MIRI: Curtin Sarawak, with its metropolitan register of foreign students, is keen to explore its tertiary education potential for students from the Republic of China.
Assistant Minister of Communication Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the educational aspiration can be made possible with assistance from China’s consul-general in Kuching Liu Quan.
“With help from Liu Quan, we are looking forward to recruit more students to pursue tertiary studies at Curtin Sarawak.
“We are very keen to further develop cooperation in education development with China,” he stated in welcoming the visit of Liu Quan to Curtin Sarawak at the university campus in Senadin on Saturday.
Lee, who is also chairman of Curtin Sarawak Management Board, said the university is an off-shore campus of Curtin University, a university based in Perth, Western Australia.
He said the university has come a long way since its establishment in 1999 and is now a leading tertiary education provider in the region, offering students from all over the globe the internationally-acclaimed Curtin degree at a most affordable cost.
At the moment, he pointed out that the university has about 3,500 students from 40 countries.
The university will continue strive towards improvement which in line with its effort to build a reputation as a dynamic and stimulating place for tertiary study.
On courses, he said the school of engineering and science is the most popular course in high demand among the students.
Curtin’s engineering course has also received high recognition from the local industries here following with the outstanding performance of its engineering students.
Also present were Curtin Sarawak’s deputy pro vice-chancellor Professor Yudi Samyudia cum chief executive and chief operating officer of Curtin Sarawak Nicholas Ching.