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Mukah Polytechnic

Polytechnic in Mukah, Sarawak, Malaysia

Mukah Sarawak Polytechnic

Politeknik Mukah Sarawak (Malay)
Administrative building
Other name	PMU
Motto	IT Teras Entiti
Type	TVET
Established	2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Director	Hisamudin Mohd Tamim
Deputy Academic Director	Iskandar Reduan
Students	3,144 (2010)
Address	POLITEKNIK MUKAH, KM 7.5, Jalan Oya, OYA, 96400 Mukah, Sarawak, Malaysia , Mukah , Sarawak , Malaysia
Campus	Suburb, 41 ha (100 acres)
Affiliations	Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission
Website	www.pmu.edu.my/v5/

Mukah Sarawak Polytechnic (Malay: Politeknik Mukah; abbreviated as PMU) is a TVET institute located in Mukah, Sarawak which is the first in central region of Sarawak.^[1] Being the twentieth polytechnic in Malaysia, PMU is the third polytechnic in Borneo island after Kuching Sarawak Polytechnic and Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic. The campus is built on a 100-acre site and is equipped with modern infrastructure and state of the art educational facilities.^[2]

The institute first operation began at Sibu Technical Secondary School in 2004. The first intake of students was in July 2005 session with pilot courses such as Certificate in Information Technology, Certificate in Civil Engineering and Certificate in Business Studies. Course offerings increased a year later where Diploma level courses were also offered by all five major academic departments. When PMU first started it had only 156 students, but in 2010 the population has increased to 3,144.^[3]

Directors of Mukah Polytechnic[edit]

Programme offered[edit]

• Department of Civil Engineering^[10]
  • Diploma in Civil Engineering
• Department of Electrical Engineering^[11]
  • Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Communication)
• Department of Mechanical Engineering^[12]
  • Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Commerce^[13]
  • Diploma in Accountancy
  • Diploma in Business Studies
  • Diploma in Secretarial Science
• Department of Information, Communication and Technology^[14]
  • Diploma in Information Technology (Digital Technology) Software and Application Development
  • Diploma in Information Technology (Digital Technology) Network System
• Department of General Studies^[15]
  • Islamic and Moral Education Unit
  • English Language Unit
• Department of Mathematics, Science and Computer^[16]
  • Pre-Diploma (Science)

Academic

The offering of general subjects, science and mathematics is offered by the Department of General Studies (JPA) and the Department of Mathematics, Science and Computer (JMSK).

In addition to the full-time courses, PMU also offers short-term courses that are open to the public and the local community under the Time Sector Privatization (TSP) program. The program promotes lifelong learning among the local community. Through such programs, it is hoped that the establishment of PMU in Mukah could help the local community to improve their knowledge, skills, competencies or gain new knowledge and skills.

Campus Residential College

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External links[edit]

• Official Portal of Politeknik Mukah