Omar.

The Brunei Times

LUCT REPRESENTATIVES VISIT KOLEJ IGS (BB)

A two-member delegation from Lim Kok Wing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) recently trained Kolej IGS (KIGS) lecturers involved in LUCT degree programmes.

During their visit, the delegation also toured the facilities of the college and briefed new students about the courses, methodology and other procedural and academic matters.

They also answered queries from the students at a briefing session that took place yesterday at the college's lecture hall.

KIGS is offering degree programmes in the areas of Information Technology and Business in collaboration with LUCT.

These programmes are accredited by the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council, Ministry of Education.

KIGS announced that the official launch of the LUCT-KIGS degree programmes is scheduled to take place next week.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

IGS COLLEGE HOLDS ANNUAL SPORTS DAY (BB)

Jupiter team members celebrating their win

IGS College Brunei Darussalam held its Third Sports Day over the weekend, at the Berakas Sports Complex, as part of its extracurricular activities.

Present as guest of honour at the track and field event was Pg Hjh Fatimah binti Pengiran Setia Jaya Pg Hj Abdul Momin, the CEO of IGS College.

The event began with the mass recital of surah al-Fatihah, which was followed by the march-pass by participating students, who were divided into five houses - Jupiter, Mars, Pluto, Venus and Earth.

Jupiter won the highest number of gold medals and was declared the champion house for the year 2011. Medals and trophies were presented to the prize-winning students by the guest of honour.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

IGS COLLEGE HOLDS TAHLIL FOR FOUNDER (BB)

A Tahlil was organised by IGS College in memory of its founder, Pengiran Setia Jaya Pengiran Haji Abdul Momin bin Pengiran Haji Othman yesterday at the college campus in Kiulap.

The event was led by Pehin Khatib Haji Suhaili bin Haji Metali Al-Hafiz. Also present were Pengiran Hajah Fatimah binti Pengiran Setia Jaya Pengiran Haji Abdul Momin, CEO and Chairperson of the college; members of the board of directors; lecturers; staff and students of IGS College.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

KOLEJ IGS BRUNEI LAKSANA PROGRAM PERINGKAT IJAZAH (MP)

Kolej IGS Brunei, mencatat sejarah sebagai kolej swasta pertama di Negara Brunei Darussalam yang mendapat kelulusan Kementerian Pendidikan untuk menjalankan program-program ijazah sepenuhnya.

Program-program tersebut yang berjalan antara dua hingga tiga tahun akan dikendalikan di sini. Pengetua Kolej IGS Pengiran Hajah Fatimah Pengiran Haji Abdul Momin dalam satu kenyataan berkata, penawaran program-program ijazah IGS dari Universiti Teknologi Kreatif LimKokWing, (LKWUCT) Malaysia telah mendapat kelulusan baru-baru ini. Memorandum persefahaman antara IGS dan LKWUCT telah dimeterai pada 2009.

"Bagi pihak Kolej IGS dan Ahli-ahli Lembaga Pengarah, saya ingin mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan dan terima kasih kepada Kementerian Pendidikan atas amanah dan keyakinan mereka terhadap kolej kami.

"Ini merupakan perkembangan yang amat menggembirakan memandangkan pelajar-pelajar kolej swasta yang berusaha mengejar ijazah dari universiti-universiti yang diiktiraf kini tidak lagi perlu ke luar negara.kesulitan para pelajar swasta daripada perlu meneruskan pengajian ke luar negara," kata beliau.

Program-program ijazah yang diluluskan oleh Kementerian Pendidikan ialah Bachelor Of Business Administration (Hons.), Bechelor Of Business (Hons.) Accounting, Bachelor Of Science (Hons.) Information Technology dan Bachelor Of Science (Hons.) in Software Engineering With Multimedia.

Syarat-syarat kemasukan termasuklah Diploma Kebangsaan (ND), Diploma Tinggi Kebangsaan (HND) dan GCE 'A' Level. Pelajar-pelajar yang memiliki kelayakan lain akan dipertimbangkan berdasarkan kes-kes tertentu.

Menurut Pengiran Hajah Fatimah, pemegang HND yang memenuhi syarat kelayakan akademik akan dimasukkan terus ke Tahun Dua program masing-masing dan dengan itu, mereka hanya perlu belajar selama dua tahun untuk mendapat ijazah.

Borang-borang permohonan dan keterangan lanjut boleh diperoleh dari Kampus Kolej IGS di Kampung Kiulap, nombor telefon 2238701 atau dengan melayari laman web: http://www.igsbrunei.edu.bn/

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