Perdana College pioneers the University Foundation Program (also known as Pre-University Program) in Bangladesh. Since 1996, hundreds of our UFP students have graduated and moved on into numerous overseas universities.
The UFP is specifically designed to prepare students with SSC / ICSE / Grade 11 / GCE "O" Level qualification for entering directly into a university degree program. This is a popular program to enter the Australian and Malaysian universities.
Benefits
Shorter duration compared to HSC or ISC: Students can complete the program in 12 months.
Since the UFP is tailor-made for a particular degree program, it prepares the students to seamlessly transit into their chosen undergraduate programs.
The UFP is moderated by UCSI University, Malaysia.
UFP qualifies students for direct entrance into a degree program.
The faculty members hold a postgraduate degree.
UFP also offers qualifying students the unique opportunity to pursue university courses while still completing requirements for regular university entrance.
A number of the subjects that the students study are credit courses in many universities.
The year-round school system allows students to enter and graduate from the UFP at different times.
The academic year is designed to give university-bound students an experience of the pace demanded in studies at the undergraduate level while they are still under the closer supervision and guidance provided in a secondary school environment.
Students will find that many of the traditional restraints of high school are lacking in the Perdana UFP. Staff and students relate freely in a mature and personal basis. An atmosphere of friendship and mutual respect offers students a maximum of personal freedom while maintaining the guidance required to encourage self-discipline.
Excellence in education is our goal. Our standards are high, and our programs are designed to help you aim high, too. The professional faculty is dedicated to students both in and out of the classroom. In a world of continuing change, UFP faculty strives to engage students in a rigorous curriculum that will prepare them for and challenge them to pursue a lifelong love of learning. Perdana seeks to be a great learning place to be, always.
We also seek to enable students to reflect upon moral and critical issues, and to develop their concern for the welfare of others.
The most important benefit that you can gain from your studies in Perdana College is the ability to think critically, to reason soundly, to imagine creatively and to communicate effectively – essential skills in the world today.
The teachings are designed to stretch your imagination, challenge the status quo, and apply your knowledge to real life situation.
Our UFP is recognized by our partner universities as to have met the entrance requirement of their degree programs. These universities include:
Acadia University, Canada
Algoma University, Canada
University of Manitoba, Canada
Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Northumbria University, UK
UCSI University, Malaysia
Other foreign universities that have accepted our UFP graduates, and with credit transfer include: University of Windsor, Monash College, Coventry University, University of Derby, University of Hertfordshire, Multimedia University, Perth Institute of Business and Technology, Thames Valley University, and many others. Our UFP graduates have also been admitted into a number of local universities.
Students must meet the requisite English proficiency of either an IELTS score of 5.5 (with no band below 5.0) or a TOEFL score of 197 (computer based) / 530 (written based) or equivalent, and one of the following qualifications.
Prior Education
Qualification
Entering Level
SSC
Div 1 or GPA 3.0; Maths*
Pre-University
Indian ICSE
60% in 6 subjects; Maths*
Pre-University
Grade 11
65% in 6 subjects; Maths*
Pre-University
GCE "O" Level
5 credits (Grade C); Maths*
Pre-University
NOTE: Depending on the Admission Assessment Test, students may be required to do some bridging courses before being admitted into the program.
*For Arts/Business stream, a course on mathematics is preferred; for Computer Science / IT, Mathematics is compulsory, and higher maths is preferred.
**Physics and Chemistry are required for science / engineering programs. In some cases, Biology is also necessary.