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Universiti Antarabangsa Albukhary (AiU)

AiU, which was established by the Albukhary Foundation, is reportedly planning to close down in June.

An official of the Albukhary International University (AiU) in Alor Star, Kedah, said, “It may be a temporary closure or a permanent one. If we are told to revamp and start afresh, then that is what we will do. But we are still waiting for further instruction from the ministry.”

Albukhary International University (AiU) in Alor Star is a fully residential campus with comprehensive facilities set up as a ‘waqf’ institution. Its 600 students have been told to pack up and transfer to another university tomorrow. – Pic courtesy of AiU, April 12, 2014.

The institution operates as a charitable entity catering to needy students from around the world.

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Malaysian Insider

Albukhary University to shut over student dissatisfaction, management issues

Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary’s full-scholarship university in Kedah is being shut down this weekend because of student dissatisfaction with the programmes and management issues – with undergraduates being pushed elsewhere next week.

An official of the Albukhary International University (AiU) in Alor Star, Kedah, told The Malaysian Insider that the first batch of its 600 students are set to pack up and transfer to another university tomorrow.

“At the early stage, we were advised to restructure but we have now been advised by the (education) ministry to close.
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AiU – a fully residential campus with comprehensive facilities in an 18ha site near the city of Alor Star – was set up in 2010 as a “waqf” (eternally charitable) institution funded by Syed Mokhtar’s Albukhary Foundation.

The international university has a diverse enrolment from more than 50 countries, with about 75% of them foreigners. Every AiU student holds a scholarship from the foundation.

The university offered foundation studies and degrees in Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Information Technology and Computer Science.

The programmes are approved by the ministry and granted at least the Malaysian Quality Agency (MQA) Provisional Accreditation.

thttp://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/albukhary-university-to-shut-over-student-dissatisfaction-management-issues

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Malaysiakini

3:40PM Apr 15, 2014

Six students sue AiU over closure notice

Six Universiti Antarabangsa Albukhary (AiU) today filed a suit against the institution for allegedly failing to give a notice of closure as required by the Private Institutions of Higher Learning Act.

The students (plaintiffs) are, Mohd Raimy Fahmy Mohd Radzi, 22; Muhamad Hanif Ahmad Fauzi, 21; Hanif Hafifi Mahali, 21; Mohamad Hanif Kamaruddin, 21; Muhammad Syafiq Abd Shamad, 21, and Farhan Sani Safiyuddin, 20.

They named AiU, the Private Institutions of Higher Learning chief registrar and the Malaysian government as the defendants.

According to their lawyer Fatimah Idris, her clients are demanding for the university to adhere to the Act, which requires a one-year notice of closure.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/260064

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