A total of twenty-one students from Micronet International College (MIC) were honoured this morning for successfully completing the 14-week UTB-SP Bridging Programme in Computing (BriCOMP) and for completing the first year of the UTB-MIC Computing Degree Programme. The event took place at the Common Room of MIC’s Jerudong Campus.
Nine of the students were admitted to the first year of SCI’s undergraduate programmes, while twelve students received certificates, qualifying them to progress to the second year of the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computing (Major in Network Security) at UTB.
The ceremony commenced with the recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah and Doa Selamat followed by a Welcoming Address by Yang Mulia Ms. Sharon Chin, the General Manager of MIC.
The event proceeded with a remark by the Guest of Honour, Yang Mulia Datin Paduka Professor Dr. Dayang Hajah Zohrah binti Haji Sulaiman, UTB Vice-Chancellor.
The Guest of Honour then presented certificates to the students and awarded Special Merits Awards to Nur Batrisyia binti Metussin for BriCOMP, and Nur Fatihah Syamsiah binti Bunyamin for UTB-MIC Degree.
The event concluded with a token of appreciation presented by Yang Mulia Mr. Slyvester Yong, Chief Executive Officer of MIC to the Guest of Honour.
Also in attendance were UTB University Executive Members, Mrs. Joyce Lim (Executive Director, MIC) and staff and students of MIC.
BriCOMP is a UTB-Satellite Partner Bridging Programme established in 2020 in partnership with MIC which provides opportunities for students who wish to pursue their undergraduate degree at UTB but fall short of points for admission into specific undergraduate programmes in School of Computing and Informatics. Some of the undergraduate programmes at UTB School of Computing and Informatics include BSc (Hons) in Digital Media, BSc (Hons) in Creative Multimedia, BSc (Hons) in Computing (Major in Software Development), BSc (Hons) in Computing (Major in Data Analytics), BSc (Hons) in Computer and Information Security and BSc (Hons) in Computer Networking.
UTB-MIC Computing Degree Programme is a programme that enables eligible students to admit into the second year of a computing degree programme at UTB, which includes BSc (Hons) in Computing (Major in Network Security) and BSc (Hons) in Computing (Major in Multimedia).
