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Awards & Achievements

Over the years, APIIT Education Group has secured more than 400 awards at local, regional and international level. These awards serve as acknowledgements of the achievement of APIIT and our students, reaffirming our standing as being among the leading technology Institutions in Malaysia.


APIIT Education Group is the proud recipient of
Prime Minister's Award
and Export Excellence Award (Services)
for Industry Excellence Awards - March 2011


The APIIT Education Group received the prestigious Prime Minister’s Industry Excellence Award from the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak. Only one organization was selected to receive the Prime Minister’s Industry Excellence Award from among nearly 30 other award recipients in 8 different categories. APIIT Education Group was also awarded Export Excellence Award (Services).

The Industry Excellence Awards, organized by the Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI), recognizes and rewards organizations for organizational excellence including competitiveness, innovativeness, market presence and export performance. Winning the Prime Minister’s Industry Excellence Award is a significant milestone and an honour for APU as a leader in higher education. The award truly reflects our commitment and focus on quality, innovation, graduate employability and internationalization.



THE MERITS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITION, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECEIVED BY APU

Over the years APU has won the following awards due its trend of delivering on the best to its stakeholders.

DIGITAL CAMPUS 2.0 CAMPAIGN BY PAYNET
2024 The Champion & The Best Pitch

GLOBAL CAPSTONE DESIGN COMPETITION, PUBLIC FACILITIES DESIGN PROJECT BASED ON LOCAL CULTURE AWARD
2023 Grand Prize Winner

ASEAN CYBER SEA GAMES
2023 4th Place

INTERNATIONAL INTER VARSITY INNOVATION CHALLENGE (IVIC)
2023 1 Gold Medal
2023 3 Silver Medals
2023 1 Bronze Medal

CAMPUS LEGENDS MY/SG/PH REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
2023 2nd Place

CAMPUS LEGENDS MALAYSIA TOURNAMENT
2023 1st Place

ASIAN COMPACT SEDAN DESIGN CHALLENGE 2023 (ACSDC) 
2023 Champion

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, MALAYSIA CHAPTER (PMIMY) HACKATHON
2023 Overall Winner and 1st Runner Up

GAME OF HACKERS
2023 1st Runner-Up and 3rd Runner Up

INTERNATIONAL INVENTION INNOVATION COMPETITION (ICAN)
2023 2 Gold Medal
2023 2 Silver Medal
2023 1 Diploma Special Award by Haller Pro Inventio Foundation and INTARG
2023 Organisation for Creativity, Innovation, and Invention Promotion (OCIIP) Special Award
2023 Canadian Special Award of Excellence by Inventors Circle
2023 National Association for Science and Research (NASR) Lebanon Special Award
2023 Jury's Choice Award
2023 FIRI Award - For The Best Invention by The First Institute of Researchers and Inventors in I.R.Iran
2023 Top 20 Best Invention Award

INTERNATIONAL OCEAN HACKATHON
2023 3rd Place (Ocean Hackathon International Grand Finale 2023, Brest, France)
2023 Champion (Ocean Hackathon Kuala Lumpur)
2023 Top 10 (Ocean Hackathon Maldives)

ASEAN-CHINA-INDIA YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT (ACIYLS)
2023 2nd Place Winner

SHELL SELAMAT SAMPAI VARSITY CHALLENGE
2023 Champion

INTERNATIONAL INVENTION INNOVATION COMPETITION (ICAN)
2023 11 Awards

ASEAN-REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK) YOUTH METAVERSE IDEA CONTEST
2023 3rd Place Winner

TAIPEI DESIGN AWARD
2023 Silver Prize Winner (Industrial Design Category)

IEM STUDENT RESEARCH E-POSTER COMPETITION
2023 Second Prize Winner (Individual Category)

ASIA PACIFIC ICT ALLIANCE (APICTA) AWARDS
2023 National Winner of Industrial (Manufacturing) and Students (Tertiary) category (MSC Malaysia APICTA)
2022 Merit Award of ‘Student-Tertiary Technology’
2022 Winner of ‘Student-Tertiary Technology’ (MSC Malaysia APICTA)
2020 Winner of 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2019 Winner of 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2016 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2013 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2012 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2011 Winner of ‘Special Jury Award’ by the Prime Minister
2011 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2011 2 Merit Awards for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2010 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2008 Top Award for 'Best of e-Inclusion & e-Community'
2005 Top Award for 'Best of Applications & Infrastructure Tools'
2004 Top Award for 'Best of Education & Training
2004 Top Award for 'Best of Applications & Infrastructure Tools'
2004 Merit Award for 'Best of Research & Development'
2003 Merit Award for 'Best of Research & Development'
2002 Merit Award for 'Best of Smart Learning Applications'
2001 Merit Award for 'Best of Smart Learning Applications'
2000 Merit Award for 'Best of Smart Learning Applications'
2000 Top Award for 'Best of Student Projects'
1999 Merit Award for 'Best of Student Projects'


INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE (iTREXC)
2023 2nd Place
2023 3rd Place

ASIA PACIFIC, JAPAN, AND CHINA (APJC) CISCO NETRIDERS COMPETITION 
2023 1st Place

ASEAN-CHINA-INDIA YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT (ACI YLS) SUSTAINABILITY STARTATHON
2023 Among the 15 Winners

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - FUSION
2023 1 Gold award, 2nd Placing Awards, and 2 Silver Awards
2022 1 Gold award, 3 Silver awards, 5 Bronze awards, 3 Special Jury Awards for best poster and best video, and 2 Lucky Winners.

PETRONAS INTER-UNIVERSITY CAPTURE THE FLAG (CTF) CHALLENGE 2023
2023 First Place & Second Runner Up

BLUE TEAM CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE 2023 (WITH KC7)
2023 First Place

MALAYSIA DATA INNOVATION TALENT X DOSM DATATHON 2023 (MDIT X DD 2023)
2023 Runner Up & The Most Creative Award Winner

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY CARNIVAL ON E-LEARNING (IUCEL) COMPETITION
2023 3 Gold Medals for the Invention, Innovation and Design on e-Learning (IIDEL) category
2022 2 Silver Awards for the Invention, Innovation and Design on e-Learning (IIDEL) category
2022 1 Bronze Awards for the Invention, Innovation and Design on e-Learning (IIDEL) category
2021 Gold
2021 Silver
2021 Silver
2019 Gold
2019 Gold
2019 Silver
2018 Gold
2018 Gold
2018 Silver

MONSOONSIM ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMPETITION (MERMC) 
2023 2nd Runner Up

YOUNG CEO X-FACTOR CHALLENGE (ESTECH)
2023 1st Place

SIBER SIAGA’S CAPTURE THE FLAGS (CTFS): CODE COMBAT 
2023 2nd Place
2023 3rd Place
2023 6th Place
2023 9th Place
2022 2nd Place
2022 2nd Place
2022 3rd Place
2022 6th Place

INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION ARSVOT MALAYSIA (IAM)
2023 Silver Award
2022 Gold Award
2022 Bronze Award
2021 Silver Award
2021 Silver Award

UTAR-FICT INAUGURAL INTERVARSITY CAPTURE THE FLAG (CTF) COMPETITION
2023 1st Place & 2nd Runner Up

PRIVATE EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWARDS
2023 Best in Student Achievements (Institution Category)
2023 Best in Diversity & Inclusion (Institution Category)
2023 National Outstanding Innovator Award (University category)
2023 National Outstanding Young Educator Merit Award

HACKTITUDE MALAYSIA 
2023 Champion

5TH CARNIVAL OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (CRI)
2023 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals

INTEL® AI GLOBAL IMPACT FESTIVAL
2023 1st Runner-up

PETRONAS CHESS SYMPOSIUM 
2023 2 awards for 1st Runner-up
2022 2 awards for 3rd Runner-up

CYBERSECURITY EXCELLENCE AWARDS
2023 Gold Winner (Best CyberSecurity Education Provider in Asia)
2022 Gold Winner (Best CyberSecurity Education Provider in Asia)
2021 Gold Winner (Best CyberSecurity Education Provider in Asia)
2020 Gold Winner (Best CyberSecurity Education Provider in Asia)
2019 Gold Winner (Best CyberSecurity Education Provider)

WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES (UNIVERSIADE)
2023 Gold Medalist in the women’s qiangshu event (Wushu)

ITANK COMPETITION
2023 Best Solution in the Environment category case study

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MALAYSIA (IEM) AWARD
2023 Gold Award
2022 Gold Award
2020 Gold Award
2019 Gold Award
2018 Gold Award
2017 Gold Award
2016 Gold Award
2015 Gold Award
2014 Gold Award

DATA MINING CUP
2023 Best Project of the Year: Returns Reduction in E-commerce

MICROSOFT’S CODE; WITHOUT BARRIERS HACKATHON
2023 Winners

IMPACTHACK BY STANDARD CHARTERED
2023 Champion

INTERNATIONAL INVENTION, INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION (ITEX)
2023 1 Gold Award for the University and Educational Institution category
2023 6 Silver Awards for the University and Educational Institution category
2022 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2019 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2018 1 Silver Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2018 1 Silver Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2017 1 Silver Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2016 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2016 1 Silver Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2016 Best Green Invention Award
2015 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2015 1 Bronze Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2014 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2014 1 Bronze Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2013 2 Silver Medals for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
2013 2 Gold medals for the innovator category

PENANG INTERNATIONAL INVENTION, INNOVATION AND DESIGN (PIID)
2021 Gold
2021 Silver

ADOBE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL (ACP) CHAMPIONSHIP MALAYSIA
2023 National Champion
2022 Top 5

ETHEREUM BLOCKCHAIN HACKATHON AT ETH SEOUL 2023
2023 Best Governance App Winner 

HILTI IT COMPETITION
2023 Champion
2022 2nd Runner Up
2021 Champion
2020 Champion
2020 1st Runner Up

UM HACKATHON
2023 2 Champions

SOUTHEAST ASIAN (SEA) GAMES
2023 2 Gold Medals in Wushu category
2023 4 Silver Medals in Cricket and Wushu category
2023 8 Bronze Medals in Cricket, Wushu, Diving and Gymnastics category
2022 Gold Medal for Women’s Sychronised 3 Metre Springboard
2022 Gold Medal for Men’s Sychronised 3 Metre Springboard
2022 Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women’s Taijiquan
2021 Gold Medal in the Category: Men’s Synchonised 3 Metre Springboard
2021 Gold Medal in the Category: Women’s Synchonised 3 Metre Springboard

SPRING EDITION OF CMT ASSOCIATION’S INVESTMENT CHALLENGE
2023 1st Place Winner in the Highest Absolute Return category
2023 3rd Place Winner in the Lowest Max Drawdown category

WICKED 6 CYBER GAMES, 2023 WOMEN’S GLOBAL CYBER
2023 1st Place in Women’s Society of CyberJutsu (WSC) CTF
2023 2nd Place in the Haiku CTF and Security Innovation CTF
2023 7th Place in the SANS Bootup CTF

THE ART OF WHEELS: RIM DESIGN CHALLENGE
2023 Champion

APU-AWS DEEPRACER COMPETITION
2023 1st Place
2023 2nd Place
2022 3rd Place

INTERVARSITY CORPORATE STRATEGY CHALLENGE (ICSC)
2023 1st Runner-Up

TRIDENT GAMES
2023 4 Gold Medals
2023 1 Silver Medal
2022 2 Bronze Medals

YOUTH FOR TIGERS (Y4T) DEBATE COMEPTITION 
2023 First Place

INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL EDUCATION INVENTION, INNOVATION AND DESIGN COMEPETITION (iVEDIIC)
2023 Bronze Medal

GLOBAL CASE COMPETITION (GCC)
2023 Fourth place in a mixed university team

30-HOUR NO-CODE HACKATHON
2023 First Place Winner

MYSTARTUP HACKATHON X DIGITAL NASIONAL BERHAD (DNB)
2023 Problem Statement 3 Winner

WATER VANGUARDS CHALLENGE 2023 
2023 Champion

CMT ASSOCIATION INTERNSHIP CHALLENGE
2022 Top 5 Winner

MDEC PDTI AWARDS WINNER
2022 Outstanding Faculty Award

HARI PROFESION TEKNIKAL NEGARA (HPTN)
2022 Champion in the FIFA eSport tournament

I-HACK COMPETITION
2022 4th Place
2022 6th Place
2022 7th Place

BATTLE OF HACKERS (BOH)
2022 1st Runner Up
2022 3rd Runner Up
2021 Champion
2021 Top 6
2021 Top 7
2021 Top 8

MASISWA CENTRAL ZONE GAMES
2022 Champion in Badminton category: Women Single
2022 2nd Runner Up in Badminton category: Women Double
2022 2nd Runner Up in Volleyball category
2022 1st Runner Up in Chess category

MONSTAR ASIA YOUNG TALENT AWARDS
2022 Top 100 Asia Young Talents: Kelvin Chew

MALAYSIA TECHLYMPICS: DATA SCIENCE CHALLENGE
2022 Champion

SUMMER INTERNATIONAL DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
2022 Champion in Dance category: Amateur Closed
2022 3rd Place in Dance category: Amateur Open

ALLEGRO
2022 Champion in Dance category: Amateur Closed
2022 2nd Place in Dance category: Amateur Open

12TH MILO-PUTRAJAYA TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP
2022 Gold Medal in Taekwondo Men’s Light Middle category
2022 Gold Medal in Taekwondo Women’s Fin category
2022 Bronze Medal in Taekwondo Men’s Light Middle category
2022 Bronze Medal in Taekwondo Men’s Welter category
2022 Bronze Medal in Taekwondo Men’s Heavy category

4TH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - FUSION 2022: STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
2022 1 Gold award, 3 Silver awards, 5 Bronze awards, 3 Special Jury Awards for best poster and best video, and 2 Lucky Winners.

INTEL & CREST INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
2022 Grand Prize

ODYSSEY HACKFEST: ONLINE CATEGORY
2022 Champion

ASEAN MAKEITSAFE HACKATHON
2022 1st Runner Up

86TH INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION (IEC) GENERAL MEETING 2022, SAN FRANCISCO, USA
2022 Certified International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Young Professional by Ir. Eur. Ing. Ts. Dr. Lau Chee Yong

FISU UNIVERSITY WORLD CUP COMBAT SPORTS
2022 Gold Medal in Wushu Women Changquan category
2022 Gold Medal in Wushu Men GunShu category
2022 Silver Medal in Wushu Women QiangShu category
2022 Silver Medal in Wushu Women Taijijian category
2022 Bronze Medal in Wushu Men DaoShu category

SEAR PLC DESIGN COMPETITION
2022 1st Runner Up

IEM-INTEGRATED DESIGN PROJECT SHORT VIDEO COMPETITION
2022 1st Place Winner

INNOVATIVE RESEARCH, INVENTION AND APPLICATION EXHIBITION (I-RIA)
2022 Silver Awards

SUKAN MALAYSIA (SUKMA)
2022 Gold Medal in Wushu Women Taijijian category
2022 Gold Medal in Wushu Women Jianshu category
2022 Gold Medal in Wushu Women Daoshu category
2022 Gold Medal in Wushu Women Gunshu category
2022 Gold Medal in Wushu Men Nandao category
2022 Gold Medal in Wushu Men Nangun category
2022 Gold Medal in Wushu Men Gunshu category
2022 Gold Medal in Gymnastics Team Event category
2022 Gold Medal in Gymnastics Individual Event category
2022 Gold Medal in Gymnastics Floor Exercise category
2022 Gold Medal in Gymnastics Rings Exercise category
2022 Gold Medal in Gymnastics Parallel Bars category
2022 Gold Medal in Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay category
2022 Gold Medal in Swimming 1500m Freestyle category
2022 Silver Medal in Basketball 3x3 category
2022 Silver Medal in Swimming 400m Individual Medley category
2022 Silver Medal in Gymnastics Pommel Horse category
2022 Silver Medal in Gymnastics High Bar category
2022 Silver Medal in Wushu Women Qiangshu category
2022 Silver Medal in Wushu Men Daoshu category
2022 Silver Medal in Wushu Men Gunshu category
2022 Bronze Medal in Swimming 200m Butterfly category
2022 Bronze Medal in Basketball 5x5 category
2022 Bronze Medal in Gymnastics Vault category
2022 Bronze Medal in Judo Women’s Ju-No Kata category

JAMES DYSON AWARD MALAYSIA
2022 National Runner Up
2021 National Champion
2020 National Champion

20TH ASEAN UNIVERSITY GAMES
2022 Gold Medal for Swimming category 1500m freestyle
2022 Gold Medal for Swimming category 400m individual medley
2022 Gold Medal for Swimming category 4 x 200m freestyle relay
2022 2 Gold Medal for Wushu category Women Duel Event
2022 Gold Medal for Wushu category Women Nanquan
2022 Gold Medal for Wushu category Women Nandao
2022 Gold Medal for Wushu category Women Jianshu
2022 Gold Medal for Wushu category Men Gunshu
2022 Gold Medal for Wushu category Men Duel Event
2022 Silver Medal for Wushu category Women Taijiquan
2022 Silver Medal for Wushu category Women Qiangshu
2022 Silver Medal for Wushu category Women Nandao
2022 Silver Medal for Wushu category Men Changquan
2022 Silver Medal for Wushu category Men Daoshu
2022 Silver Medal for Wushu category Men Nanquan
2022 Silver Medal for Wushu category Men Nangun
2022 2 Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women Duel Event
2022 Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women Jianshu
2022 Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women Taijiquan
2022 Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women Qiangshu

CRICKET TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL (T20I) FORMAT
2022 Virandeep Singh, First Malaysian to score 1,000 runs in the Twenty20 International (T20I) format

UNITEN VALORANT CHAMPIONSHIP
2022 Champion

THE IMECHE PLC DESIGN COMPETITION 2021
2022 1st Runner Up
2021 Champion (Degree Level)
2021 1st Runner Up (Degree Level)
2021 1st Runner Up (Diploma Level)

FINAL YEAR PROJECT & POSTGRADUATE: RESEARCH & INNOVATION POSTER COMPETITION (RIPC)
2022 Gold Winner in the Category: Master Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
2021 Gold Award in the Category C1: Degree Final Year Project Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION ARSVOT MALAYSIA (IAM)
2022 Gold Award
2022 Bronze Award
2021 Silver
2021 Silver

SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS (SPE) INTERNATIONAL
2022 Society of Petroleum (SPE) Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Chapter
2021 Society of Petroleum (SPE) Student Chapter Excellence Award

DATA MINING CUP
2022 1st Place
2022 3rd Place

UNESCO CHAIR
2022 Prof. Dr. Abtar Darshan Singh appointed as UNESCO chair on Harnessing Innovations in Technology to Support Teachers & Quality Learning

VARSITY HACKATHON ORGANISED BY UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM)
2022 4th Place and 8th Place

RHB GET YOUR HACK ON: DATA EDITION
2022 Winner of AWS Special Award

ASEAN FINALS OF TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES (TCS) SUSTAINATHON
2021 Joint Third Place

TCS SUSTAINATHON MALAYSIA
2021 1st Runner Up

YOUNG EXCELLENCE AWARD (YEA)
2021 Winner of the Young Excellence Award (YEA) 2021 under category Pandemic Leadership Award

EY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR MALAYSIA
2021 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 Malaysia

KARUNA HACKWND
2021 1st Place & 3rd Place in the Mobile Application Category

ASIA INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION EXHIBITION (AIINEX)
2021 2 Gold Awards + 2 Special Awards

IMECHE DESIGN SKILL COMPETITION
2021 Champion

TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (TAR UC) CAPTURE-THE-FLAG COMPETITION 
2021 Champion
2021 2nd Runner Up

FUSION UX-HACKATHON
2021 1st Place & Gold Award
2021 Silver Award
2021 Bronze Award

VIRTUAL-MELAKA INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL EXPOSITION (V-MIIEX)
2021 Silver Award

CHARTED MARKET TECHNICIAN (CMT) ASSOCIATION’S NOVEMBER 2021 INTERNSHIP CHALLENGE
2021 2021 - Top 5

CHALLENGE ON INNOVATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT (CHIPTA)
2021 7th Place

MERDEKA AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY
2021 Grantee of the Merdeka Award Grant for International Attachment

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARD BY MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY (MFU), THAILAND
2021 International Research Fellowship Award

INTERNATIONAL INVENTION, INNOVATION & DESIGN EXPO (INoDEx)
2021 4 Silver Awards

THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND SYMPOSIUM AND EXPOSITION (RISE)
2021 Silver Award

DATA VISUALIZATION COMPETITION, DATA CHALLENGE – TELL A STORY WITH DATA
2021 Viewer's Choice Award

F-SECURE MDEC CYBERSECURITY COMPETITION
2021 2nd Runner Up
2021 Top 6

WORLDSKILLS MALAYSIA UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (WSMUC)
2021 Medallion Of Excellence in the Category: Mechanical Engineering CAD (Computer-aided Design)

ASIA PACIFIC CENTRE FOR ANALYTICS (APCA) ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 
2020 Most Published Author

XYLEM REACH STUDENT HACKATHON 
2021 1st Prize Winner

WOMEN ICON, IN ASSOCIATION WITH TIMES WOMEN
2021 Outstanding Academician Award highlighted with No.1 Women Excellence Award
2021 Emerging Women Award highlighted with No.1 Women Excellence Award

THE VIRTUAL INNOVATION COMPETITION (VIC) AWARD
2021 2 Gold Medal in the Category: Tertiary – Science & Technology
2021 Best Video Special Award in the Category: Tertiary – Science & Technology

UPSI’S CONNECT 2021 — DESIGN 2 CONNECT E-POSTER COMPETITION
2021 1st Prize
2021 2nd Prize
2021 3rd Prize

THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS (IARE)
2021 The Best Academician of the Year Award (Male) (Overseas)

PEKAN RAYA STATISTIKA DATA ANALYSIS COMPETITION
2021 Best Algorithm Award

28TH NATIONAL MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
2021 PERSAMA Award for Best PhD Thesis and Best Academic Article

WOMEN SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR BY HUMCEN AWARDS
2021 2nd Runner Award

THE AWS HACKATHON BUILD ON MALAYSIA
2021 Champion
2021 1st Runner Up
2021 2nd Runner Up
2020 Champion
2020 Best Innovation Award

WORLD ENGINEERING, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CONGRESS (ESTCON2020)
2021 Winner of ‘Best Paper Award’ in the International Conference on Production, Energy & Reliability (ICPER) category

THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH STUDIES AND EDUCATION (ICMDRSE) 2021
2021 Winner of  'Best Paper Presentation Award'

WTF 2021 (A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ANNECY ANIMATION FESTIVAL), HAPPY VALLEY ANIMATION FESTIVAL AND FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER ONLINE SESSIONS 2021
2021 Animation Music Video — Peegoo Pigeon received official selection for screening

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG) FILMFEST
2021 Winner of ‘Best Overall Film’
2021 Winner of ‘Dramatization or Re-Enactment Award’
2021 Winner of ‘Best Production Value Award’

F-SECURE INTERVARSITY CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGE
2020 Champion
2018 Champion
2018 2nd Place
2017 Champion
2016 Champion

THE GREAT GREEN SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE
2021 1st Place
2021 2nd Place

4th DIMENSION INTERNATIONAL FIRM FESTIVAL INDONESIA
2021 Top 7 First Time Filmaker Award

UIJIR ACADEMIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION INDIA
2021 Young Researcher Award

GLOBAL CLIMATE HACK COMPETITION
2021 3rd Place
2021 People’s Choice Award

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION YOUTH CONFERENCE (DYIC) COVID-19 BUSINESS STARTUP CHALLENGE
2021 Grand Prize

AIM DATA SCIENCE FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARD
2021 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award

MIFF FURNITURE DESIGN COMPETITION
2021 Winner
2021 Best Mentor Award


CISCO PACKET TRACER NATIONAL CHALLENGE
2021 Champion

IMECHE BEST ACADEMIC LIAISON OFFICER AWARD
2020 Best Academic Liaison Officer

MALAYSIAN ACTUARIAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (MASA) HACKATHON
2020 Champion
2020 1st Runner Up
2020 2nd Runner Up

INTERNATIONAL ICT INNOVATIVE SERVICES AWARDS
2020 Best Innovation Award
2019 Best Innovation Prize

ATOS GLOBAL IT CHALLENGE
2020 Champion
2016 1st Runner Up

MALAYSIA RESEARCH ASSESSMENT (MYRA®) RATINGS 2020
2020 Special Award (Best Achievement)

MALAYSIA TECHNOLOGY EXPO (MTE)
2020 Special Award
2020 Special Award
2020 Silver
2020 Silver
2020 Silver
2020 Silver
2020 Silver
2020 Bronze
2020 Bronze
2020 Merit
2020 Silver

ACCA POWER OF ETHICS COMPETITION
2020 Champion of 'Most Creative Promotional Video'
2020 1st Runner Up of 'Best In-Campus Promotional Campaign'

COMMUNITY N U PROJECT-BASED COMPETITION
2020 Top 10 winners

ISLAMIC DIGITAL ECONOMY ACCELERATOR (IDE-A) COMPETITION
2020 Champion of 'Most Creative Promotional Video'

PLANPLUS FINANCIAL PLANNER AWARD
2020 Winner

REGIONAL CYBER CHALLENGE (RCC)
2019 Champion
2019 1st Runner Up

BURSA MALAYSIA NATIONAL INVESTMENT DEBATE CHALLENGE
2019 2nd Runner Up

TERADATA UNIVERSE DATA ANALYTICS CHALLENGE
2019 Winner of 'Best People’s Choice Award’

ASIA PACIFIC ICT AWARDS (APICTA) MALAYSIA (MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION)
2019 Winner of 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2016 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2013 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2012 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2011 Winner of ‘Special Jury Award’ by the Prime Minister
2011 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2011 2 Merit Awards for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2010 Top Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2008 Top Award for 'Best of e-Inclusion & e-Community'
2005 Top Award for 'Best of Applications & Infrastructure Tools'
2004 Top Award for 'Best of Education & Training
2004 Top Award for 'Best of Applications & Infrastructure Tools'
2004 Merit Award for 'Best of Research & Development'
2003 Merit Award for 'Best of Research & Development'
2002 Merit Award for 'Best of Smart Learning Applications'
2001 Merit Award for 'Best of Smart Learning Applications'
2000 Merit Award for 'Best of Smart Learning Applications'
2000 Top Award for 'Best of Student Projects'
1999 Merit Award for 'Best of Student Projects'


KPMG CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE
2019 1st Runner Up
2018 Top University Award
2018 Champion ("APT, Malware & Cyber powered by FireEye" track)
2018 Champion ("Engineering & Cyber – powered by IET" track)
2018 2nd Runner Up (Cyber Security Challenge 2018 - National Finals)

GEMILANG BUS DESIGN COMPETITION
2019 1st Place
2019 3rd Place

NATIONAL MATHEMATICS COMPETITION
2019 Champion
2019 Consolation Prize
2018 Champion
2017 2nd Runner Up

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INNOVATION COMPETITION (EIC) SINGAPORE
2019 Merit Prize
2019 Merit Prize
2019 Merit Prize
2016 4th Place
2015 1st Runner-up
2015 4th Place

FUSIONEX DATA CHALLENGE
2019 1st Runner Up

“PWN TILL DAWN” HACKATHON BY WIZLYNX GROUP
2019 4th Place
2019 5th Place
2019 6th Place

WORLDSKILLS MALAYSIA (CLOUD COMPUTING) LEAGUE
2019 Champion

INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION (i2CreaTE)
2019 Gold Medal
2019 Silver Medal

3 DAYS OF CODE
2019 Champion
2019 1st Runner Up
2018 2nd Runner Up
2018 Special Prize

OPEN GOV ASIA RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE
2019 Recognition for Excellence

CYBER HEROES COMPETITION
2019 Champion
2019 Most Valuable Player (MVP)
2017 3rd Place
2017 4th Place

ERNST & YOUNG (EY) ASIA-PACIFIC CYBER HACKATHON CHALLENGE
2019 Champion

CIMB 3D CONQUEST
2018 Champion (Data Science)
2018 2nd Runner Up (Coding)
2018 4th Runner Up (Coding)

PROTON DRB-HICOM CREATIVE CAR CHALLENGE
2018 Champion
2018 Third Prize (Design Battle)

SINCHEW BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD
2018 Product Excellence Award (Data Science)

SINCHEW EDUCATION AWARD
2018 Outstanding Educational Institution: Private University
2018 Product Award

PRIDE INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGE
2018 Champion

PERTANDINGAN NYANYIAN LAGU MELAYU ANTARABANGSA (PALMA)
2018 Champion
2018 2nd Runner Up
2018 Consolation Prize

NASA SPACE APPS CHALLENGE (KUALA LUMPUR)
2018 Champion
2018 1st Runner Up

RED RIBBON MEDIA AWARDS
2018 Best Poster Design
2018 Best Poster Copywriting

WORLD ASIAN BUSINESS CASE COMPETITION
2018 Top 10
2017 Top 10

INTERNATIONAL INVENTION & INNOVATIVE COMPETITION (INIIC)
2018 Gold Medal (Science, Engineering & Technology)
2018 Silver Medal (Science, Engineering & Technology)
2018 Bronze Medal (Science, Engineering & Technology)

CREST-INTEL INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
2018 Champion
2017 1st Runner Up
2017 Consolation Prize

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S ‘GO GREEN IN THE CITY’ COMPETITION - MALAYSIA
2018 1st Runner-up
2017 1st Runner-up
2016 2nd Runner-up
2015 1st Runner-up
2014 1st Runner-up

I DARE YOU CHALLENGE
2018 1st Runner Up
2018 Consolation Prize
2018 Best Supporting University

UNIMAKER CENTRAL REGION COMPETITION
2018 Champion

NXDEFENDER CYBER SECURITY COMPETITION
2018 Champion

MALAYSIAN FINANCIAL PLANNER AWARD
2018 1st Runner Up

UNIKL BUSINESS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE
2018 Best Research Paper Award (Postgraduate)

ASIAN DOMINATOR CRICKET CUP
2018 Champion

DISRUPT-IT CHALLENGE (DIC)
2018 1st Place

SAS NATIONAL FINTECH CHALLENGE
2018 1st Place

ASEAN VIRTUAL BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
2018 1st Place

FAMELAB MALAYSIA
2018 Audience Choice Award

HACKING, DEFENCE AND FORENSICS COMPETITION
2018 Champion

APPRENTICE INNOVATION & RESEARCH EXHIBITION (AIREX)
2018 Champion

HACK@10 CYBERSECURITY COMPETITION
2018 Champion
2018 2nd Runner Up
2018 10th Place

“HACK FOR GOOD” CHALLENGE
2018 3rd Place

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION ON GREEN TECHNOLOGY (I-FINOG)
2018 Gold Award
2018 Bronze Award

ASEAN DATA SCIENCE EXPLORERS
2018 2nd Runner Up

MTE
2018 Silver

FISHERTHON
2018 2nd Place
2018 3rd Place

3 DAYS OF CODE
2018 2nd Runner Up
2018 Special Prize

SUKAN INSTITUTI PENDIDIKAN TINGGI (SUKIPT)
2018 Bronze (Cricket)

INNOVATE MALAYSIA FINALS
2018 Winner

INVENTION & INNOVATION COMPETITION FOR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING (PERINTIS)
2018 Gold Award
2018 Gold Award
2018 Gold Award
2018 Silver Award
2018 Silver Award
2018 Silver Award
2018 Silver Award
2018 Silver Award
2018 Silver Award
2018 Silver Award
2018 Bronze Award
2016 Silver Award
2016 Bronze Award
2016 Bronze Award
2016 Bronze Award

PRIDE INNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGE
2018 Champion
2018 1st Runner Up

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM AND EXPOSITION
2018 Gold Award
2018 Silver Award
2018 Bronze Award

CREST INDUSTRY DATA ANALYTICAL CHALLENGE
2017 Silver Award

H-INOVASI
2017 ‘Best of the Best’ Award
2017 Gold Award
2017 Gold Award
2017 Gold Award

THE GREAT LAB SUMMER WORKSHOP
2017 1st Place (Track 2)
2017 3rd Place (Track 3)

ABB INTERVASITY INNOVATION CHALLENGE
2017 Champion
2016 Grand Prize

SEDEX (SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DESIGN EXHIBITION CUM COMPETITION)
2017 Silver Medal
2017 Silver Medal
2017 Bronze Medal
2016 Gold Medal
2016 Gold Medal
2016 Bronze Medal

YOUNG INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION EXHIBITION (YIIX)
2017 Silver Medal
2017 Silver Medal
2017 Bronze Medal

HEP-IPTS DEBATE COMPETITION
2017 1st Runner Up
2012 Champion of HEP- IPTS Debate Competition
2012 Best Speaker Award
2011 Champion of HEP- IPTS Debate Competition

INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL EXPOSITION (IIEX)
2017 Gold Medal
2017 Best Poster Prize
2017 Bronze Medal
2017 Bronze Medal

ASIAN YOUTH INNOVATION AWARDS & EXPO
2017 Silver Medal
2017 Bronze Medal

DUTCH WORLD'S UNIVERSITY DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIP
2017 2nd Place in the World

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING (IFIP) INTERNATIONAL YOUNG IT AWARDS
2016 Best Student IT Project award

BIG APP CHALLENGE
2016 Champion
2016 1st Runner Up
2016 2nd Runner Up
2015 Top 5 Finalist
2014 1st Runner-up

DIGITAL GAMES COMPETITION
2016 Champion
2016 1st Runner Up

THE GREAT ROYAL GENDER DEBATE
2016 4th Place

MALAYSIAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION INDOOR CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP
2016 2nd Runner Up

GREENTECH YOUTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE
2016 2nd Place

MAPCU-APU ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP 2016
2016 5th Place

MAPCU-APU TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP 2016
2016 National Champion

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE
2016 3rd Place
2016 4th Place
2016 5th Place

JOM HACK: SMART CITIES WITH LORA
2016 1st Place

HILTI INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL MOBILE APPLICATION COMPETITION
2016 Top 10 Finalist

INNOVATIVE PRACTICES IN EDUCATION & INDUSTRY EXHIBITION (I-PEINX)
2016 Bronze Award

GAMIFICATION HACKATHON
2016 Champion
2016 Gold Medal

ANGELHACK GLOBAL HACKATHON (MALAYSIA)
2016 Grand Prize

I-HACK
2016 Champion (Forensic Challenge)
2016 Champion (Hack & Defence)

MATERIALS LECTURE COMPETITION (MLC)
2016 First Prize
2014 Second Prize

INDONESIA CAPITAL MARKET STUDENT STUDIES (ICMSS) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
2016 Best Presenter Award

E-GENTING PROGRAMMING COMPETITION (R&D DIVISION, EGENTING)
2015 Distinction Award for 'Software Program Design and Development'
2015 Merit Award for 'Software Program Design and Development'
2014 Merit Award for 'Software Program Design and Development'
2014 Merit Award for 'Software Program Design and Development'
2006 First Prize for 'Software Program Design and Development'
2004 First Prize for 'Software Program Design and Development'
2003 First Prize for 'Software Program Design and Development'
2002 Merit Award for 'Software Program Design and Development'

E-GENTING BUG HUNT
2014 First Prize
2014 Second Prize
2014 Third Prize

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION, SYSTEM AND CONVERGENCE APPLICATIONS (ICISCA)
2015 1 Gold Award
2015 1 Bronze Award

BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA MUSEUM ART GALLERY “DOODLE COMPETITION”
2015 3rd Place

MASISWA NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
2015 2nd Runner Up

UNMC TAEKWONDO OPEN INVITATION CHAMPIONSHIP
2015 Overall Champion

1WORLD CULTURE FESTIVAL
2016 Judges Special Award of Nusantara Singing Category
2016 1st Runner Up of International Category
2015 Champion of Nusantara Singing Category
2015 Champion of Nusantara Singing Category
2015 1st Runner Up of Nusantara Singing Category
2015 Best Performance Award of Nusantara Singing Category
2015 2nd Runner Up of International Singing Category

CIMA GLOBAL BUSINESS CHALLENGE MALAYSIA
2015 Finalist
2014 1st Runner-up

PATHFINDER ROBOT COMPETITION
2015 1st Runner-up
2014 Creativity Award

MALAYSIAN/MILO OPEN KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP
2015 Merit Award

UTP-HAX NATIONAL HACKING COMPETITION
2015 1st Runner-up
2015 1st Runner-up
2014 4th Place
2014 1st Runner-up

CME GLOBAL TRADING CHALLENGE
2014 4th Place

MAKEWEEKEND ROBOTICS CHALLENGE 2013
2013 Winner of Water Drone Competition
2013 Winner of Awesomeness Challenge

MALAYSIA CYBERSECURITY AWARDS (CYBERSECURITY MALAYSIA)
2013 Award for 'Information Security Training Provider of the Year'
2012 Award for 'Information Security Training Provider of the Year'
2009 Award for 'Information Security Training Provider of the Year'

THE BRANDLAUREATE –SMES BEST BRANDS AWARDS
2012 Winner of Corporate Branding Award in Education

INTERNATIONAL ASIA PACIFIC ICT AWARDS (APICTA)
2016 Merit Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2012 Merit Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2011 Merit Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2010 Merit Award for 'Best of Tertiary Student Project'
2004 Merit Award for 'Best of Education & Training'
2004 Merit Award for 'Best of Applications & Infrastructure Tools'

MICROSOFT IMAGINE CUP (MICROSOFT INC.)
2012 Winner of Microsoft Imagine Cup (Malaysia)
2012 Top Award for ‘MDeC Special Innovation’
2011 Winner of Microsoft Imagine Cup (Malaysia)
2011 1st Runner-up of Microsoft Imagine Cup (Malaysia)
2011 2nd Runner-up of Microsoft Imagine Cup (Malaysia)
2011 Top Award for ‘MDeC Special Innovation’
2011 Top Award for ‘Presentation Superstars’
2010 Winner of Microsoft Imagine Cup (Malaysia)
2010 Top 6 finalists at World Championship in Poland
2010 Top Award for 'Best Presentation Team'
2010 Top Award for 'Best Implementation of Multipoint'
2004 3rd Prize Award for 'System Government Elections Software'

MALAYSIAN GREENTECH AWARDS 2012 (MINISTRY OF ENERGY, GREEN TECHNOLOGY & WATER)
2012 Silver Award for ‘GreenTech University’

MSC-IHL Business Plan Competition
(Institutions of Higher Learning Business Plan Competition by Multimedia Development Corporation)
2012 Merit prize for Business Idea Category
2005 Grand prize for Business Idea Category
2005 Merit prize for Business Plan Category

NAPEI AWARDS (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, MALAYSIA)
2011 Award for Educational Excellence
2007 Award for Educational Excellence
2004 Award for Educational Excellence

1MALAYSIA INNOVATION TOURNAMENT (1MIT) 2010
2010 Winner for 'Best Animated Award'
2010 Winner for 'Most Scariest Video Award'

HACK IN THE BOX (HITB) INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2010
2010 2nd Prize for 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'

MALAYSIA FROST & SULLIVAN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARD 2010 (WON BY APU GRADUATES)
2010 Award for 'Emerging Human Computer Interface Technologies'

WORLD UNIVERSITY DEBATES CHAMPIONSHIP 2010
2010 Runner-up in the Grand Final

STANFORD UNIVERSITY’S GLOBAL INNOVATION TOURNAMENT 2009 (WON BY APU STUDENT)
2009 Winner for Global Innovation Tournament Global Challenge

MSC MALAYSIA CREATIVE INDUSTRY AWARDS 2009 (GAMES CATEGORY - STUDENT)
2009 Award for 'Best Game Design'
2009 Award for 'Best Technical'

ITEX 2009 AWARDS - WON BY APU GRADUATES (INTERNATIONAL INVENTION, INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION)
2009 Gold Award for 'Best Invention - SmartSurface'
2009 Special Award for Corporate Invention

MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION MALAYSIA AWARDS
2008 Top Award for 'Best Website Design'

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD 2006 (MALAYSIA CANADA BUSINESS COUNCIL)
2006 Bronze award for Industry Excellence for Education

DKSH-CSSC AWARD
2006 First Prize for DKSH-CSSC Media Challenge 2006

PIKOM - COMPUTIMES ICT AWARDS 2004 (ASSOCIATION OF COMPUTER INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA)
2005 Product of the Year Award for 'URL Checker'
2004 Product of the Year Award for 'Screenshield Suite'

ASIAN INNOVATION AWARDS (FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW, SINGAPORE)
2004 Only Malaysian Finalist

PRIME MINISTER'S GOLDEN HANDS AWARD (MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MALAYSIA)
2004 Top Award in Network and PC Maintenance category

HSBC YOUNG IT ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS (HONG KONG BANK)
2004 Gold Award for 'Universal Wireless Charging' solution
2004 Judges Award for 'Security Transmitter & Detector' device
2002 Silver Award for 'Business Edutainment Access Medium' Business Plan

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWARDS (MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MALAYSIA)
2003 Award of Excellence in Research & Development
2003 Award of Excellence for Development of Overseas Centres

ASIA STUDENT .NET AWARDS (MICROSOFT INC.)
2003 3rd Prize Award for 'Automobile Manufacture Service' software application
2003 5th Prize Award for 'i-Mall' software application

DARE TO BE DIGITAL PROGRAMMING COMPETITION
(BRITISH COUNCIL / UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY, DUNDEE)
2003 1st Prize Award for a Multiplayer Online Game
2003 3rd Prize Award for a Role Playing Strategy Game

FORUM NOKIA MOBILE CHALLENGE JAVA COMPETITION (NOKIA INC.)
2002 Top 3 winners worldwide for a Java-based e-mail client application for Nokia devices using J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition)

ENTERPRISE 50 AWARDS (ACCENTURE & SMI DEVT CORP)
1998, 1999, 2000 3rd position in 2000 among top 50 Malaysian organisations