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Seri Begawan Religious Teachers University
College (KUPU SB) offers training programmes
in religious teaching in Brunei at the certificate,
diploma, degree, and postgraduate levels,
with a goal to shape a knowledgeable, pious,
and devout society and nation according to
the teachings of Ahli Sunnah Wal jama’ah and
Syafi’e Sect, Islam and Malay Islamic Monarchy
(MIB).
The college has three main faculties: Education,
Syariah and Usuluddin. There are five centres:
Centre of Core Knowledge, Language Centre,
Postgraduate Studies Centre and Research,
Ahli Sunnah Wal Jama’ah Understanding
Studies Centre and Fiqh al-Usrah Centre.
At Diploma level, KUPU SB offers Higher
National Diploma in Religious Teaching and
Diploma in specialised courses. A bachelor’s
degree is available in general religious teaching
with a minor in: al-Quran and al-Sunnah
studies, Islamic philosophy and thought, Islamic
finance, early childhood education, Islamic
guidance and counselling, Islamic educational
multimedia, Islamic social science education,
Islamic health education, entrepreneurship in
Islamic education, Dakwah and leadership, Fiqh
and Usul fiqh, special needs education, Malay
language and literature and Malay Islamic
Monarchy.
Post-graduate programmes include PhD and
masters in religious teaching in Usuluddin,
Syariah, Islamic Education, History and Islamic
Civilization, Islamic literature, Arabic language,
and the study of Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah. The
Postgraduate Diploma of Religious Teaching is
offered to people who have a bachelor’s degree
or master’s either in Islamic Religious Studies or
from other fields, and wish to pursue a teaching
qualification.
Co-curriculum activities are available for
students. This includes entrepreneurship,
Islamic calligraphy, Islamic medicine, first aid,
sewing, MIB Manners, scout team, sports,
Talaqqi turath, leadership, public speaking and
more.
KUPU SB continues to work towards becoming
a renowned religious teaching institution in
the Malay Archipelago. In 2018, KUPU SB
signed eight memorandums with universities
including Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Tun
Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), and Universiti
Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI). KUPU SB also
participates in international activities with
university associations in Asia, Pacific Asia
and Islamic countries, including Consortium of
Asia-Pacific Education Universities (CAPEU),
Association of Southeast Asian Teachers
Education Network (AsTEN) and the Asia-
Pacific University-Community Engagement
Network (APUCEN).
In October 2018, KUPU SB hosted the AsTEN
3
rd
Expert and the 8
th
President Meetings
attended by education specialists from the
ASEAN universities, and organised a regional
education talk, ‘21
st
century education and the
4.0 industrial revolution,’ presented by Vice-
Chancellor of Sultan Idris Teachers University,
Deputy Rector of Indonesia’s University
of Education, President Philippine Normal
University, and Dean of Faculty of Education,
Kasetsart University, Thailand.
Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan