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Mukah Polytechnic

polytechnic in Mukah, Sarawak, Malaysia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ107969736
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Mukah Sarawak Polytechnic (Malay: Politeknik Mukah; abbreviated as PMU) is a TVET institute located in Mukah, Sarawak which is the first in central region of Sarawak. Being the twentieth polytechnic in Malaysia, PMU is the third polytechnic in Borneo island after Kuching Sarawak Polytechnic and Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic. The campus is built on a 100-acre site.

The institute first operation began at Sibu Technical Secondary School in 2004. The first intake of students was in July 2005 session with pilot courses such as Certificate in Information Technology, Certificate in Civil Engineering and Certificate in Business Studies. Course offerings increased a year later where Diploma level courses were also offered by all five major academic departments. When PMU first started it had only 156 students, but in 2010 the population has increased to 3,144.

Directors of Mukah Polytechnic

Programme offered

Department of Civil Engineering

Diploma in Civil Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering

Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Communication)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Department of Commerce

Diploma in Accountancy

Diploma in Business Studies

Diploma in Secretarial Science

Department of Information, Communication and Technology

Diploma in Information Technology (Digital Technology) Software and Application Development

Diploma in Information Technology (Digital Technology) Network System

Department of General Studies

Islamic and Moral Education Unit

English Language Unit

Department of Mathematics, Science and Computer

Pre-Diploma (Science)

Academic

The offering of general subjects, science and mathematics is offered by the Department of General Studies (JPA) and the Department of Mathematics, Science and Computer (JMSK).

In addition to the full-time courses, PMU also offers short-term courses that are open to the public and the local community under the Time Sector Privatization (TSP) program.

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