Mukah Polytechnic

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Mukah Sarawak Polytechnic
Politeknik Mukah Sarawak (Malay)
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Administrative building
Other name
PMU
MottoIT Teras Entiti
Type TVET
Established2004;19 years ago (2004)
DirectorHisamudin Mohd Tamim
Deputy Academic DirectorIskandar Reduan
Students3,144 (2010)
Address
POLITEKNIK MUKAH, KM 7.5, Jalan Oya, OYA, 96400 Mukah, Sarawak, Malaysia
,
Mukah
,
Sarawak
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Malaysia
Campus Suburb, 41 ha (100 acres)
AffiliationsAsia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission
Website www.pmu.edu.my/v5/
Logo Poli Mukah.png

Mukah Sarawak Polytechnic (Malay : Politeknik Mukah; abbreviated as PMU) is a TVET institute located in Mukah, Sarawak which is the first in central region of Sarawak. [1] Being the twentieth polytechnic in Malaysia, PMU is the third polytechnic in Borneo island after Kuching Sarawak Polytechnic and Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic. The campus is built on a 100-acre site and is equipped with modern infrastructure and state of the art educational facilities. [2]

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The institute first operation began at Sibu Technical Secondary School in 2004. The first intake of students was in July 2005 session with pilot courses such as Certificate in Information Technology, Certificate in Civil Engineering and Certificate in Business Studies. Course offerings increased a year later where Diploma level courses were also offered by all five major academic departments. When PMU first started it had only 156 students, but in 2010 the population has increased to 3,144. [3]

Directors of Mukah Polytechnic

No.DirectorTerm

In office

1.Hj. Noor Azahan Othman2005 – 2005
2.Shahbudin Man2005 – 2006
3.Mordin Mohamad2006 – 2009
4.Dr. Mohd Nasir Abu Hassan K.M.N [4] 2010 – 2011
5.Wan Muhammad Afifi Wan Abdullah2011 – 2013
6.Lt. Col. Abdubrani Yunus [5] [6] 2013 – 2019
7.Dullah Muluk A.D.K [7] 2019 – 2021
8.Dr. Zamzam Mohd Walid [8] [9] 2021 – 2023
9.Hisamudin Mohd Tamim2023 – present

Programme offered

Academic

The offering of general subjects, science and mathematics is offered by the Department of General Studies (JPA) and the Department of Mathematics, Science and Computer (JMSK).

In addition to the full-time courses, PMU also offers short-term courses that are open to the public and the local community under the Time Sector Privatization (TSP) program. The program promotes lifelong learning among the local community. Through such programs, it is hoped that the establishment of PMU in Mukah could help the local community to improve their knowledge, skills, competencies or gain new knowledge and skills.

Campus Residential College

Desa SiswaDesa Siswi
Block ABlock E
Block BBlock F
Block CBlock G
Block DBlock H
Campus Cafeteria
Kuarters for Staff and Warden
Preschool

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