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Certificate in Business Studies

(R/0414/3/0063)(03/30)(MQA/FA 12514)

Certificate in Business Studies

(R0414/3/0063)(03/30)(MQA/FA/12514)

About Certificate in Business Studies

This programme aims to equip you with essential business skills, knowledge and understanding in business administration to thrive in the competitive global market. You will be able to grasp fundamental business knowledge in the areas of finance, accounting, marketing, management, economics, human resource management and information technology.

  • Full-time (1 year 4 months)

  • The Ship Campus, Batu Kawan, Penang 
  • January
  • May
  • September

  • Approximate RM 14,100

  • SPM / IGCSE: Pass with 1 credit
  • UEC: Pass with 1 B6
  • Office Assistant, Customer Service Assistant, Human Resources Clerk
  • Advertising Coordinator (Junior), Administrative Assistant (Digital Business), Sales Support Assistant
  • Billing Assistant
  • Warehouse Assistant
  • Data Entry Clerk

Programme Structure

  • English Language Proficiency
  • Introduction to Management
  • Business Mathematics
  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Computer Application
  • Public Speaking
  • Introduction to Marketing
  • Business Statistics
  • Costing
  • Management Information Systems
  • Human Resource Management
  • Introduction to Finance
  • Introduction to Economics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Business Communication
  • Pengajian Malaysia 1 / Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 1 *
  • Integrity and Anti-corruption
  • Bahasa Kebangsaan A** / Communication Skills
    * for international students only.
    ** for individuals who did not meet the minimum grade C in their SPM results or hold equivalent qualifications from other examinations.

Year 1

4 Months

  • English Language Proficiency
  • Introduction to Management
  • Business Mathematics
  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Computer Application
  • Public Speaking
  • Introduction to Marketing
  • Business Statistics
  • Costing
  • Management Information Systems
  • Human Resource Management
  • Introduction to Finance
  • Introduction to Economics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Business Communication
  • Pengajian Malaysia 1 / Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 1 *
  • Integrity and Anti-corruption
  • Bahasa Kebangsaan A** / Communication Skills
    * for international students only.
    ** for individuals who did not meet the minimum grade C in their SPM results or hold equivalent qualifications from other examinations.

Changes to the programme structure are at Peninsula College Georgetown’s discretion as approved by MQA

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Professor Dr Ian Pashby

Member
Advisor & Non-Executive Director
Peninsula Higher Education Group

Professor Ian Robert Pashby graduated from the University of Sheffield (UK) with a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy and then worked in research and development for Rolls-Royce (aero engines). He joined the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick (UK) as a lecturer, was awarded his PhD for research in the processing of materials and subsequently promoted to Senior Lecturer.

In 2000, he became Professor of Manufacturing Processes at the University of Nottingham (UK).

Professor Pashby moved to the University of Nottingham’s Malaysia Campus in 2007 to become Deputy Head. became Pro-Vice Chancellor and then CEO of the campus in 2008. Returning to the UK in 2013, he became Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Hull (UK). He moved back to Malaysia in 2017 to lead the Peninsula Higher Education Group as its Group President and in 2024 became the Advisor.