Unique Selling Points of

Programs in Faculty of

Applied Sciences

(UCSI)

Ho Hooi Ling (PhD)Faculty of Applied Sciences

Programs offered

B. Sc. (Hons) Biotechnology

B. Sc. (Hons) Food Science and Nutrition

B. Sc. (Hons) Nutrition with Wellness

Master of Science

Selling Points:

B. Sc. (Hons) Biotechnology

General skills

Entrepreneurial skills

Applied science week

Entrepreneurship for Applied

Science (course)

Transferable skills

Communication, analysis, etc

Project

Work experience

Co-op placement

Large number of companies

In house placement unit

Employability

Have work experience already

• Coop – some students are offered jobs by their coop placement company

Good spread of science knowledge and skills

• Can apply for jobs in a wide range of industries

Work experience

Staff and Programme

Design Philosophy

General programme

• not specific

More fields covered

• better opportunities in a wider range of jobs

Learning &Teaching

Dedicated committee

Innovative staff

Quality teaching

Education Pathways

Credit transfer

Universities in Australia, UK, New Zealand

Postgraduate (in house)

Masters

PhD

Selling Points:

B. Sc. (Hons) Food Science and Nutrition

Food Industry – The World’s Most

Stable Industry

Why Food Science programme?Wide range of career options

Stable Food industry

Why UCSI Food Science?

Employability

First private university offering Food Science (since 2004)

Excellent Learning &Teaching experiences: a. Annual Food Fairb. Blended learning

3-year programme with honours

Entrepreneurial skills

Strong co-op network

Selling Points:

B. Sc. (Hons) Nutrition with Wellness

Health & Wellness – The World’s Most

Versatile and Growing Industry

UCSI’s reputation in Food Science and

Nutrition.

Existing B.Sc. (Hons) Food Science and

Nutrition programme could provide

fundamental support (staffing, certain with

Wellness programme.

Staff expertise in modules, and research

activity) for B.Sc. (Hons) Nutrition teaching

and learning in nutrition-related field.

Sufficient internal research grant scheme

(RGS) to support research related to nutrition.

Unique Selling Points

Interdisciplinary and experiential

programmes within the Faculty:

Biotechnology, Food Science, and Nutrition.

In addition to nutrition core components,

wellness, entrepreneurship and marketing

components are included.

Prospective students are generally interested

to explore the nutrition studies.

Affordable – tuition.

Unique Selling Points

UCSI’s Nutrition with Wellness:

“Potential External Threat”

Existing competition from public universities

(UPM, UKM, USM, UNISZA) and private

universities (IMU, MSU, Nottingham) offering

similar Nutrition programme.

Unique Selling Points

Programs offered

Master of Science

Master Programs offered

Coursework based programme

• Master of Science (Biotechnology): A9411

• Master of Science (Biotechnology with Business Management): A9903

• Master of Science (Food Science): N/541/7/0010

• Master of Science (Food Science with Business Management): N/541/7/0011

Research based programme

• Master of Science (Applied Sciences) by Research: (A10188)

Selling Points:

Master of Science

Coursework BasedMSc Biotech.MSc Biotech. w Bus. ManagementMSc Food Sci.MSc Food Sci. w Bus. Management

Unique Selling Points

(1) Your choice of study with either a coursework

or research based professional degree

(2) Balance career and study through either full-

time or part-time study

MSc

Full-time

- Complete in 1.5 years

- Max. 4 courses/semester

- Weekday classes

Part-time

- Complete in 2 years

- Max. 2 courses/semester

- After hours (weekdays)/Weekends

(3) Tailor the programme to your goal by

selecting from a range of elective subjectsFor example,

MSc Biotech. with Business Management

Science Electives (choose 1) MBA Electives (choose 4)

1)Trends in Medical Biotech.

2)Experimental Biotech.

3)Adv. in Agricultural Biotech.

4)Applied Bioprocessing

5)Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

6)Perspective of Commercial

Biotech.

1)Inter. Business and Manag.

2)Financial Manag. & Policy

3)Financial Accounting and Anal.

4)Marketing Management

5)Info. Tech. for Managers

6)Human Resource Management

7)Bus. Policy and Strategic Manag.

8)Blue ocean strategy

Coursework BasedMSc Biotech.MSc Biotech. w Bus. ManagementMSc Food Sci.MSc Food Sci. w Bus. Management

(4) Effectively advance your career through a focus

on the biotechnology development in business

MSc. Food Science with Business Management

1st Semester 2nd Semester

Res. Method. for Scientists Contemporary issues in Food Science

Academic Communication Advanced Food Quality and Safety

Food AnalysisMaster Res. Project Planning & Proposal Pres.

1 MBA Elective Module 1 MBA Elective Module

3rd Semester 4th Semester

Master Research Project 2 MBA Elective Module

1 Science Elective (Food Product Devel. and Commercialization)

For example,

Coursework BasedMSc Biotech.MSc Biotech. w Bus. ManagementMSc Food Sci.MSc Food Sci. w Bus. Management

Research based MSc. Applied Sciences (by Research)

(1) Pursue your research path with our experienced

research mentors

(2) Balance career and study through either full-time

(min 1.5 years) or part-time (min 2 years) study

(3) Scholarships available through the UCSI

University Trust Graduate Fellowship

Fellowship

75% fee waiver

(2nd upper)

100% fee waiver

(1st class)

Unique Selling Points

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