Universiti Brunei Darussalam

(UBD)GenNEXT Education and Industry Collaboration

Brunei Week

Tokyo, Japan

27 February 2019

Sabrina Daud, PhD

Director of Global Relations

Email: sabrina.daud@ubd.edu.bn1

UBD Quick Facts

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5000 Students

500Academics

1:10 teacher: student ratio

12% International

Students

50% International

Academics

Est. 1985 9 Academic Faculties

1 Support Centre LC | Language

Centre

CAMES | Centre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences; CARe | Centre

for Advanced Research; IADA | Institute of Applied Data Analytics; IAS |

Institute of Asian Studies; IBER | Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental

Research; ILIA | Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Advancement;

SOASCIS | Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies

APB | Academy of Brunei Studies; C3L | Centre for Lifelong Learning; FASS |

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; UBDSBE | UBD School of Business and

Economics; FOS | Faculty of Science; FIT | Faculty of Integrated Technologies;

IPS | Institute of Policy Studies; SHBIE | Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of

Education; PAPRSB IHS | Institute of Health Sciences

7 Research Institutes

UBD Rankings

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QS ASIA University RankingsQS

WORLD University

Rankings

QS TOP 50

UNDER 50University

Rankings

GenNEXT Bachelor’s Degree

Arts | Business |

Engineering | Health

Sciences | Science

Broad-Based: Breadth and

Depth Modules

Discovery Year

outside 4 walls of

the classroom

Leadership | Entrepreneurial

Thinking | Environmental

Awareness | Critical Thinking

| Global Awareness

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GenNEXT Discovery Year

Study

Abroad

Incubation

Community

Outreach

Internship

3rd Year Out of UBD (2 Semesters): 70% Abroad

4 Discovery Year Activities

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UBD: No. 1 in Asia in Outbound Student Exchange

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140 Partner

Universities (Bilateral)

29 Countries

12 Consortiums

AUN | UMAP | ASAIHL |

SATU | AIMS | ICUBE | BSN |

IAEE-BR | NACAI | SEANERN

| Galapagos Science

Consortium | SEASIA

Malaysia29%

South Korea17%Indonesia

14%

UK11%

Thailand6%

Vietnam6%

Japan5%

Philippines2%

China2%

Australia1%

Singapore2%

USA1%

Others4%

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Research

Internship

Programme

UBD: No. 1 in Asia in Inbound Student Exchange

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Student

Exchange

Programme

Global

Discovery

Programme

Global Community: 44 different student nationalities on UBD campus

Research Niches

Biodiversity | Energy |

Asian Studies | Islamic

Studies | Data Analytics |

Sensor Technology |

Catalysis | Herbal