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Malaysia Sabah (UMS) vice said. management, " he chancellor, Prof Datuk Seri Dr. Kamaruzaman Was Panglima Dr. Kamaruzaman speaking when delivering his Haji Ampon has outlined four keynote address at the Chan- main agendas this year. cellory Hall in UMS here yes-
These are academic ex- terday.
cellence, enhancing research He also told the academic and innovation, strengthen- staff to prepare their courses ing delivery and administra- well and effectively by diver- tion as well as improving ties sifying their course presenta- with the community and in- tions.
dustry. In this respect, he said, the
"Besides gaining knowledge role of the Centre of En- in their respective fields, stu- trepreneurial Research and De- dents must be equipped with the velopment needed to be re- elements of human skills which viewed because it had the po- are communication, critical tential to act as a secretariat for thinking, problem solving, activities in developing en- teamwork, lifelong learning and trepreneurs.
Although the university en- joyed good relations with the community, he believes there is plenty of room for improvement especially in conducting high impact programmes.
He mentioned the PUPUK Programme by the School of Medicine conducted in Kudat as one such high impact pro- gramme.
UMS now has 13 Schools with 10 in Kota Kinabalu, two in Labuan and one in San- dakan.
A total of 64 undergraduate programmes are offered other than postgraduate and research studies.
Since 18 years ago, the uni-
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