Institution Overview
Background of Institution
GMI was established in 1992 and started with only 59 students for the first intake. Due to the high demand for technical course especially when the joined venture and assistance from Germany. Increasing demand from industries and public made GMI ready for the bigger capacity of students including short-term and part-time course. Later on GMI is officially officiated by then the 4 th Prime Minister of Malaysia Y.A.B Dato’ Seri Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad in 1994.
2008, GMI expanded and shifted to her new 75-acres campus with advanced training facilities located in Kajang, Selangor. The move to Kajang only drove GMI to be more motivated and persevere to achieve and succeed in mission and vision.
The institute is governed by a Board of Directors composed of 10 representatives from the industry and also the government bodies where the founders are Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) and Malaysian German Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MGCC). GMI’s training philosophy, approach and equipment carry significant German influences and all trainings at the institute uphold the hands-on, practice-based concept by adopting the German dual education system. However, throughout the years, GMI had changed her training approach from the traditional teacher-centered to a student-centered and again transformed from the Problem Based Learning (PBL) to the current Problem-Project-Production Based Learning (Pro3BL) approach.
In 1994, GMI was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed. It was a glorious day and the unforgettable event which was attended and witnessed by Honorable Ministers from various Government Ministries, Ambassadors of Foreign countries based in KL, distinguished guests, renown figures, industry partners, senior officials of various government agencies, local and foreign press and media as well as the public members. GMI was the talk of the town not only due to the presence of distinguished figures and high ranking people, but most importantly due to GMI, the first TVET institute of its kind in Malaysia that has Government to Government cooperation and thereby, setting examples for the establishment of other such training institutions to follow suit in years after.
GMI offers Diploma of Engineering Technology in Mechanical and Electrical disciplines embedding the German vocational education and training system. GMI also offers German A-Level Preparatory Program (GAPP) to high achievers in academic studies at O-Level and Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia as a foundation before entering German Universities in particular University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) and Hochschule. In bringing the competitive advantage across industries to a one- stop solution center, various technology-related short term courses are offered to signify the importance of life-long learning. The cooperation with industries through industrial projects on a commercial basis helps to enhance the relevance of our pre-employment training and the competence of our Technical Training Officers. Whereas our TVET consultancy services underlines the expertise and experiences that GMI is willing to share. GMI is an Industry 4.0 ready institute established jointly by the Governments of Malaysia and Germany in 1992. Our objective is to provide highly skilled manpower trained in advance technology for industrial needs.
Among the successes achieved by the Diploma Program students were participating in technical competitions such as award for Platinum for the ‘The Final Year Project’ Cloud Integration in Parcel Sorting System’ in Melaka International Innovation Expo 2019, Gold and Diamond award for the same project at ICCE 2019 at UITM Puncak Alam, Silver award for Final Year Project ‘Mini Milling Model Machine 3 Axis’ at ICCE 2019 at UITM Puncak Alam and Bronze award for the ‘MART RFID Final Year Project Billing System with Cloud Based Integration ’at ICCE 2019. GMI not only excels in domestic technical competitions such as Competitions Skills Malaysia, Malaysia International Robot Competitions (MiROC) and IPMarace and even GMI are also champions on the world stage in the Shell Eco Marathon Asia competition in the Philippines and Global Cam Competition in Birmingham UK.
Another success from best student of German University Preparatory Program for Cambridge Assessment International Education was awarded Top in the World in Mathematics, in June 2019 examination in Cambridge Learner Outstanding Awards Ceremony in Subang. The students, Aezzra Marvin anak Vincent sponsored by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) under Young Talent Development Program (YTP).
GMI was given recognition and acknowledgement as recipient of “Minister of Human Resource Award – Training provider 2001” and conferred 6 stars for outstanding achievement in MyQuest College Based rating for 2016/2017 Audit by Minister of Higher Education.
In today’s competitive job seeking arena, GMI managed to get 93% of employability rate for the graduates. GMI's success is proven by the high demand from the industries of it graduates even before they graduated. Even many GMI graduates work in the international companies such as in Scotland, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Vietnam, United Kingdom and many other companies.
Though the campus life at GMI may be similar to campus life elsewhere, but student life at GMI may not be found anywhere else. The education system here is a significant contributing factor in making you, GMI students and graduates being highly sought after for employment.
As of now, GMI provides financial assistance from Majlis Amanah Raykat (MARA) and Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN). Students are also encouraged to secure any sponsorship from other sponsors at their own capacity and GMI is willing to assist. Meanwhile for German University Preparatory Program, the scholarship providers are mainly from Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) and Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA). The applications are to be made directly to the sponsors when advertised (by the sponsors via their website) at students’ own capacity Students are also encouraged to secure any sponsorship from other sponsors at their own capacity and GMI is willing to assist.
