| About the Group |
UCSI Group is a leading multi-industry conglomerate based
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with diverse business interests.
The letters “UCSI” is a global brand personifying
the organisation’s Unwavering Commitment to
Serve Intentionally through a culture of excellence
in all its services.
The Genesis
The UCSI Group traces its humble beginnings to the setting up
of the Canadian Institute of Computer Science in 1986 in Petaling
Jaya, Malaysia by the-then freshly-graduated Peter Ng. The institute
quickly metamorphosed into a full- fledged college and was renamed
Sedaya College in 1989, with Peter Ng as its Chief Executive
Officer and President of the College.
In 1997 the college re-located to its seven-storey building
in Taman Segar, Cheras. In 2001, it was renamed Sedaya International
College, to reflect its international stature. In 2003, the
College was conferred University College status and renamed
University College Sedaya International. On 7th October 2008,
the institution was formally accorded full University status
by the Ministry of Higher Education for having fulfilled all
prescribed criteria. It was then renamed UCSI University. The
Minister of Higher Education, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin
personally made this momentous proclamation in an elaborate
gala dinner on 23rd October 2008.
It was in 2003, that the future UCSI Group began to evolve and
expand with the inception of numerous subsidiaries focusing
on key business areas that complement the University’s operations.
These include subsidiaries that focus on pre-school, private
primary and secondary school education, executive training and
lifelong learning.
Today, the UCSI Group consists of its flagship company and earliest
member, UCSI University, UCSI Child Development Centre, Sri
Sedaya School, UCSI Extension (for lifelong learning), UCSI
Communications (for public relations and advertising), UCSI
Food Technology (for food processing and food and beverage services),
UCSI ChristienLavin Productions (media production), UCSI Computech
(ICT services), Laurent Bleu Skin Science Centre, and the internationally-acclaimed
UCSI Blue Ocean Strategy Regional Centre. The Group is headquartered
at the North Wing, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur Campus where
most of the subsidiaries are based.
Peter Ng continues to lead the UCSI Group as the Group President
and plays a pivotal role as the Chairman of UCSI University,
as well as the Founder and Advisor of UCSI Blue Ocean Strategy
Regional Centre.
A Diversified, People-Centred Business Approach
The UCSI Group operations are based on a unique K-economy organisational
model whereby the University becomes the core and catalyst for
new business opportunities, most of which are non-educational
in nature. Being a multi-disciplinary educational institute,
UCSI University employs a diversified pool of highly-skilled
knowledge workers as well as produces graduates in a wide array
of fields. This allows the UCSI Group to harness the resourcefulness
and creativity of its faculty and graduates to create, manage
and lead new business ventures. This model ultimately results
in a continuous flow of talent, ideas and resources besides
providing training and employment opportunities for many of
the university’s brightest graduates.
Examples of the above include UCSI Food Technology, which
aims at utilising the resources of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
to create breakthroughs in the food-processing sector and the
skills of the Faculty of Hospitality & Tourism in the
food and beverage services sector. UCSI Computech pools
the resources of the Faculty of Management and Information
Technology in creating powerful ICT applications for clients,
while the UCSI Communications and UCSI ChristienLavin
Productions allow the Mass Communication & Event Management
programme students to hone their skills in public relations,
event management and media production.
The UCSI Group’s current business portfolios and interests are
intentionally diversified to minimize its business risks and
potential impact from adverse economic situations. This also
allows the Group to successfully adopt and adept to new and
fast-growing opportunities in various business sectors.
A Belief in Sustainable Development of the Environment, Community
and Economy
The Group is a firm believer in the concept of sustainable development
of the immediate environment, the community at large and the
local economy in which it operates. For example, the North Wing
of the UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur Campus, is a refurbishment
of an older building. This ensures that minimal construction
materials are utilised and the landscape of the area is not
changed much, to resonate with the residential areas surrounding
the campus.
The Group’s affiliate companies, Peterson Properties
and Campio Builders, continuously develop buildings and
structures for the Group that are environmentally friendly by
utilising minimal energy for lighting and air-conditioning.
Solar energy is harnessed for the UCSI University’s residential
halls with advanced lighting systems and motion-sensors installed
in office spaces. The campus grounds are also filled with greenery
to surround the University amidst nature.
The Group’s belief in sustainable development also extends to
the local community and economy in which it operates. It perpetually
seeks to ensure that its business operations benefit the community
and support the local economy. Thus, the Terengganu Campus which
houses the UCSI English Academy provides superior English Enrichment
Programmes for the east coast community of Peninsular Malaysia.
Besides, by offering the Bachelor of Business Administration
- Oil & Gas Management degree programme at the Faculty of Industrial
Business, UCSI University greatly increases the employability
of its students in the oil and gas industry of the famed East
Coast. Simultaneously, it also ensures that the industry is
able to pool capable employees. This same principle also applies
to the UCSI University, Sarawak Campus, which offers programmes
on hospitality and tourism, key revenue earners for Sarawak.
On another front, the future UCSI Bandar Springhill Tertiary
Hospital to be built in Negeri Sembilan, is designed to bring
together the many aspects of a private medical centre, community
medicine and a teaching hospital to provide low-cost healthcare
for certain segments of the society, characterised by high quality
and professional services typical of an established private
healthcare provider. This is to complement its role as a teaching
hospital that capitalizes on the resources of the UCSI University’s
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Faculty of Medical
Sciences.
The Future
The UCSI Group is committed to continuous growth fuelled by
new and innovative ideas according to the Blue Ocean Strategy
framework. Future plans for the Group include the construction
of four major projects; namely, a 400-bed hospital in Bandar
Springhill, Seremban, two 4-star hotels in Kuala Lumpur and
Kuching respectively, and an international School with a highly
accredited international curriculum. These projects will provide
additional opportunities for the Faculty of Medical Sciences
and the Faculty of Hospitality and Management to expand and
train its student population.
With dynamic leadership, sound financial policies, a trained
and competent workforce gifted with innovative ideas, the UCSI
Group is poised to become a leading business entity and a major
contributor to the nation’s K-economy. This, coupled with its
practise of transparent governance and a community-conscious
approach to all its undertakings, ensures that the UCSI Group
attains its objective of nurturing caring corporate citizens
of the community they belong to. |
| Last updated: 22 Jun
2010 |
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