IACT College

Founded in the 1970s, IACT College (IACT) is the nation’s premier creative communication specialist and is a trusted education provider in the creative industry, offering pre-university, university and professional programmes in advertising, broadcasting, film, graphic design, mass communication, media studies and public relations.

IACT aspires to be a preferred Malaysian institution dedicated to nurturing students to think critically, not just about career opportunities, but also challenges confronting society; and to act wisely, with integrity and to make a positive contribution to the world. In pursuing their Vision, IACT College will be guided by a few beliefs and principles. The first responsibility is towards the safety and well-being of the student bodies, its faculty members and all members of the support staff.

They aspire to provide accessible education of the highest quality that is well-balanced and relevant to the world at large. Achieving this requires world-class faculty in all academic areas. IACT endeavours to provide a dynamic and responsive environment that consistently challenges the status quo and to nurture a passion for continuous improvements in teaching, scholarship and administrative standards. The institution also provides a rich and fertile learning environment that values social, cultural and racial diversities, freedom of speech and mutual respect. For any institution to thrive and prosper, it must provide a fair compensation and reward system to its faculty and staff, as well as equitable returns for its suppliers and stakeholders.

As a pioneering leader in creative communications education, IACT don’t just teach creativity, they inspire it. Students have received over 90 prestigious industry awards in the past 5 years, before they even graduated. Formed by the Malaysian Advertisers Association (MAA) and the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As), they are the only college in Malaysia to receive accreditation from the International Advertising Association in New York.

IACT’s mission: to become Malaysia’s leading provider of industry-focused education that enables its students to develop the knowledge, intellectual capacity and professional experience they need for their long-term careers, so that they graduate job-ready. As such, IACT works with some of Malaysia’s leading companies and partners with academic institutions of the highest calibre and its programmes are all designed, developed and delivered with industry expectation in mind.