Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) or Tenaga Nasional University is an educational institution in Malaysia that provides both engineering skills training and academic programs. It is owned by one of the biggest utility companies located in South East Asia, the Tenaga Nasional Berhad or TNB.
Tenaga Nasional University – History
The school was established in 1976 and it was known at that time as Institut Latihan Sultan Ahmad Shah or ILSAS. It was the training center for TNB and its former company, National Electricity Board or LLN. When TNB received an invitation in 1994 to set up an educational institution, ILSAS was upgraded to become Institut Kejuruteraan Teknologi Tenaga Nasional or IKATAN. This new school offered undergraduate and postgraduate twinning programs in engineering and business management. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis or IUPUI was one of the programs that it was linked to. It was in 1997 that IKATAN was granted full university status.
Tenaga Nasional University – Courses offered
UNITEN offers various programs under its five colleges. The undergraduate and postgraduate programs are offered under the College of Engineering, College of Information Technology, College of Business Management & Accounting, Institute of Liberal Studies, and College of Graduate Studies.
Under the College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, and Department of Mechanical Engineering are available. College of Information Technology has Department of Software Engineering, Department of Information Systems, Department of Systems and Networking, and Department of Graphics and Multimedia. College of Business Management & Accounting offers the programs under the Department of Accounting, Department of Management and Human Resource, Department of Finance and Economics, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneur Development, and Department of Languages and Liberal Studies. While the Institute of Liberal Studies has the Department of Languages and Communication, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Co-Curriculum and Personal Development, and Department of Teaching and Learning.
Official website: http://www.uniten.edu.my
Address:
Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor
Tel: 603-8921 2020
Fax: 603-8928 7166