Harnessing University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia through Industrial Training

As Malaysia is rapidly growing in terms of the advancement of science and technology, unprecedented demand for better graduates has been created. However, industry often criticizes that existing university curricula fall short to tackle the practical issues in the industry. For instance, the indust...

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Main Authors: Syahrul Nizam, Junaini, Sy F., Seyed Fadzir, Jonathan, Sidi, Mohd J., Ahmad Khiri, Rosita, Mohamed Othman
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Language:English
Published: IEEE Xplore 2014
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1236/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1236/1/04530132-1.pdf
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author Syahrul Nizam, Junaini
Sy F., Seyed Fadzir
Jonathan, Sidi
Mohd J., Ahmad Khiri
Rosita, Mohamed Othman
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Sy F., Seyed Fadzir
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description As Malaysia is rapidly growing in terms of the advancement of science and technology, unprecedented demand for better graduates has been created. However, industry often criticizes that existing university curricula fall short to tackle the practical issues in the industry. For instance, the industry expects the university to train their future employees with the latest technology. In this paper, we propose a smart synergy model to overcome the above-mentioned mismatch. Our hypothesis is that there are the needs for well-expressed and smart connectivity between academia and the industry. This paper highlights strategies to abolish the misalignment between university and industry. Our main concept is to blend the academic rigidity with the industrial relevance. First we analyzed the trend of university-industry partnership in Malaysia. We report the success story and issues behind the industrial training program at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University Malaysia Sarawak.
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spelling unimas-12362018-08-03T00:56:55Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1236/ Harnessing University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia through Industrial Training Syahrul Nizam, Junaini Sy F., Seyed Fadzir Jonathan, Sidi Mohd J., Ahmad Khiri Rosita, Mohamed Othman T Technology (General) As Malaysia is rapidly growing in terms of the advancement of science and technology, unprecedented demand for better graduates has been created. However, industry often criticizes that existing university curricula fall short to tackle the practical issues in the industry. For instance, the industry expects the university to train their future employees with the latest technology. In this paper, we propose a smart synergy model to overcome the above-mentioned mismatch. Our hypothesis is that there are the needs for well-expressed and smart connectivity between academia and the industry. This paper highlights strategies to abolish the misalignment between university and industry. Our main concept is to blend the academic rigidity with the industrial relevance. First we analyzed the trend of university-industry partnership in Malaysia. We report the success story and issues behind the industrial training program at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University Malaysia Sarawak. IEEE Xplore 2014-03-20 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1236/1/04530132-1.pdf Syahrul Nizam, Junaini and Sy F., Seyed Fadzir and Jonathan, Sidi and Mohd J., Ahmad Khiri and Rosita, Mohamed Othman (2014) Harnessing University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia through Industrial Training. (Submitted) http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Syahrul Nizam, Junaini
Sy F., Seyed Fadzir
Jonathan, Sidi
Mohd J., Ahmad Khiri
Rosita, Mohamed Othman
Harnessing University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia through Industrial Training
title Harnessing University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia through Industrial Training
title_full Harnessing University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia through Industrial Training
title_fullStr Harnessing University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia through Industrial Training
title_full_unstemmed Harnessing University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia through Industrial Training
title_short Harnessing University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia through Industrial Training
title_sort harnessing university-industry collaboration in malaysia through industrial training
topic T Technology (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1236/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1236/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1236/1/04530132-1.pdf