Raffles College of Higher Education

Institution Overview

Institution Profile

Raffles College of Higher Education Kuala Lumpur (RCHEKL) (formerly known as LaSalle International Design School) was established in 1994 and is part of Raffles Education Corporation - the largest private education group in Asia-Pacific. Since establishing our first college in Singapore in 1990, the Group has grown to operate 3 universities and 33 colleges across 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

More than 32,000 students enrolled in our tertiary programmes across 30 cities benefit from a quality education that provides graduates with a well-rounded hands-on learning experience that is relevant to the industry.

We place strong emphasis on curriculum development to keep abreast with industry trends and needs. We provide our students with quality education that will equip them with the necessary knowledge, skills and hands-on learning experience, to launch a career in their respective fields.

Programmes

At our Kuala Lumpur campus, we offer a range of courses in design, business and psychology. Our industry-focused design courses provide practical vocation skills where emphasis is placed on nurturing designers not technicians. Our business courses offer students pursuing a business qualification the opportunity to study in a creative learning environment with a flexible study schedule. Psychology students will benefit from the many real case studies and actual clinical internship postings.

Design Courses

• Fashion Design
• Fashion Marketing & Management
• Visual Communication
• Interactive Media Design
• Interior Design
• Jewellery Design

Other Courses

• Business (Marketing)
• Applied Psychology

Facilities & Resources

Our campus is made up of three buildings that contain lecture theatres with wireless access, drafting & sewing rooms with Gerber technology for fashion design, drafting and sample room for interior design, computer labs using both Mac and PC formats with the latest software and photography studio for interactive media design and visual communication students, jewellery design studio, resource centre with e-library access to over 10,000 titles and a cafeteria.