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Being in a competitive sports environment made Hoh Hui Shan realise how other factors affect performance, with diet playing an important role. She also believes in good nutrition being the key to good health. With these in mind, Shan decided to pursue her degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at IMU. More on Shan's journey at
According to psychiatrists, 4 out of 10 Malaysians suffer from mental health issues in their lifetime. This number is expected to increase over time. However, the actual figure is not accurately known due to the social stigma on this issue, IMU Consultant Psychiatrist, A/Prof Philip George said that priority and acknowledgement should be given towards
Preparing people to develop into an advanced practitioner, with enhanced leadership and research skills to enhance their professional career is the aim of the Master of Pharmacy Practice programme at IMU. This programme, which had its inaugural intake on 9 January 2017, enriched its students’ experience by bringing together diverse backgrounds of students. More information
For IMU Alumnus, Lim Kean Ping, being a pharmacist is never his first ambition. His first inclination to be a pharmacist rose after he suffered from a serious drug allergy which resulted in a 7-day hospital stay during Form 6. HIs initial intention was pretty simple, he wanted to be a pharmacist and manage his
IMU now holds “Self-accreditation status” following the announcement made by Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) on 20 March 2017. IMU is one of the eight (8) universities that received the coveted award. The self-accreditation status entitles a higher education provider (HEP) to accredit its programmes except for programmes that require accreditation and recognition of the relevant
Three doctors spoke at a roundtable session organised by the IMU Healthcare highlighting little known health conditions and issues that are specific to women. This was organised in conjunction with International Women's Day on March 8. Dr Lim Ser Chin presented her topic, "Autoimmune Disease In The Female Adolescent 1 Am Too Young To Be This
As part of the course requirements for Semester 3 students of the Foundation in Science programme for Cross Boundary Studies, the FS116 students decided to give the Dignity for Children Foundation (DFC) students, aged 16-17, an experience of a lifetime, bringing their textbooks to life. This is made possible through hands-on Chemistry and Biology experiments
IMU launched the IMU Quit Smoking Service (IMU-QSS) on 22 Feb 2017 that is aligned with Malaysian National Tobacco Control Program based upon World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) and MPOWER measures to reduce the consumption and demand for tobacco. Pending for approval by the Ministry of Health, IMU would be working
The IMU Bachelor of Science (Hons) Biomedical Science programme obtained a prestigious accreditation from the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), UK. Accreditation by the IBMS is an international recognition by the profession of the achievement of quality standards for delivering BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science programmes. Read More-> IMU Biomedical Science Programme Gets UK Accreditation (Borneo
IMU is one of the 42 higher learning institutions who has been awarded a Tier 5: Excellent Setara rating. This rating offers prospective students, parents, teachers and academic society an indication of the quality of teaching and learning at the undergraduate level at these universities. This stringent evaluation took into consideration three generic domains: •