Sunway University

Mission Statement

Our Mission

To nurture all-round individuals and devote ourselves to the discovery, advancement, transmission and application of knowledge that meet the needs of our society and the global community

Our Educational Goals

Sunway University students will:
become independent, lifelong learners who actively pursue knowledge and appreciate its global application to economic, political, social and cultural development be empowered with the competencies and capacity to contribute to a fast-changing economic, social and technological world develop strong leadership qualities and communication skills be prepared for careers that enable them to lead productive, fulfilling and meaningful lives value integrity and become ethical, accountable, caring and responsible members of society

International Role

As an institution we have an international student body as well as a mixed staff. We are actively involved in international collaborations such as the one we are currently doing with Metropolia in Finland and the University of Colorado, Denver. We are currently working on an exchanges with institutions in the region and Europe for undergraduates, post graduate students and staff.  

We have joint degrees with Lancaster University in the UK.

National Role

Sunway University is part of the Jeffery Cheah Foundation. The foundation and university are dedicated to promoting the 17 sustainable developmentgoals goal of the UN. We have the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development (JSC) and the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health both of which our students and faculty collaborate with.   

Main Focus

We are a programme focused on providing a strong practical education in design and interior architecture. In the latter we are training students to hold Malaysian Board of Architecture certification. All our students have internships for practical training.

Within this our university is becoming a research-oriented institution. We are trying to bring more of a multidisciplinary aspect to our education with a significant research element. This is where the MA and PhD programmes come in. They combine research and theory with practical output, which following the Research Council of Canada we have define as research-creation.