Kangar, 20 Julai – 20 final year students of Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) were offered employment at Tessolve Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd. in Penang before graduating in October 2018.

"They will start their duties in August," said Dr. Ruswahida Ibnu Ruslan, the Senior Assistant Registrar of Centre for Industrial and Governmental Collaboration (CIGC).

"This is the first and the second batch involving 58 students called for an interview session in May at UniMAP and June in Penang”, she added.

11 students were offered jobs in the first batch, and 9 in the second batch. They will start working in August, two months before their graduation date," said Dr. Ruswahida.

The students are from different schools; School of Microelectronics (5 students), School of Computers and Communication (11 students) and Faculty of Engineering Technology Electronics (4 students).

Dr. Ruswahida also mentioned that most interviewers come from Bangalore, India and only two are interviewers from Malaysia.

She added that these students are fortunate to have the opportunity to grow their career in Tessolve because it is a company that provides maintenance and solution services for Chip Solutions, Hardware Solutions, Software Solutions and Embedded Solutions.

"The company provides services to companies such as Intel, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, NXP, National Instruments, Cadence, Jetter, Coyote.

"The opportunity to work before graduation shows that the graduates of UniMAP are at the job market and at the same time proving that the UniMAP’s curriculum is in line with the industry requirements," she concluded.