Asia e University

Asia e University
Asia e University
Motto in English	1 University, 31 countries
Established	2006
Type	Private
Chairman	Tan Sri Dato Dr. Syed Jalaluddin Syed Salim
President	Dato Ansary Ahmed
Vice-president	Professor Hairudin Harun
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Colours	Blue, and Red
Website	http://www.aeu.edu.my/

Asia e University (AeU) is a flexible-mode international university set in Asia, with its headquarters based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With Learning Centres in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia (and the list is continuously growing), AeU is a university set in Asia, by Asians under the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). AeU has now about 3,000 students doing postgraduate, undergraduate and executive programmes from 30 countries. The students are mostly working adults who are attracted to the flexible, online learning education provided by AeU.

The 7th ACD Declaration, Astana, Kazakhstan, 16 October 2008

We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and other Heads of Delegation from 30 member countries of the Asia Cooperation Dialoque (ACD)..... Note the excellent progress of Asia e University (AeU) in Malaysia and agree to explore the ways and means for the establishment of the Asian Credit Transfer System (ACTS) on a voluntary basis, and reaffirm the role of Asia e University (AeU) as an instrument for human capacity building, closing digital divide, increasing higher education accessibility and promoting e-education for the benefit of all ACD member countries.

AeU had its first convocation in April 2011 with about 100 students, including 2 PhD students. Academic programmes (non-executive programmes) are accredited by Malaysian Qualifications Agency under Ministry of Higher Education.

Schools

There are seven major schools offering a variety of programmes from Foundation Studies to PhD:

School of Management

1. Bachelor of Business Administration
2. Master of Business Administration
3. Master of Management
4. Master of Science (Management) By Research
5. Master of Knowledge Management
6. Doctor of Philosophy (Business Administration)
7. Doctor of Business Administration

School of Information and Communication Technology

1. Bachelor of ICT
2. Master of ICT
3. PhD of ICT

School of Education and Cognitive Science

1. Bachelor of Education (TESL)
2. Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching
3. Master of Education
4. Doctor of Philosophy (Education)

School of Professional & Executive Education

1. Professional Development Programmes (Short Courses) in Marketing, Project Management, HRM, Leadership, Personal Development and more.
2. Executive Diploma, Executive Bachelor and Executive Master programmes in Leadership, HRM, Business Administration and more.

School of Technical, Engineering Education & Reskilling

1. Train and Place Programme for Unemployed Graduates (Funded by the Ministry of Human Resources)

School of Foundation Studies

1. AeU Foundation Studies

School of Graduate Studies Support centre for all postgraduate studies

Centres

Supporting the seven schools are various service centres, including:

1. School of Education and Cognitive Science (SECS)
2. School of Foundation Studies (SFS)
3. School of Information & Communication Technology (SoICT)
4. School of Graduate Studies (SGS)
5. School of Management (SOM)
6. School of Professional and Executive Education (SPEED)
7. School of Technical, Engineering Education & Reskilling (STEER)

External links

• Homepage
• Open and Distance Learning: Bridging the Knowledge Divide
• AeU Progress Report - Asia Cooperation Dialogue
• Pursuing Education
• Long Term Joint Effort - Stanford Research Institute
• AeU makes path to varsity life easier
• AeU's Library goes beyond the traditional role
• Asian Centre for Islamic Studies
• Six innovation centres planned
• Imam makes it with flying colours in AeU
• AeU steers jobless grads to right fields
• AeU in Sri Lanka