Taylor's College


Taylor's College is a college in Malaysia.
Taylor's College was established in 1969 by George Archibald Taylor and George Leighton Taylor. Initially, Taylor's offered the Victorian High School Certificate. It currently offers Cambridge A Levels, South Australian Certificate of Education International, Foundation, Diploma in Business, Certified Accounting Technician and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants professional programmes. The college received “University College” status in 2006, and "University" status in 2010, which further divide into Taylor's University and Taylor's College.

History

Taylor's College was established in 1969 by George Leighton Taylor after he and his father, George Archibald Taylor's realised that there were a number of students from Malaysia who enrolled in the coaching college set up in Melbourne, Australia. The first branch campus was set up in Jalan Pantai to enable Malaysian students to matriculate within the country. The institution celebrates its 50th anniversary on March 3rd 2019.

1969 – 2000

The first Taylor's campus offered the Victorian High School Certificate programme for a student population of 345. In 1985, Taylor's moved to its second campus in PJ New Town. Four years later, the Subang Jaya Campus was launched and two new Pre-University programmes introduced – the Canadian Pre-University programme and South Australian Matriculation.
By 1990, other programmes had been introduced, including the American Degree Transfer Program; Architecture, Quantity Surveying & Construction; Business, Accounting, Marketing & Finance; Cambridge A Levels; Computer Science; Software Engineering & IT; Engineering; Hospitality Tourism & Culinary Arts; Taylor's Business Foundation.

2000 – 2019 (Present)

In 2001, the 4th Taylor's College campus in Wisma Subang, housing the Taylor's Business School, was launched. The following year, Taylor's College Petaling Jaya became the 5th Campus at Leisure Commerce Square and Taylor's School of Hospitality and Tourism was relocated from Kuala Lumpur to the new campus. TCPJ also housed the School of Communication, School of Architecture Building & Design and Taylor's School of Computing. In 2004, the 6th Campus was launched in Subang Square housing the American Degree Transfer Program.
In early 2007, the commencement of work for the RM450 million Taylor's Lakeside Campus began.
With the launch of the 7th and newest campus in Sri Hartamas in 2008, Taylor's College was able to offer the Cambridge A Level programme, South Australian Matriculation programme and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to an additional 800 students from across the Klang Valley.
In 2018, Taylor's College moved its base of operations from its Subang Jaya and Sri Hartamas campuses to Taylor's Lakeside Campus.

Academic Programmes

Cambridge A Levels

The Cambridge A Level programme at Taylor's is conducted by the Cambridge International Examinations. It provides a foundation to various international tertiary programmes around the world.
Taylor's College Subang Jaya was the first to be awarded the International Fellowship Centre Status in Malaysia by University of Cambridge International Examinations in 2004.
An 18-month programme, it prepares students for examinations in two phases: Advanced Subsidiary level and Advanced Two level. With this 2-stage assessment, students are given more opportunities to phase their learning to gain in-depth knowledge and lifelong skills that prepare them for success in their higher education and future employment.

South Australian Certificate of Education International

The South Australian Certificate of Education International programme, formerly known as the South Australian Matriculation programme, is the most popular Australian-based Pre-U programme in Malaysia. Many SACE International students apply to enter top universities around the world including Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, the UK and the US.
The SACEi curriculum focuses on the development of key capabilities that are essential to a student's future education, training and careers, and his role as an active and informed member of the community. Students studying the SACE curriculum will gain valuable literacy, numeracy, critical thinking and problem-solving skills on top of the knowledge gained from their choice of subjects. The structure of assessment, which will take place between 1 and 1½ years, is 70% school-based assessment and 30% external examination.

Foundation and Diploma

As part of the Taylor's Education Group's Higher Education Group strategic positioning, Taylor's College will be focusing on pre-university studies, professional studies and franchise degree programmes as part of its focus from 2019 onwards.
Effective 1 January 2019, eight foundation programmes and the Diploma in Business, which were previously offered by Taylor's University, have been moved to Taylor's College.

Professional Programmes

Taylor's College offers two professional programmes starting from January 2019; the Certified Accounting Technician and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants papers.

Taylor's Lakeside Campus

In 2018, Taylor's College moved its Subang Jaya and Sri Hartamas campuses and combined it with the Taylor's Lakeside campus, where the campus of Taylor's University resided.

Facilities and Amenities

Set on 27-acres of tropical greenery, the integrated purpose-built campus surrounds a 5.5 acre man-made lake, as well as a landscape of water plants, trees, and flowering shrubs which provides a rich and stimulation natural environment. It is also a resident to ducks, geese, turtles, and fish.
Facilities available at Taylor's College include:
  1. Lecture Theatres
  2. Library
  3. Science Labs
  4. X-Space Classrooms
Taylor’s College students are also able to use the Taylor’s University facilities for their studies.

Accommodation

Taylor's Lakeside Campus has two hostels available for on-campus student accommodation.
The hostel offers other services such as 24-hour multi-level security, resident housemaster, housekeeping services, recreational areas, common kitchen, laundromat and maintenance support.
Additional accommodation are available off-campus, located within the vicinity of the campus and the Subang Jaya area.

University Placement Services

The University Placement Services is a one-stop university information and application service for Taylor’s students. UPS offers advice, guidance and assistance for direct/transfer applications to various institutions around the world including those in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, UK and the US.
The range of services offered by the UPS include:
Taylor's College provides students with British and Australian education, recognised by prestigious universities around the world through its Cambridge A Level and South Australian Matriculation / SACE International programmes.
It was awarded the highest rating of 'Tier 6: Outstanding' rating by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia in the first three Malaysian Quality Evaluation System for Private Colleges rating exercises in 2011, 2013 and 2015.
Taylor's College was awarded Gold status in 2020 under the Approved Learning Partner programme by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Notable Alumni