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UniKL to collaborate with UK licensing body on rail transport signalling control systems

PUTRAJAYA, June 15 (Bernama) — Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) will collaborate with the Institute of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), an international licensing body based in the United Kingdom (UK), on rail transport signalling control systems.

The collaboration was finalised in a meeting between Rural Development Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid, who is on a seven-day working visit to the UK, and IRSE Chief Executive Blane Judd.

In a statement issued here today, Mahdzir said UniKL will sign an agreement with IRSE to allow the university to offer courses at the advanced diploma and competency certificate levels that are recognised worldwide.

Mahdzir said the collaboration will allow UniKL’s Asia Rail Centre to be appointed as the centre for offering professional development programmes in the field of signalling control systems certified by the IRSE.

The IRSE has also agreed to appoint UniKL as an assessment centre for professionals as well as signal engineers wishing to obtain internationally recognised certification, he said, adding that the assessment will be carried out by UniKL’s Asia Rail Centre and the IRSE.

UniKL is a technical university under Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), an agency belonging to the Rural Development Ministry, that offers diploma and degree courses in railroad engineering.

Founded in 1912, the IRSE has 5,000 members from 53 countries and has 5,759 professional licensees in the field of railway signalling and telecommunications.

In the same statement, UniKL Asia Rail Centre dean and campus head Assoc Prof Dr Azman Senin said signalling control systems for rail transport is an area that has high demand in the job market that could benefit UniKL students.

“With the certification from IRSE, the graduates we produce can work and be recognised not only in Malaysia but also at the ASEAN level,” he said.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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