Hovah Yii
UMP Pekan Survival Guide for Dummies
Congratulation on enrolling in UMP Pekan. As a new student coming into a university full of surprises and wonders, here are things and tips you should know for better survival in UMP Pekan.
1. Merit Demerit System
If you are browsing e-community, you will come across one section which is "Merit Demerit System". Merit Demerit System is just like a KPI (Key Performance Indicator). It will determine your worth of getting to live in the university hostel or accommodation for the coming semester. For your information, the system has changed throughout the year. And now Year 1 and 2 students are eligible to live in the hostel without merit points. However, they will need to move out from the hostel for their third and final year if their merit marks are not high enough.
The merit points can be earned through academic performance and curriculum. For academic merit points, your CGPA matters. To earn merit points through curriculum, there are three ways to do it:
* Become a committee member, not just a normal member, joining as a club member does not earn you any merit points
* Become an organiser or EXCO of an event
* Become a participant in any event or competition
If you manage to get into any international or national competition and makes UMP famous because of your achievement, you will be granted higher merit points.
2. ILMU
ILMU was implemented in 2021. It is a club or activities management system for UMP students. It allows the students to enrol into events or register for club membership. ILMU also allows the students to sign in their attendance for club events. Once you complete the events, you will get an attendance certificate from ILMU.
3. UDAS (UMP Digital Assessment System)
UDAS is kind of like an examination system. You log in to UDAS through the same username and password as KALAM. UDAS allows you to take quizzes or tests.
4. Library System
5. Uniform Bodies
What I found amusing in UMP or government universities is that they have this unique club or uniform bodies. Uniform bodies refer to the club like Bomba, Police, Navy. In UMP, there are three Uniform Bodies namely Navy (Palapes Laut), Air Force (Palapes Udara) and Army (Palapes Darat). Each uniform body offers its own training. By joining the uniform bodies, the student will get benefits like:
* Free hostel
* Allowance by joining activities
* Be granted the title "Leftenan Muda PSSTLDM" by YPD Agong
* Get your chance to learn weapons (pistol, Rifle M4, M16 etc)
However, each uniform body has its own selection criteria. Most of them only accept Year 1 students and you have to have BMI not more than 26. So start slimming and work out today, if you want to join any uniform body. See you there.
Hovah Yii
Hovah, in his final year at University Malaysia Pahang studying Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Electrical) with Honours, is deeply involved in IoT research. A passionate reader and programmer, he has honed his skills through years as a student mentor at Chumbaka and as a freelance developer. Proficient in Next JS and Flutter frameworks, he has developed over seven web and two mobile apps, and contributed to backend code for business websites. Currently, he's collaborating with Go-Emerge Sdn Bhd on developing leica-store.my.