Awards and Achievements

CYBERSECURITY EXCELLENCE AWARDS

• 2020 - Gold Winner (Best CyberSecurity Education Provider in Asia)
• 2019 - Gold Winner (Best CyberSecurity Education Provider)

ACCA POWER OF ETHICS COMPETITION

• 2020 - Champion of 'Most Creative Promotional Video'
• 2020 - 1st Runner Up of 'Best In-Campus Promotional Campaign'

REGIONAL CYBER CHALLENGE (RCC)

• 2019 - Champion
• 2019 - 1st Runner Up

INTERNATIONAL ICT INNOVATIVE SERVICES AWARDS

• 2019 - Best Innovation Prize

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

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY CARNIVAL ON E-LEARNIG (IUCEL)

• 2019 - Gold
• 2019 - Gold
• 2019 - Silver
• 2018 - Gold
• 2018 - Gold
• 2018 - Silver

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

INTERNATIONAL INVENTION, INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION (ITEX)

• 2019 - 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
• 2018 - 1 Bronze 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

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

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MALAYSIA (IEM) AWARD

• 2019 - Gold Award
• 2018 - Gold Award
• 2017 - Gold Award
• 2016 - Gold Award
• 2015 - Gold Award
• 2014 - Gold Award

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
• 2016 - 1st Runner-up
• 2016 - 2nd Runner-up
• 2015 - 1st Runner-up
• 2014 - 1st Runner-up

F-SECURE INTERVARSITY CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGE

• 2018 - Champion
• 2018 - 2nd Place
• 2017 - Champion
• 2016 - Champion

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

IUCEL

• 2018 - 2 Golds
• 2018 - 1 Silver

ASEAN DATA SCIENCE EXPLORERS

• 2018 - 2nd Runner Up

MTE

• 2018 - Silver

FISHERTHON

• 2018 - 2nd Place
• 2018 - 3rd Place

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

ATOS GLOBAL IT CHALLENGE

• 2016 - 1st Runner Up

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
• 2015 - Creativity Award

MALAYSIAN/MILO OPEN KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP

• 2015 - Merit Award

UTP-HAX NATIONAL HACKING COMPETITION

• 2015 - 1st Runner-up
• 2014 - 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 Works 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