SHAH ALAM: Eighty-six Universiti Industri Selangor (Unisel) students who are under a special programme with Japan will receive their diplomas from Chancellor Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor today.

The Japanese Associate Degree-Unisel (Jad-Unisel) students will leave for Japan on March 21 to pursue a two-year degree programme.

The group is the second batch of students under the programme who completed their diploma engineering courses at Unisel. The three-year courses are conducted in Japanese.

Under Jad, Yayasan Pelajaran Mara provides scholarships to Bumiputera students to continue their studies in Japan.

The first batch of 75 students have enrolled in 15 Japanese universities, including Kejo University, Kinki University, Meiji University, Tokai University, Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo University of Technology and Waseda University.

Rosmah, wife of the deputy prime minister, is expected to be accompanied at the convocation by Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Deputy Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, Unisel Vice-Chancellor Datuk Dr Rosti Saruwono and Japanese ambassador to Malaysia Masahiko Horie.

-The New Straits Times