Student Development Activities

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Scholarship

\ YUTP UG Scholarship Award 2017\    \

Four deserving recipients of 2017 YUTP UG scholarship awards to pursue foundation and undergraduate studies at UTP were approved by the Board of Trustees on 10th March 2017. Currently, total number of active YUTP UG scholars is 34 students including 2017 scholars as per listed below:

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YUTP PG Scholarship Award 2017

The Board of Trustees endorsed 4 scholars to undergo UTP Post Graduate programme of Master and PhD studies by research method. These scholars are bonded with UTP once graduated. The 4 candidates are eligible for 2017 awards (as below) after thorough screening and selection process in addition to existing scholars of the same award recipients.

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YUTP Companies Scholarship 2017

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YUTP and companies have come into agreement of setting up Education Fund to offer scholarship to UTP students. The companies provide financial support to the scholars, whom will also be the companies’ future employees upon graduation. For 2017, Technip Geo-Production Sdn Bhd has selected another 3 UTP students to be part of the programme in addition to 13 existing Technip scholars while Murata Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd has selected one more scholar in addition to 1 existing scholar as in the table below:

Technip Geo-Production Sdn Bhd       

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Murata Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd

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Yayasan UTP (YUTP)-Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera (YPPB) Joint Scholarship Programme

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YUTP and YPPB have come into agreement of setting up Joint Education Fund to offer scholarship to 20 UTP students each year for 5 years from 2017 until 2021. In 2017, 20 UTP students were awarded with YPPB & YUTP scholarship. YPPB & YUTP contributed 80% & 20% of cost sharing to this education fund respectively.

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Student Support Fund 2017 (Bursary)

The student support fund award is a once-off financial assistance to eligible students; given in the form of subsistence of one semester tuition fees. Candidate is screened and ranked according to the approved guideline by Yayasan UTP Board of Trustees.

Yayasan UTP has disbursed a total amount of RM 984,594 to 156 students under this student support fund award via Bursary or Student Financial Assistance Scheme (SFAS) on semester basis of 2017 as below: 

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Student Development Activities

UTP has been producing well-rounded graduates who are well received by the industry. Every year, 90% of the graduates are employed within 6 months after graduation. This well rounded attribute is garnered through various sources and activities including leadership training, sports and arts activities; and career placement and entrepreneurship programmes. Yayasan UTP recognized the need of supporting this activities by establishing Student Development Activities (SDA) Fund as per stated in its trust deeds as follows:

Academic

Leadership

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Community

Arts & Culture

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Sports

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Technopreneurship

UTP Technopreneurship Unit is established to inculcate and nurture innovative and technopreneurial skills among UTP students, leading towards the setting up of startups and any other related endeavors. In the new UTP S-curve in becoming internationally recognized as a partner of choice for industries and a respected member of scientific communities, it is anticipated to produce highest percentage of students involved in startups.

List of Technopreneurship projects sponsored by Yayasan UTP:

• MicroBiz (RM 2,000 per project)

• Firman Tech Support \

• One Day One Job (Solvie) \
• Vibestudio \
• Kami Hantar Enterprise (KamiDelivery) \
• Almari Baju Dot Com \
• Ladies Scarves \
• Forge Factory \
• 121 Home Tutor \
• Kami Hantar! \
• E.Z Sublet \
• Der Kaffee \
• Baguli Enterprise  \
• LOL Tech \
• T&T Budget Printing Solutions \
• Kerabu Maggie Aufbau \

• Kingsman Apparel\

• TechnoSeed (RM 3,000 per project)

• The Fixie Wash \

• Zip-Zap 3S \
• Fruitcheck Product Design & Housing Development \
• FC Barcoding System  \
• Plastic Bottle Reverse Vending Machine \

Yayasan UTP contributed a total of financial support of RM 47,000 to 21 UTP Technopreneurship Projects.

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Student Mobility Programme (SMP)

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YUTP has allocated its 2017 budget to support all UTP programs related to SMP as follows:

• Student Industrial Internship (Overseas) Programme (SIIP) is a recognised programme under Student Mobility Programme where students are sent abroad to undergo industrial internship for the duration of seven months.

• Student Exchange Programme (SEP) in cooperation with the GE-13 universities is an accredited and recognised programme to study abroad in a chosen host university for one semester with the same amount of tuition fees paid to UTP.  \

• Research Attachment (RA) is a programme where UTP students can complete the research component of their home university degree in other institutions.  \

• Summer Programme (SP) offers students an opportunity to undergo experiential learning programme for the duration of 10 to 14 days. Students will be exposed to what host university has to offer and the cultural heritage of the country.

• Under the QS Asian Ranking, SETARA and D’SETARA evaluation, UTP is assessed based on minimum 2.5% of current student population for inbound and outbound exchange in overseas where SIIP, SEP and RA programme at Institution of Higher Learning (IHL) are some of the initiatives to achieve the target.

• Yayasan UTP contributed a total of financial support of RM 1,619,457 to send 259 students abroad under Student Mobility Programme.

Research

In enhancing the learning experience for its students, UTP provides an opportunity for the industry to establish and sponsor research projects in UTP as part of a long-term programme that involves collaborations between UTP and major oil and gas industry players, among others, to pave the way for enhanced relationships between the industry players and academia.

All funds for this purpose are contributed by Petroleum Research Fund (“PRF”) for the approved research & development projects undertaken by UTP.  The research project must be related to Oil & Gas and impactful to the communities. YUTP has awarded RM12,000,000 worth of YUTP PRF Grant to UTP researchers in 2017.

Sponsor School Kits Campaign 2017

This initiative is a part of 17th UTP Convocation Event and 20th Anniversary Celebration whereby Yayasan UTP collaborated with UTP in giving school supplies to primary school students from low-income families in the vicinity of Tronoh. Yayasan UTP’s justifications in sponsoring the event are as follows:

• To instill caring and thoughtful character among UTP community towards the needs of other people. \
• Promoting harmonious and unity amongst student and society \
• To support community surrounding UTP via charity event

The selected students received a total of 361 school kits worth of RM54,200 from Yayasan UTP.

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