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2.0 BACKGROUND OF POLITEKNIK PORT DICKSON & DEPARTMENT

Port Dickson Polytechnic (PPD) was built in 1990 on a 100-acre land in Si Rusa territory. It is the sixth polytechnic built
under Polytechnic Management Division, Technical Education Department, Malaysian Ministry of Education. The
building expenditure was fully sponsored by World Bank and was able to accomodate about 1200 full time students. But,
to fulfill the ever increasing demand workforce for career needs, the polytechnic is obligated to increase the number of
student intake to 5000 students by 2005.

In the Seventh Malaysian Plan, polytechnic was given a grant of RM 55 million to upgrade and improve all the necessary
facilities and buildings for future usage. After 22 years of existence, Port Dickson Polytechnic has been one of the
country’s notable higher education institutes in Malaysia. Started with only 120 students in 1990, the number of students
has increased to 5,933 students in various fields. With the help from all staffs, it has produced 27102 graduates to be
injected in various job sectors in the country.

There are 6 academic departments in Port Dickson Polytechnic namely, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Commerce, Department of Mathematics,
Science and Computer, and Department of General Studies. In the meantime, there are 12 diploma courses in Port
Dickson Polytechnic. They are Diploma in Civil Engineering, Diploma in Architecture, Diploma in Electrical Engineering,
Diploma in Electronic Engineering (Computer), Diploma in Electronic Engineering (Communication), Diploma in
Mechanical Engineering, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Automotive), Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
(Manufacturer), Diploma in Mechatronic Engineering, Diploma in Accountancy, Diploma in Marketing and Diploma in
Secretarial Science. Niche area for Polytechic of Port Dickson is Architecture.

Department of Civil Engineering (JKA) was initiated in June 1990 with the help from only 9 staffs. It was administered
by Tuan Haji Mahmod bin Haji Basar as the first Head of Department with only 30 students. In the first batch, students
only enrolled Certificate of Civil Engineering (Manufacture). With proper plan, amount of classes, labs, workshop and
student intake constantly increased.

In Jun 2020, amount of lecturers exceeded 90 while students increased to 703. It was then administered by Mrs. Ruslinda
Binti Abdullah n as Deputy Head of Department.Since Mac 2020, continuous effort by JKA has made the department as
one of the effective and sophisticated training centre which is able to produce skilled technicians in civil engineering and
architecture. It is proven by the graduates' excellent achievement in the workforce; government and private sector.

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