Interested to do Volunteer Work?

As you all know, it's not enough that you do very well in your studies, Universities also look for students with all-round abilities. This helps you unleash your potential and enables you to learn and acquire new skills such as teamwork and communication. Volunteer work is a great way not only to help out the community but it also boosts your skills and makes your personal statement more interesting!

In the college we have the PYRO (Pioneer Youths Reach Out) Club but here's another group which is involved in volunteer work in order to help the community - Brunei Humanitarian Affairs Support Group . Click on the link or here for details!

More Events before March Holidays

ISB Career Day

Date- TOMORROW, Friday 14th March 2008
Venue- Royal Brunei Recreation Club (RBRC), near the International Airport
Time- 7.30 am - 11.45 am

Open to everybody, especially those who do not know what course they should be applying for or what profession to be in!


Talk on ACTUARIAL SCIENCE by the University of Kent

Date: Monday, 17th January 2008
Venue - HEU Resource Room
Time - 2.00 pm

Click here for a brief review of what actuarial science is and more information.

See you there!

A Night at the German Embassy

Today the Head of HEU, Ck. Pg. Hjh. Mashayu as well as Ck. Nur Adyani and Senior Mistress Mdm Joanna Lim were invited to the German Embassy for a briefing by the Managing Director of the Karlsruhe University, Michael Kurth. The briefing was held at 5.30pm at the official residence of the German Ambassador to Brunei.




The main topic of the briefing was about the availibility of a Mechanical Engineering course which will be taught in English at the University. Maktab Duli's HEU were very fortunate to be there because we were able to learn more about the first Engineering course to be taught in English in a well established University. Universitat Karlsruhe (TH) is one of the oldest universities in Europe, established in 1825 and is one of the top three Universities in Germany. The course in itself is very prestigious as Germany is very well known for its' superiority in Engineering, especially in the automotive industry. (The creator of Mercedez Benz went to this Uni! The school of Engineering is named after him!)



Among those present at the briefing were Hj Daud, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Ck Hj Abd Aziz, Head of Scholarship Section, representatives from Ministry of Foriegn Affairs, lecturers from Faculty of Science UBD and counsellors from different institutions. It was indeed a privelege to be invited because they are keen on seeing students of Maktab Duli study Engineering at their University as they have heard we have some very promising, bright students!

Click here to know a bit more about the course. The requirements to do this course are

- very good grades in Mathematics and Physics plus another science subject

- must have keen interest and enthusiasm for Engineering as the course is very rigorous, demanding but rewarding as it includes a 16 week internship during the summer and lectures 6 days a week!

Some of the goodies we were presented with at the end of the night

For more information, please make an appointment and visit us as we have the information in the HEU resource library.

HEU Presentation for the New Lower Sixth

Today, the Higher Education Unit was introduced to the new BE's during a briefing session led by the HEU for the Lower Sixth Introduction Week. The briefing was held at the Auditorium at 10am and was presented by the Head of HEU, Ck. Pg. Hjh. Mashayu.

Main contents of the briefing included a video presentation and followed with an introduction of the 7 members of the HEU, a brief summary of our aims and objectives, an overview of the activities and programmes held by HEU and lastly what are the HEU's expectations for the lower sixth. This was then followed by a Q&A session where one brave student , Md.Farhan was able to gain an exclusive one-on-one special career counselling session with HEU for taking the initiative to ask a question to us. It is hoped that the new BE's will be able to benefit from the briefing and we hope that we left them inspired with the motivation to have a VISION!

A snapshot of our newest members of the College. Welcome to Maktab Duli! :)

UNISSA Open Day

Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) will be holding an Open Day to introduce to the public and applicants the courses and programmes avaiable at the Uni for the year 2008/2009.

Details of the event are as follows,
Date: Sunday, 10th February 2008
Time: 8am - 4.30pm
Place: Multi Purpose Hall, Staff Student Affairs Building, UBD

Details of courses and application forms can be found HERE.
To see UNISSA's press release about the English courses available click here

MOE Scholarship Exhibition

The Scholarship Section under the Ministry of Education will be holding an exhibition on,
Saturday, 9th February 2008, at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Jalan Berakas.

The launching of the event will be at 8.30am, hence it should be open to the public after that. We strongly suggest all our students, present and leavers, to come to the above event to have a more comprehensive knowledge about the different types of scholarships available, courses offered and the entry requirements! Plus, you cna also ask them directly about any queries you might have regarding the scholarships.

Engineering at Loughborough University

Representatives from Loughborough University, namely Mr Charlie Carter (International Office), Prof Steve Rothberg (Dean, Engineering Faculty) and Dr Andy Stapley (Chemical Engineering) will give a presentation on general study in the UK and at Loughborough University in particular.

Those interested in coming to one of the best universities for Sports Science and Engineering should come check it out...

They will also be available afterwards for individual student counselling.

Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 February 2008
Venue: Sheraton Utama Hotel
Time: 7.30 p.m.

HRD Study in UK Exhibition

Calling all students!

Date: TUESDAY, 5th February
Time: 1pm-6pm
Venue: Empire Hotel and Country Club

Check out the poster outside HEU and this link for more details. Please note though that transport will not be provided so it's best you try to find your own way there. Make sure you prepare what questions you want to ask!

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Here's the poster that's outside HEU

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Study in UK Education Exhibition (before and after)

Mark your calendars!

Date: Friday, February 8th 2008
Time: 11am - 7pm
Venue: Songket Ballroom, Level 4, Rizqun International Hotel, The Mall, Gadong

There will be several representatives from different universities there so if you have the chance, do come by to visit. What questions to ask and details of participating universities are available on the poster outside HEU!

At the Exhibition

Pg Hjh Mashayu was there to attend the exhibition with our students. Students took the opportunity to enquire with their counsellor on the status of their UCAS application.

With Mdm Cecile Dasal, The British Council Academic Representative

BST Visit to HEU

Last week representatives from Brunei Shell Tankers were kind enough to come to the College to give a briefing to our students in our HEU Resource Room.

When they arrived at 1.30 pm, the Resource room was packed with our male students, mostly those taking Maths and Physics, showing much interest in what the officers and representatives from BST had to say.

On that day we learnt that the requirements to join BST under the Marine Cadet programme are

-Must be a Male, Bruneian Citizen.
-Must satisfy at least 120 UCAS points, i.e. minimum grade of ‘D’ and/or higher for A’ Level in numerical subjects such as Mathematics, Accounting and/or Physics.
-Must also satisfy the O’ Level minimum grades of at least ‘C’ and/or higher in English, Mathematics, Physics and/or Combined Science (with a Physical Science content).



Other than that, the students also learnt what life was like on a ship, what exactly did the job entail and how was the training and education like. More details can be found here or better yet, come visit us at HEU!

For the U6 leavers we have a couple of BST forms if you're interested, please see your counsellor to obtain one :)