Our Journey Starts Here!!!

" A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu

It is not easy for someone to actually take the first step to start the journey. It sometimes, requires a whole lot of courage and determination because this journey is uncertain. You never know where it ends, when it would end and even, whether it really would end.

However, we have to remember that in this earth, we are all caliphs of Allah, which bear big responsibilities in order to make this world a better place and to prepare ourselves for the Hereafter. With that in mind, we take our first step; our journey in IIUM Kuantan started on 2nd September when we all registered as first degree students.

As soon as we stepped our foot pass this huge, beautiful gate. we are officially belong to the IIUM Kuantan's community. We were very excited because finally, we would start a new life as degree students, which differ so much from our life during our matriculation years.

Being located at Bandar Indera Mahkota, which is more or less ten minutes from Teluk Chempedak beach, this place is serenely peaceful and beautiful. Hence, this place is more than conducive for the students.

The three of us are taking the same course, that is Bachelor in Mathematical Sciences, also famously known here as CTS (Computational Theoretical Sciences). The reason why we chose this course as our first degree is because we found that Mathematics subject is very challenging and interesting. Not to mention, when we graduated, there will be a huge selection of careers for us to involve in.

Minor	Concentration	Job
Business	Statistics	Manager, Project Admin, Business Process Specialist, Teacher
Education	Financial Mathematics	Teacher, Lecturer, Academic Trainee, Internal Audit Executive
ICT	Computational Mathematics	Senior Solution Development Engineer, IT Programming

Some of the careers you can involve in after you graduated with a Mathematics degree

There is quite a huge numbers of students in our class, which makes it very fun because we can get to know and mingle around each other. The classes also become happening. When we said Mathematics, you might think we are crazy to be willing to deal with numbers and theorems and formulas every day, but wait! Believe it or not, we have the least amounts of classes per day. So, more time to lazy around each day. :)

Most people might have this misconception that Mathematics is all about numbers and calculations. While that is partly true, the most scariest part of Mathematics is when you open the textbook, you suddenly found yourself facing with a lot of words which take not a little effort to be understood. This is because, we need to understand a certain theory or formula about Mathematics from its very root. Thus, it teaches us to think critically and creatively as to solve the Mathematical problems given.

Studying a Mathematics degree in IIUM is different from a normal university. Why are we saying this? First, IIUM is a teaching university which means you will have classes mostly in classrooms. We found this is a good thing because it enables us to understand a certain topic better and deeper.
Secondly, no matter what courses you are enrolling in, you would always found yourselves learning more about Islam in the classroom. This is very interesting as you can strengthen your Islamic values while learning a worldly knowledge. Third, IIUM study plan trains their students in a holistic way which would transform you to be all-rounder people as soon as you graduated.

Sounds intriguing, right! Come and join us, experience it yourself!

To those who interested to enroll in IIUM, be it our beloved Kuantan campus or Gombak campus, you are more than welcomed to go to .IIUM Website.