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 Community Colleges of Malaysia

Community Colleges under the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia were established on 5 July 2000 with the setting up of five colleges. These Community Colleges were established to be institutions of excellence offering quality and dynamic education and training to SPM / SPM (V) school leavers who desire to attain some practical skills. It also provides a route to higher education. Their mission is to provide secondary school leavers and the local community (via short courses) the opportunity to develop their potential and achieve excellence through education and training.

From five colleges, the number of community colleges soon grew to 34 in 2003. In June 2007, there were already 37 community colleges established by the Ministry of Higher Education offering 21 certificate and five diploma programmes (Work Based Learning).
In July 2007, the total student enrolment for full-time course is about 14,000 and by year 2010, it is projected to have 60 community colleges in the country.

> Objectives of Community Colleges
The Community Colleges in Malaysia were initially established with the objective of producing Malaysian graduates who possess practical skills as well as academic and generic knowledge before they enter the working world. Courses offered are in the fields of engineering, hospitality and fashion, multimedia, social service, agro-technology and business at the certificate and diploma level. Alternatively, with the foundation they have obtained from the Community College, graduates can further their studies at Polytechnics or some selected Community Colleges through a Diploma course.
The role of Community Colleges has expanded into becoming a hub for life long learning. These Community Colleges offer short-term courses in new skills training, training to upgrade existing skills as well as re-skill training to the local community such as housewives, retirees, NGOs, etc, to increase the people's lifestyle quality.

Programmes Offered
The courses of the Community Colleges have been specially-designed to produce graduates with the following abilities:
• Practical skills that are recognized and approved by certain industries;
• Basic academic knowledge that enable graduates to further their studies at polytechnics, university colleges and other educational institutions; and
• Generic skills such as workplace skills, interpersonal skills, system skills, technological hands-on skills, information processing ability and the use of resources skills.
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements - Certificate Course
General Requirements
Malaysian citizens
Passed the SPM or SPM (V) examination & a pass in Bahasa Malaysia

Programme Structure
The Community College Certificate Course possesses the following structure and characteristics:
The minimum duration of study for a Certificate course is four
semesters while the maximum is 10 semesters;
"Hands-on" methodology where the ratio of practical and theory is 75% to 25%, and;
Flexible teaching and learning methodologies in the aspect of course structure, semester system as well as the grading
element.
 

Course Intake
There are two (2) intakes in a year which are in June and December.
> Entry Requirement - Diploma Course
• Malaysian citizen
• Pass Community College, Ministry of Higher Education Certificate related to the course applied for and fulfill the following minimum conditions:
Possess a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.00 and above or
Possess a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) between 2.5 to 2.99 with 1 (one) year's working experience
Possess a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) between 2.0 to 2.49 with 2 (two) year's working experience