UniKL, Alstom and TDA collaborate on railway digital learning programme

Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) has sealed a strategic collaboration with Alstom and Technology Depository Agency (TDA) to launch the Alstom University Digital Learning Programme, a cutting-edge curriculum in the era of digitalisation for railway technologies at the former’s city campus.

The launch of the programme is a result of the collaboration between Alstom and UniKL through the Industrial Collaboration Program (ICP) under the execution of an ongoing project of Kuala Lumpur Additional Vehicle 27 (KLAV-27) project, which was witnessed today (28 March 2022) by Deputy Minister Finance I, Yang Berhormat Dato’ Indera Mohd Shahar Abdullah.

Yang Berhormat Dato’ Indera Mohd Shahar congratulates UniKL for continuing to make strides in becoming a private university that can stand tall with the world’s leading universities.

“For me, UniKL needs to seize the opportunity because high impact projects are being implemented. The Minister of Finance (YB Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz) and I give our support to ensure that we can implement this mega-scale infrastructure in the 12th Malaysia Plan.

“Taking ECRL as an example, its construction progress has reached almost 30 per cent. This means that by 2026 it is expected to be completed on the East Coast and this is a great opportunity for UniKL,” said him, during delivering his speech at the event, today.

Also present, Special Advisor (Education) to Minister Of Rural Development, Senator Datuk Dr. Haji Azhar Ahmad; Chief Executive Officer of TDA, Dr. Sharoul Jambari; Chairman of UniKL, Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr. Sukiman Sarmani; Executive Director of Hartasuma Sdn Bhd, Tan Sri Ravindran Menon and Group Chief Operating Officer of Prasarana Malaysia Berhad, Dr. Prodyut Dutt.

The collaboration will see Alstom’s corporate university, Alstom University, and UniKL Asia Rail Centre which is based at UniKL Malaysia Italy Design Institute (UniKL MIDI), Cheras, piloting a new digital learning programme that will provide the latter’s engineering undergraduates with a means to hone their railway skills while pursuing a degree – the first-of-its-kind in Malaysia.

This is made possible through Alstom’s partnership with the TDA leveraging on ICP that provides a platform and framework to promote global strategic partnership and technology transfer among others.

The Alstom University Digital Learning Programme draws on Alstom’s industry expertise and UniKL Asia Rail Centre’s applied learning approach to equip the students with relevant knowledge and practical skillsets in rail technology, design, operations and maintenance, as well as soft skills in the workplace.

The students will be able to acquire competencies from renowned industry experts via a highly interactive and engaging digital platform, leveraging virtual reality, the metaverse and video learning.