Sinar College
The Newbridge College Melaka located in the heart of Malacca city is the only college in Malaysia offering a dual diploma program for the price of one.
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is the largest professional accounting body in the UK with members in over 170 countries worldwide. Membership of the Association can only be achieved by examination and relevant practical experience. Newbridge College is also examination centre for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the state of Malacca.
In 2010, the institution had been awarded Gold Status as a learning partner by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Malaysian Skills Certificate
NewbridgeCollege was registered as one of the accredited training centres under Skill Development Department, an agency under the Ministry of Human Resource on 26 October 2010. This accreditation allows the college to conduct training courses which award trainees with Malaysian Skill Certificate.Tourist Guide Course
Newbridge College is the only institution in the state of Malacca that offers full range of tourism courses, from tourist guide course to licensing courses for travel agencies, travel and tour enhancement course, as well as travel and tour management course. For TTEC and TTMC, Kolej Sinar, as a leading member of Association of Tourism Training Institutes of Malaysia, is the training centre for whole southern region that include Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, and Johor.Newbridge College is the only training institute in Malacca that consistently offers Tourist Guide Course. Upon completion, graduates obtain certificate from Kementerian Pelancongan, Mesra Certificate, and Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia Level 3. Kolej Sinar is approved training centre under Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran of Kementerian Sumber Manusia. It is also approved centre for applying students loan from Perbadanan Tabung Pembangunan Kemahiran.
Malaysian Qualification Agency
Newbridge College also conforms with requirement under Malaysian Qualifications Agency for its professional courses such as Foundation in Accountancy and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants as well as for Diploma courses such as Diploma in Accounting and Diploma in Business Administration as well as collaboration Executive Diploma with University of Malaya.Diploma in Accounting and Diploma in Business Administration
Newbridge college offers own Diploma in Accounting programme which is accredited by Malaysian Qualifications Agency. The full-time course is divided into 4 long semesters and 2 short semesters which covers approximately two and a half years of study. The total fee for the programme is arguably the lowest among Diploma level programme of private higher institutions in Malaysia. Newbridge College also offers Diploma in Business Administration at the same fee.Accommodation
Initially, Newbridge College only offers courses to nearby residents. As it grows bigger and add more courses into its faculties, students register from whole state of Malacca and some from neighbouring states like Johor and Negeri Sembilan. However, nearly all of its students come from various places in Malacca such as Bandar Hilir, Malacca City, Tengkera, Ayer Keroh, Durian Tunggal, Alor Gajah district, Jasin district, Batu Berendam, and other Newbridgeer areas.Newbridge College is situated at Malacca City, a busy place accessible by public transportation. However, most students come by own vehicles. For full-time students studying Foundation of Accountancy course, they usually come and are fetched home by parents, although some come by buses or own cars. For part-time students who come to classes at night and weekends, namely ACCA Professional Stage students and University of Malaya's Centre for Continuing Education, they are working adults who own vehicles.
Newbridge College besides the college building, also own some properties within area such as apartments. Some students stay in the apartments and come to college on foot.
Job opportunities
Newbridge College boasts direct relationship with prominent audit, accounting, secretarial, and taxation firm which have been deep rooted for decades within local communities. Newbridge College students are always placed for practical internship with the firm, while the firm's clients obtain source of employees from Newbridge College. In other words, Newbridge College has been designed for practical purposes from the beginning besides providing alternative access for part-time education to local communities.Newbridge College, despite its complete facilities, has no full-time lecturers. All the courses are taught by part-time lecturers who at the same time are active practitioners in their respective fields, either in own companies or holding positions in influential local industries. Furthermore, Newbridge College is also patronised by local Members of Parliament from ruling political party. In other words, Newbridge College graduates, with the advantage of marketable ACCA and CAT qualifications, boast far and wide network of job opportunities.
Malacca, the state where Newbridge College is operating, is well known among Malaysian as small state with largest tourists activities. It even bought and locate its premises in the middle of busiest commercial centre and famous tourism sites. Besides being fully accredited as tourism training centre and offering all course one can get on tourism, Newbridge College has been active in running local and national tourism organisation. Like other courses it offers, Tourist Guide Basic Course Level 3 and Travel and Tour Enhancement Course are also taught by part-time lecturers who are not only active tourism practitioners, but also have engaged in local tourism industry for a very long time. For those students who enroll in the Tourist Guide Basic Course Level 3 and Travel and Tour Enhancement Course with Sinar College, usually have the opportunity to join into the large network as well.