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is home to the Faculty
of Agriculture and
Food Sciences, which comprises five academic departments: Department of Crop Science, Department of Forestry Science, Department of Social Science, Department of Basic Science and Engineering, as well as Department of Animal Science and Fishery. The faculty offers qualifications from Diploma to PhD level.
Universiti Utara Malaysia
offers three programmes at its off campus branches in Kuching and Sibu: Bachelor
of Business Administration (BBA - Hons), Bachelor of Public Management (BPM- Hons), and Bachelor of Communications (BComm - Hons).
As well as public universities, there are polytechnics in Kuching and Mukah offering vocational, technical and professional qualifications, advanced Industrial Skills Training Institutes in Miri and Kota Samarahan,
four specialist teacher training colleges, two Christian theological colleges, two community
colleges, three nursing colleges and the Sarawak Maritime Academy in Sibu. In addition, the Open University Malaysia operates learning centres in all major towns.
PRIVATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Curtin University Sarawak is the first offshore campus of Curtin University, Perth, Australia and the first foreign university campus to be set up in East Malaysia. Operations began in 1999 and today the university offers courses for
The brand new high-tech campus of the University College of Technology Sarawak, in Sibu.
The attractively landscaped Curtin University Miri campus.