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EDUCATION
The UNISSA Strategic Plan 2019-2023
focussed on the direction of planning,
development and implementation strategies
to achieve the vision in becoming an Islamic
higher education hub in Asia and meet
UNISSA’s mission to produce pious and
credible leaders who could contribute to the
development of Ummah through academic
excellence, research and community service.
The ve-year strategic plan is also supported
by the four main thrusts including Teaching and
Learning Excellence, Research and Publishing
Excellence,
National
and
International
Recognition, and Sustainable Infrastructure
and Governance. All 78 KPIs discussed were
presented by heads and leaders of the KPIs in
three separate sessions.
In October 2020, an impromptu visit from
His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum
Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi
Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei
Darussalam to the university’s campus saw His
Majesty calling for the immediate construction
of UNISSA’s new campus in the Temburong
District, following to the completion of the
Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Bridge.
His Majesty said that the project is signi cant
for the Temburong District and for Brunei
Darussalam, as a symbol of how Islam is
preserved and promulgated in the country, and
what is relevant is that UNISSA must prepare
for a new era with a new building, in which the
preparations should incorporate state-of-the-
art university management and administration,
empowerment of existing faculties, and
enhancing overall performance and quality
of the academic staff, without neglecting the
students’ accomplishments.
His Majesty also called for a new faculty on
agriculture at the university once relocated
to the Temburong District as the sciences of
agriculture, animal husbandry and the like are
also part of Islamic teachings.
POLITEKNIK BRUNEI
The establishment of Politeknik Brunei was
consented by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam in a titah
delivered during the Teacher’s Day celebration
on October 18, 2008 to accelerate the country’s
human resources development, emphasised
by the National Development Plan (NDP) and
Brunei Vision 2035.
With a vision to be a reputable polytechnic
producing innovative, skillful and marketable
graduates, and a mission to equip students with
sustainable skills through holistic and quality
education in a supportive teaching and learning
environment, Politeknik Brunei began its
operation in January 2012, with the enrolment
of its rst intake.
Politeknik Brunei reached another signi cant
milestone after it was awarded the
International Organisation for Standardisation
(ISO) 9001:2015 on November 27, 2017 by
Bureau Veritas (BV), making it the rst higher
education institution in Brunei Darussalam
to be certi ed, particularly in providing Level
5 Diploma Education in the eld of Business,
Information Communication Technology and
Science & Engineering.
In support of the institution’s vision on
nurturing innovation, Politeknik Brunei is
also an Institutional Member of the Oracle
Academy. Politeknik Brunei remains keen
and unequivocal in developing ICT talents of
young Bruneians (particularly those who are
passionate about ICT or technology in general),
since the Oracle Academy advances computer
science education globally to drive and boost
knowledge, innovation, skills development,
and diversity in technological elds by offering
both educators and students computer science
education resources.
Politeknik Brunei is divided into the School of
Business, School of Health Science, School of
Information and Communication Technology,
School of Science and Engineering, and
Department of General Studies.