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Message from the Management

Academic and research are two powerful components that With regards to research publication,
shape a university’s future. Through its extensive experience
in the field of education, UNITEN keeps improving its standard UNITEN achieved the highest number of
of academic and research through various initiatives. We are publications at 1297 in 2019. For the first
constantly striving to make UNITEN the preferred university
to pursue one’s studies and develop one’s career. time, UNITEN citation hits over 10,000 mark
which is not an easy feat to achieve, being

With regards to academics development, the quality of quite a young university. But through a
teaching and learning experiences are of vital importance.
Lecturers are provided with the opportunities to enhance booming research culture and cultivation,
their teaching and learning skills through continuous we manage to excel. Our researchers
professional development programs and platforms for
intellectual discourse and experience sharing which include continue to bid for proposals winning
the training of current teaching skills and approaches namely international grants, national and industrial
Active Learning, Problem-Based Learning, Blended Learning
and Adaptive Learning. Lecturers are also trained to be grants bringing the highest percentage of
up-to-date with using technology in teaching such as using researchers at 84%. The national average
Moodle LMS, Panopto and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality of principal researcher as benchmarked
applications. Towards achieving academic excellence, we
also provide learning support for students ranging from by SETARA is 50%. Receiving international
personal development to academic support needs. All the recognition by the Royal Academy of
courses are tailored to meet trending market needs and are
monitored to comply with the Ministry of Higher Education Engineering, United Kingdom is also
(MOHE) requirements. a sweet success to UNITEN. UNITEN

researchers successfully secured 5 places,
In terms of research, the establishment of five UNITEN
Research Institutes (RIs) is the manifestation of its unwavering winning an all-paid 2 weeks exclusive
commitment towards research excellence, particularly in the
energy domain. The five RIs spearheaded by the professors training in London for “Leaders in Innovation
and researchers who are the experts in their respective Fellowship” program. This is, undoubtedly,
areas are the Institute of Sustainable Energy (ISE), Institute of one of the testaments of continuous and
Power Engineering (IPE), Institute of Energy Policy & Research
(IEPRe), Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI) and Institute consistent commitment from UNITEN
of Informatics and Computing in Energy (IICE). Through researchers towards research excellence,
these institutes, collaborations with the industries and other
research institutions at both national and international levels both in terms of quantity and quality.
are strengthened further. Collaborations with the industries
provide the opportunities for UNITEN to share the knowledge Over the years, UNITEN has undergone remarkable
and expertise it has with the industries in order to help them transformations in pursuit of academic and research excellence.
achieve their goals. Successful collaborations with the At UNITEN, we embrace the spirit of teamwork and togetherness
international research partners on the other hand serve as in order to achieve our vision to be a leading global energy
the proof of its recognition and reputation at the international university that shapes a sustainable future. Further to this,
arena. UNITEN continues to receive awards and recognition. UNITEN strives to produce future-ready and holistic graduates
During ITEX 2019, UNITEN was awarded the Golden Medal as well as academic and research experts who are committed
Award, the highest recognition of the night for being the to giving back to the university, the community and the nation
institution with the most number of Gold Medals won by as a whole. UNITEN will continue to empower its community in
product inventors. order to realize all these aspirations.

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