Academy of Brunei Studies (APB)

The establishment of Academy of Brunei Studies was announced by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam after his consent (titah perkenan) during His 44th Birthday Celebration Speech in Daerah Tutong on Tuesday, 17th July, 1990. The Academy will act as a center of study of all aspects of Brunei's life which is in line with its rich tradition and history that are known by all Bruneians by utilizing the existing experts in several fields of studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam in cooperation with local scientists and intellectuals. These fields include Language, Religion, Literature, History, Culture, Economics, Education, Management, Public Policy, Natural Science and Geography.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

 

The Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences is currently offering Majors (students can also choose to take these subjects as a Minor) in the following subjects: Art & Creative Technology; Bahasa Melayu & Linguistik; English Language & Linguistics; English Literature; Environmental Studies; Geography & Development; Historical Studies; Kesusasteraan Melayu; Professional Communication & The Media; Sociology & Anthropology. The Faculty also offers the following subjects, but these can only be studied as a Minor at the moment: Southeast Asian Studies; Drama & Theatre Studies; Philosophy; Gender Studies.

 

Once admitted to the Bachelor of Arts degree in FASS, students are free to choose which combination of major and breadth modules they want to follow.  The GenNext degrees allow more scope for students to choose their programmes, with increased emphasis on breadth of study rather than specialising in a single subject. Students may choose to follow a single Major with breadth; a Major/Minor combination; a double Major or even a double degree, depending on their grades and subject to the GenNext Rules and Regulations and the FASS Rules and Regulations.  

Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies (FBEPS)

The Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies (FBEPS) is made up of three departments namely, the Department of Business and Management, department of Economics and Department of Public Policy and Administration and also the Institute of Policy studies.

FBEPS offers four undergraduate degree programmes leading to the BA (Hons) Public Policy and Administration, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) (Hons), BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance and BA (Hons) Economics and offers postgraduate programmes at both master’s and doctoral levels. The PhD programmes are for candidates who are interested in the areas of Business, Public Policy and Economic. The Faculty offers seven master’s degrees leading to the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Arts in Economics (by research), Master of Arts in Economics (by coursework), Master of Public Policy (MPP), Master of Environmental Management (MEM), Master of Health Policy and Management (MHPM), and the new Master of Islamic Banking and Finance (MIBF).

Faculty of Science (fos)

The Faculty of Science was established in 1987 with four constituent departments - Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. In 2007, the faculty has been reorganized and resulting in the formation of 6 major disciplines or study areas; Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Applied Physics, Computer Science and, Geology and Petroleum Geology, and under mathematics there are three strains: Applied Mathematics, Fundamental Mathematics, and Statistics, Operations Research and Financial Mathematics.

The Faculty offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in these fields. At the undergraduate level, the faculty offers B. Sc., B. Sc. (Biotechnology) and B. Sc. (Geology and Petroleum Geology). B. Sc. (Biotechnology) and B. Sc. (Geology and Petroleum Geology) are twinning programmes with the University of Windsor and the University of Aberdeen, respectively.

The faculty also offers a master by coursework in Petroleum Geo-science. Ph.D. and M. Sc. can be done under any of the 6 major areas mentioned above and in areas of energy and materials. Applicants who are interested in postgraduate programmes by research are encouraged to contact individual faculty. The in-take for postgraduate programmes are normally scheduled twice per year. Scholarships are available. Please refer to the postgraduate and research section for details.

 

Institute of Medicine (IM)

 

The Institute of Medicine, Universiti Brunei Darussalam was inaugurated in September 2000. It was established in line with the vision of the Government of Brunei Darussalam to provide medical training not only to Brunei students but also to students from other parts of this region as expressed by His Majesty the Sultan in his speech during the twelfth Convocation.

 

Language Centre (LC)

 

Established in 2001, the Language Centre coordinates and teaches all language and communication courses within the university. These currently involve courses in Malay, English, Arabic, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin and Spanish. Courses which the Centre has previously offered include German, Tagalog and Thai.

 

In addition, the Centre is responsible for preparing evaluative procedures for all the languages it teaches, which will allow for the identification and monitoring of students’ language and communication skills development in their university-required language courses, as well as their core and elective language courses throughout their stay in the University. A large part of these evaluative procedures is focused on the developmental university required EAP (English for Academic Purposes) courses which students undergo at last two semester of their study at the University.

 

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education (SHBIE)

The Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education is one of the faculties in Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Students enrolled in the Institute of Education also take courses in the other faculties according to their future teaching specializations.

The Institute’s main purpose is the preparation of primary, secondary and technical school teachers and educational administrators. In addition, it provides introductory courses related to more specialized educational roles such as guidance and counselling, remedial teaching and curriculum design.

The Institute’s teaching programme is guided by the belief that the professional education of teachers is an on-going process. It begins with the pre-service or initial phase of training and continues throughout the teachers’ careers through their participation in upgrading and in-service courses. The Institute therefore also gives high priority to the upgrading of teacher’s qualifications and the provision of short in-service courses.