UCS board of directors decided to donate the college to the state of Sarawak for a token sum of RM1.

The gesture is to honor Puan Sri Amar Laila Taib, the wife of the Sarawak Chief Minister who passed away April, 2009


The RM30mil Kolej Laila Taib college stands on 4ha at the old Sibu airport.

It is a state institution of higher learning and wholly owned and managed by the Sarawak government through Yayasan Sarawak.

The first intake of 300 students in April 2010 took up diploma courses in quantity surveying, civil engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, architecture and business management.

Upon graduation, the student will be able to continue to degree programmes without going to Australia or Britain as KLT has articulation arrangements with well-known universities in the two countries.

KLT aims to attain university-college status by 2012.

Kolej Laila Taib Education Fund was set up to provide scholarships for deserving students to pursue tertiary education.

Sarawakian students of all races with five SPM credits can apply for the scholarships of RM15,000 for a 3-year diploma programme.

Under principal Wong Kee Yew, UCS has made outstanding achievements in the education industry in Sarawak and Malaysia.

It is the first private higher educational institution to achieve recognition from Malaysian Qualifications Agency (previously known as Lembaga Akreditasi Negara), Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awan, Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia, Institution of Surveyors Malaysia, Chartered Institution of Builders and Institution of Engineers Malaysia.

UCS is a non-profit private institution set up by donors.

UCS was the brainchild of former Sarawak United People’s Party president and former deputy chief minister Tan Sri Dr Wong Soon Kai.

The college has 500 students and has produced more than 3,500 graduates by 2010 since its establishment in 1997.