ARAU: Universiti Malaysia Perlis’s (UniMAP) 12th convocation which will take place for six days from tomorrow onwards, will see a total of 1,380 graduates receiving their scrolls at the diploma, undergraduate, masters and doctorate level.
The breakdown sees 75 receiving their PhD, 130 (Master of Science) 58 ( Master of Business Administration), 2,588 receiving their undergraduate degrees and 329 their diploma.
The convocation will take place at the Dewan Ilmu, UniMAP main campus in Ulu Pauh and will be graced by Raja Muda Perlis Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail who is also the UniMAP chancellor.
According to its vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Zul Azhar Zahid Jamal the convocation ceremony will also see the first batch of School of Human Development and Technocommunication graduates comprising 136 scholars receiving their scrolls.
"Besides the increase in number of graduates, the university also managed to record another achievement which is the boost in graduate employability (GE) based on the studies carried out by Higher Education Ministry.
" The GE percentage during convocation this year is 82.5 percent, a 6.76 percent increase compared to last year and expected to rise over 90 percent few months after convocation.
"This shows that the university has successfully produced graduates who meet the needs and demands by the industries," he said in a press conference here.
Zul Azhar also said from the 75 PhD graduates this year, 35 are foreign students from 13 countries.
He said the high number of foreign students that enrolled in doctorate programmes at UniMAP signifies that the university has managed to draw people from other countries to carry out their research there.