Type Academy Campus Cyberjaya | Established 2010 Founded 2010 | |
President Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Lim Kok Wing Location Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia Website www.limkokwing-academy.com Motto Your fast track to successful careers | ||
Limkokwing Academy of Creativity and Innovation is an academy under Limkokwing University of Creative Technology that was started with the initiative to allow students leaving secondary school with low grades to pursue a university education. The academy was launched on 16 July 2010 by the Minister of Human Resource, Malaysia, Datuk Dr. S Subramanian at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology's main campus in Cyberjaya. The course outline is structured differently from common university courses, mainly by focusing purely on industry-related skills and reducing study time to two years.
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Launch
The launch was held on the morning of July 16, 2010 as the Minister of Human Resource, Malaysia, Datuk Dr. S Subramanian and the founder of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr. Lim Kok Wing headed the ceremony in Limkokwing University's main campus in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. Press, students, and staff were invited to witness the launching ceremony. Subramanian gave the keynote address to the public stating "You [Lim Kok Wing] are going to open many more doors to build new skills and, I hope, unlock vast resources of talent and expertise that lie untapped in our citizens who otherwise do not have the opportunity to build their skills to access high income careers."
Accreditation
Based on databases by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency and Department of Skills Development Malaysia, programmes conducted by Limkokwing Academy of Creativity and Innovation holds no accreditation. As the result of this, the graduates are not able to pursue further education in Malaysia using the acquired qualifications. For the purpose of employment, employers may be able to accept these graduates based on their own requirements.
Entry requirements
There is no education entry requirement for the academy. It was established for the students fresh from secondary school who did not pass their SPM (O Levels) and do not have the necessary credits (put in place by the Ministry of Education) to enroll in a local university. The main goal of the academy is to further human development in Malaysia through equal opportunities in the education sector.