PAYA BESAR, 5 November 2022 - A sense of responsibility to empower the practice of Islamic medicine became the reason for Dr. Haji Jahid Sidek to complete his second doctoral thesis (PhD) at Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP).

At the age of 83, he is the oldest student in Malaysia to receive a second Doctor of Philosophy degree delivered by the UMP Pro-Chancellor, Tan Sri Dato Sri (Dr.) Abi Musa Asa’ari Mohamed Nor during the first session of the 17th UMP Convocation Ceremony.

PAYA BESAR, 6 November 2022 - Three sets of twins were excited to celebrate the graduation ceremony together during the 17th UMP Convocation Ceremony.

They were Mohammad Amir Arsyad Abdul Aziz and Mohammad Amir Asyraf Abdul Aziz, Nur Adilah Abdul Halem and Nur Atiqah Abdul Halem, and Foo Jing Wen and Foo Jing Ying.

Everyone was excited to be able to celebrate this momentous day with their respective twins and loved ones.

PAYA BESAR, 6 November 2022 – The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, an apt expression for Afiq Aizzat Zamani, 23, the youngest child of Zamani Jamil, 63 and Nor Maslina Abd Manap, 57, who received a degree in B.Eng (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering at the 17th Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) Convocation Ceremony.

Previously, three children of this Assistant Engineer, Amirul Aizzat Zamani, 33, Amira Farhana Zamani, 32, and Afiqah Farhana Zamani, 28, graduated in Civil Engineering also at UMP.

PAYA BESAR, 5 November 2022 - Armed with prayer, perseverance and patience, Dr. Haji Abdullah Fairuzullah Ahmad Tajuddin from the Centre for Information and Communication Technology (PTMK) successfully obtained a doctoral degree (PhD) in Computer Science after fighting for 11 years to finish his study.

PAYA BESAR, 5 November 2022 - The hard work paid off for William Mah Wey Lian, a graduand of the Bachelor of Chemical Engineering with Honours that he obtained the Dean’s Award for eight semesters with CGPA 3.95 (First Class) and announced as the recipient of the Royal Education Award (Pingat Jaya Cemerlang) in Session 1 of the 17th Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) Convocation Ceremony recently.

William, 24, is the second of three siblings and was born in Kuala Lumpur on 21 October 1998.

PAYA BESAR, 5 November 2022 - The failure to continue study in Germany a long time ago has never discouraged Nur Khairiyah Hibatullah Md Rosley, 25 and has even given high motivation to continue to move forward and pursue dreams.

Nur Khairiyah is a graduand of a dual degree programme, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Automotive Engineering (collaboration programme with Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, HKA, Germany)