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Awards and Achievements
Over the years, APIIT Education Group has secured more than 200 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.
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
KPMG CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE 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) | |
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 | |
INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MALAYSIA (IEM) AWARD 2018 - Gold Award 2017 - Gold Award 2016 - Gold Award 2015 - Gold Award 2014 - Gold Award | |
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) | |
NATIONAL MATHEMATICS COMPETITION 2018 - Champion 2017 - 2nd Runner Up | |
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 2018 - Gold Award 2018 - Bronze Award | |
INTERNATIONAL INVENTION, INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION (ITEX) 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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 ENERGY INNOVATION COMPETITION (EIC) SINGAPORE 2016 - 4th Place 2015 - 1st Runner-up 2015 - 4th Place | |
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 | |
ASIA PACIFIC ICT AWARDS (APICTA) MALAYSIA (MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION) 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' | |
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 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 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 2009 - Award for 'Best Game Design' 2009 - Award for 'Best Technical' | |
ITEX 2009 AWARDS - WON BY APU GRADUATES 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 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 2005 - Product of the Year Award for 'URL Checker' 2004 - Product of the Year Award for 'Screenshield Suite' | |
ASIAN INNOVATION AWARDS 2004 - Only Malaysian Finalist | |
PRIME MINISTER'S GOLDEN HANDS AWARD 2004 - Top Award in Network and PC Maintenance category | |
HSBC YOUNG IT ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS 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 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 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 1998, 1999, 2000 - 3rd position in 2000 among top 50 Malaysian organisations |
