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EDUCATION
provide undergraduate students with work
experience of day-to-day operations at selected
organisations so that they understand the
practical-work processes and gain valuable
insights into the aspirations, needs and views
of the organisation they are attached at.
The attachment usually commences after
Second Semester Final Examination period.
However, for Bachelor of Science in Islamic
Finance and Bachelor of Business Management
programmes, the duration of attachment is 22
weeks.
As of August 2018, UNISSA has recorded a
10 per cent increase in student enrolment. To
accommodate the growing number of students,
His Majesty The Sultan has consented for
the allocation of a site at Mukim Labu in
the Temburong District, together with the
construction of the university’s permanent
campus under the 11
th
National Development
Plan. In his Titah delivered at UNISSA’s 8th
Hafl Al-Takharruj (Convocation Ceremony), the
monarch also expressed hope that the campus
would further boost UNISSA’s reputation as a
hub for higher Islamic education in the region.
As of January 2019, UNISSA has 1,093
undergraduate and 169 postgraduate students,
of which 10 per cent are international students
from Asia, Middle East, and Africa. There are 91
academic staff, of which 30 are expatriates. The
university has produced 1,271 graduates since
its first convocation in November 2011. With
the increase in student enrolment, UNISSA is
becoming the choice for local and international
students to further their higher education in
Islamic studies.