This 2.5 years programme aims to prepare you to work in areas of high performance automotive engineering, design and manufacturing. You will learn the fundamental aspects of component design, research and development (R & D), product testing, manufacturing and management. This programme will allow interested students to articulate into degree level studies in automotive engineering. The programme is 60% theory and 40% practical orientated.

Graduates may find employment and develop careers in the areas of assembly and manufacturing of cars, motorcycles, trucks and related machinery as well as composite and component manufacturing.

Successful completion of this 2.5 years programme will allow our students to gain the following awards:

• Diploma in Automotive Engineering
• Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia (SKM) Levels 1 and 2 (for Malaysian students only).

Year 1 students may also prepare for the following:

• Optional Awards
  • Cert in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair (4101) awarded by City & Guilds, UK.
  • Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia (SKM) Levels 1 and 2 (for Malaysian students only).

January, April, June, August, November

Interested students should fulfill the following:

1. Aged 17 years and above.
2. For Malaysian students, passed any one of the following with minimum 3 credits:
• Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
• Unified Examination Certificate (UEC), or
• Equivalent qualification.

 For International students,
• Completed O-Levels or equivalent, plus
• English proficiency of IELTS 4.5 or TOEFL 530.
3. DAE applicants should have Distinctions or strong Credits in Mathematics and Science subjects.

• Edith Cowan University, Australia
• University of Ulsan, South Korea