UCSI: The Higher Education Group With International Ambitions

Professor Datuk Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir, Vice-chancellor and President, UCSI

10-Mar-25 08:00

UCSI: The Higher Education Group With International Ambitions

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UCSI University is today one of Malaysia's top ranked higher educational institutions of learning, ranked 265 on the latest QS World University Rankings. It now has a campus in Bangladesh, along with four in Malaysia and hopes to share its Trans-national Education initiative with the world. Vice-chancellor Professor Datuk Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir shares her views and observations from when she once served as the director-general of the Ministry of Higher Education.

Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Keith Kam

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