KUALA LUMPUR, Friday 2 April 2004 - UCSI (University College Sedaya International) today signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the University of East London, marking a historic relationship between the two institutions of higher learning. 

“With this agreement, we are appointing UeL as our external moderator for most of UCSI’s degrees,” said Vice Chancellor and President, Peter Ng, who signed on behalf of UCSI.

Ng considered this a very strategic partnership to make the UCSI degree more marketable internationally. “Employers will believe in the quality of our degrees, when we have an independent, external moderator to keep close watch over the quality of graduates we produce,” he said. 

This, he added, is consistent with UCSI’s long-term vision to produce graduates with international standing. 

The UCSI testamur will now carry the UeL logo as the external moderator. “This will further add value to the testamur, especially when our graduates seek to further their education in other countries,” he said.

According to Ng, the relationship between UCSI and UeL has always been very positive for many years since UCSI first introduced UeL’s Diploma in Logistics. 

“We are even now talking about offering a Masters programme in Logistics, which we are developing together with the University of East London,” said Ng. “We are working closely together with our partners at UeL to offer franchise programmes in Oman, Mauritius, Singapore and Indonesia.”

More programmes will be introduced by UCSI in the near future, which, according to Ng, will also be moderated by UeL. There are plans to offer degree programmes in English and TESOL at UCSI as well, both of which will also fall under the external moderation of UeL. 

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