Foundation in Business Administration is designed to prepare you for professional careers and to further your study to Bachelor Degree in the related field. We adopt comprehensive and innovative content and teaching techniques, which are designed towards expanding the frontiers of learning and inculcating a probing mind. You will be challenged to develop into multi-skilled professionals possessing mental, intellectual and emotional fortitude to succeed in life.

The courses offered are being specifically structured to equip students with a strong foundation in Basic Accounting, Basic Business Administration, Basic Finance as well as other related courses before they embark on the Bachelor of Accounting (Hons), Bachelor in Business Administration programmes such as BBA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and the Bachelor of Finance (Hons) programme.

50 credit hours of subjects are being taught in three semesters. This Foundation in Business Administration programme can be completed in 1 year.

ENTRYU REQUIREMENT

For Malaysian Students:

• SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia)
  Pass SPM or equivalent with minimum credits (grade C) in 5 subjects.
   
• O-Level
  Pass O-Level from institution recognized by the Government of Malaysia with a minimum credit (grade C) in 5 subjects.
   
• IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education)
  Pass IGCSE from an institution recognized by the Government of Malaysia with minimum credit (grade C) in 5 subjects. 
   
• UEC (Unified Examination Certificate)
  Pass UEC with a minimum of grade B in 4 subjects.
   
• Others
  Other equivalent qualifications recognised by Government of Malaysia.

 ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS

For Malaysian Students:
No additional English requirement for this programme.

For International Students:

International students are required to have one of the English proficiency score stated below to enrol in UNITEN. Foundation students who do not fulfill this English requirement are required to sit for the Test of English Proficiency (TEP) before they could enroll in the English Short Course (ESC).

• MUET – Malaysia University English Test
  Achieve Band 3
   
• IELTS – International English Language Testing System
  Achieve 5.0
   
• TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
  Achieve 500 (TOEFL) or 42 (TOEFL Internet Based Test)

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

• Year 1: Semester 1

- Quantitative Analysis
- Foundation English I
- Islam / Moral & Human Development 1*
- Business Mathematics
- Introduction to Business Management
- Introduction to Costing
- Malaysian Culture for International Student
 

• Year 1: Semester 2

- Principles of Microeconomics
- Foundation English II
- Academic Study Skills
- Principles of Finance
- Kor UNITEN
- Introductory Financial Accounting II
 

• Year 1: Special Semester

- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Creative Thinking & Logic Skills

CAREER PROSPECTS

These are popular career choices after graduation from this programme. There are also many other career choices beyond Business Administrator, which are proven adaptable by UNITEN students due to holistic personal and professional skills development during the study.

• Human Resource Administrators/ Executives
• Sales Managers
• International Account Executives
• International Account Executives
• International Recruitment Officers
• Marketing Managers
• Risk Management Officers
• Security Lending Officers
• Academician Entrepreneurial Endeavours
• Business-to-Business Marketing
• Retailors
• Work in Expanding
• Innovative Companies
• Government Agencies
• Banking