“LIFE IN UiTM”

LAB ASSIGNMENT 4
NUR SHAFIQAH BT JUSLI
RAT1102A

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 WELCOME TO UiTM

 Perlis is one of the branch campus of Universiti Teknologi MARA located in Arau, 
Perlis, Malaysia. It was established in 1974 at Kangar, making it as the third oldest
UiTM campus in the whole country. In 1980, the campus moved to their permanent
location in Arau. Now, UiTM Perlis is the largest branch campus around the country, by
the number of student and also the total courses offered.
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 UiTM
• UiTM has campuses in every state in Malaysia, excluding
the Federal Territories. Each state may contain more than one
campus. The flagship state campuses are led by a Rector and
smaller campuses (called city campuses) are led by a
Coordinator.
• State campuses mainly offer pre-diploma and diploma-level
programmes in themes/niches set by the flagship campus.
Some degree and post-graduate programmes are also offered
through a franchise agreement with the flagship campus.

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 Orientation Week
• The main objective of this post is  the MDS or Minggu Destini Siswa or mainly
known a week for new students. But it is only for four days, unlike certain
universities which have a week of orientation and another week of induction in
their respective faculties. We only have one day of induction here.
•

• What is MDS ? As what I've said before it is the orientation week for new students
in UiTM. Why orientation is so important? Can I skip it? Yess , weh you can skip the
MDS , but then you'll feel soooo lost when you want to register for courses etc
because there is a lot of information delivered during the MDS through taklimat
and so on. Students from Diploma UiTM, the flow already know, but students from
matriculations, STPM and others, should never skip this programme. 

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 RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES
There are 13 residential colleges which provides accommodation to students in the campus. These colleges differ from one to

another in terms of room capacity, where some colleges accommodate two students per room while some

accommodate up to eight students per room. Residential colleges are not autonomous as they fall under the jurisdiction

of UiTM. However, the director of each college has vast power endorsed to them in governing these colleges.

• The colleges are segregated by gender where different colleges cater for different sex, with the exception for Kolej

KESINAI where different sex living in the different block. Residential colleges in ARAU campus is free for first year

students. However, a minimum fee is charged for second year students and above. First year students are not allowed to

drive their own vehicle except motorcycle. All colleges have access to free Wi-Fi service, which is part of the

integrated wireless internet connection for the University itself

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 FACILITIES IN UiTM
• Sport Complex
You can do some activity for exercising and had a healthy life with jogging in evening
or do some workout at gym instead.
• Unit Kesihatan
UiTM also provides ‘Unit Kesihatan for student so they can go and get the medical
without use any transportation to go clinic out there.
https://perlis.uitm.edu.my/v2/index.php/pejabat/2015-08-06-04-18-03/unit-
kesihatan
• Cafe near colleges
• For student who don’t have transportation and cannot bring transportation also
can go to the cafe nearby usually during raining day they can buy some food easily.

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• Library

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 CONT.
• Spend your time wisely
• Like many university teachers, Dr Brown has great sympathy with students new to the university environment. “I
remember my first term at university very vividly – seven hours of lectures and tutorials a week, one essay for each
course each term and nothing was compulsory.
• "I thought I was in heaven after two years of high school. But then it dawned on me that the free time was what
university was actually all about. It allowed me to get to grips with the subjects lecturers were introducing me to.
• "I could explore what interested me and what I enjoyed. I learned to develop my own opinion and my own view and
once I had done that, there was time to do everything else as well.”
• There is no doubt that the first term or semester at university is full of distractions, but being aware of what is
expected of you as a student and how subjects are taught can make a big difference to making the most of all
opportunities and settling down to a successful university career.
• There will still be challenges but knowing what lies ahead can make a significant difference to those first few weeks.

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 UITM LIFESTYLE
• While the freedoms that come with leaving home for the first time will occupy most students'
thoughts when it comes to their first year of university, the reality of studying at the undergraduate
level quickly dawn on many for whom the experience will be quite often a shock from the confines
of the school classroom.
• The first few weeks at university are amongst the busiest of a young adult’s life anyway, but the
challenge of new learning styles and independent study can add to what is already a very full plate
of activities for most.
• Put simply, university is very different from school in terms of what is expected either in the
classroom or the laboratory.
• Independent learning
• While high school instructors both teach and ensure that work is completed with the intention of
achieving a basic level of education, the role of university lecturers and professors is largely to
provide students with a framework and the skills from which they can explore their 

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Budgeting
• Usually student will spend money wisely
because their have to using for important
thing such as buy a book, event supporting
and etc.
• Roommates
For dorm life usually have 4 person in dorm so
we can know each other even from different
state.
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