Vinayaka Missions University College (VMIUC) – A new University College in Malaysia

Vinayaka Missions University College (VMIUC) – A new University College in Malaysia. Another new University College is going to be setup in Malaysia
   
Vinayaka Missions University College (VMIUC), an Indian based institution will invest RM530 million over 8 years to establish a multi-disiplinary university college in Malaysia
   
VMIUC will have 3 faculties/campus

– A dental collge in Pasir Gudang Johor,
– A post-graduate medical faculty and a distance learning faculty in the Klang Valley,
– A pre-university, arts and science, business and management, engineering, hospitality and tourism, traditional and complimentary medicine, and health sciences faculty in Penang
    
VMIUC is not new to Malaysia, the owners have been operating Penang International Dental College and Surya College for the last 10 years
   
The dental faculty is expected to start operation next year in Pasir Gudang
   
VMIUC is planning to launch Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode to compete with Open University Malaysia and Wawasan Open University.
   
It plans to offer up to 500 programs through distance learning mode and target 50,000 students from South East Asia by 2017
   
We also heard they are hiring an experienced Professor from Open University Malaysia to run their ODL faculty. –