With the growing adoption of digitalisation and automation, the demand for skilled workers in the area of information the demand for skilled workers in the area of information technology is set to increase over time. Nurturing a pool technology is set to increase over time. Nurturing a pool of young talent equipped with suitable knowledge and of young talent equipped with suitable knowledge and skills as well as creativity is the cornerstone for meeting skills as well as creativity is the cornerstone for meeting the future manpower needs in the information technology the future manpower needs in the information technology sector.sector.

We at Xiamen University Malaysia believe that youths can We at Xiamen University Malaysia believe that youths can be steered towards embracing information technology as be steered towards embracing information technology as their future profession if they are given proper guidance their future profession if they are given proper guidance and training. To that end, we have tailor-made a pre-and training. To that end, we have tailor-made a pre-university level programme, targeted at secondary school university level programme, targeted at secondary school leavers irrespective of their educational streams who set leavers irrespective of their educational streams who set their sights on pursuing an undergraduate qualification in their sights on pursuing an undergraduate qualification in the field of information technology.the field of information technolo