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DISTED College
Malaysia
8 | Undergraduate programs | |
0 | Postgraduate programs |
Overview
Institution type | Private |
Year established | |
Campus setting | Urban |
Student population | Medium (1,001 to 10,000) |
International students | 10% |
Nationalities | Contact the university / college |
About DISTED College
Founded in 1985, DISTED College is Penang’s very first private tertiary institution that is known as a premier not-for-profit private college and is currently owned by the Wawasan Education Foundation. DISTED aims at being strongly committed to offering quality education and training to students for them to serve the needs of the industry and community.
DISTED College offers an impressive range of quality industry-relevant programmes for students to choose from, and this includes Pre-University level to Bachelor Degrees and even Professional Qualifications in Business, Hospitality, Psychology, Computing & IT, Multimedia, and Accounting. With its growing reputation, DISTED College is recognized as a provider of high-quality programmes and brilliant education experience with 5-Star accolades awarded by the Malaysian Quality Evaluation System for Private Colleges (MyQUEST) 2014/2015 that was conducted by the Ministry of Education.
Admissions
IELTS | Contact the university / college |
TOEFL | Contact the university / college |
For admission requirements and intakes for each individual course/programme please refer to course details.
Courses available 8
Tuition and application fees
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Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
Application fee (local students) | Contact the university / college |
Application fee (international students) | Contact the university / college |
Student visa fee (international students) | Contact the university / college |
Living cost
Data not available
Average cost in Malaysia
The amount is indicated taking into account the average cost of food, accommodation, etc in Malaysia for 2023
Food | Data not available |
Accommodation | Data not available |
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Accommodation
Students are provided with accommodation at a 5-storey students' residence at King Street in Penang. Some of the facilities included are:
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Full-furnished bedrooms
- Study tables & chairs
- Free Internet service
- Kitchen utilities - refrigerator, laundry, cooking equipment
Students' safety is put into priority by the building management and in-house security guards
Daily transportation to the college is arranged for the students staying in the off-campus housing at no extra cost.
The hostel rates per person per month are:
- Triple sharing room (double decker bed) - RM508.80
- Female students only
- Triple sharing room (single bed) - RM583.00
- Twin sharing room - RM689.00
Shuttle services are provided to students at no extra cost from Monday to Fridays depending on schedule.
Campus
DISTED College comprises of 2 campuses throughout Penang:
- The DISTED Yeap Chor Ee Campus, Macalister Road houses
- Equipped with modern teaching and learning facilities - learning resource centre, computer labs, science labs, engineering labs, and cafeteria.
- The DISTED School of Hospitality Campus, Bangunan Wawasan on China Street Ghaut
- Equipped with modern classroom learning facilities & practical learning sessions
- Provides facilities – restaurant, food production kitchen, bakery kitchen, bakery shop, demo kitchen cum lecturer theatre, housekeeping mock-up room library and computer lab.
Student population
Medium (1,001 to 10,000)
Total population
Undergraduate students | Contact the university / college |
Postgraduate students | Contact the university / college |
International students | Contact the university / college |