High Commissioner to Malaya , Sir Donald MacGillivray . The technical college conducted engineering courses at diploma level in Civil Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Electrical and Radio Engineering , Land Surveying , Building Architecture and Quality Surveying , while a special Automobile Engineering course was offered to transportation enforcement officers . The enrolment for the 1958 / 1959 academic session was 320 students .
On March 14 , 1972 , the college was renamed Institut Teknologi Kebangsaan ( ITK ) with three main faculties namely , Engineering , Architecture and Surveying .
ITK was eventually elevated to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ( UTM ). UTM later moved to a new 2,400 acre campus site at Skudai , Johor in 1978 , built at the cost of RM 1 billion .
Compound of Technical Institute Kuala Lumpur situated at Jalan Kolam Ayer in the 1960s offering technical courses in Civil , Mechanical and Electrical programmes to students with LCE qualification as entry requirement . The courses were initially conducted over three years but later changed to two years by 1965 .
From Trade School to Technical Institute ( Sekolah Menengah Teknik )
In 1926 , a Federal Malay State Trade School was set up at Jalan Kolam Air , Kuala Lumpur to train mainly tradesmen for various industries . There was only seven staff consisting of four trainers , one clerk , one steward and one office boy . It was upgraded to the Junior Technical Trade School in 1946 with only 80 students .
Following the Razak Report , the school was upgraded again as the Technical Institute in 1956 offering three-year
Students in the Civil Engineering class in 1966 .
programmes to prepare students to be technicians in preparation for Malaysian Independence in 1957 which would require teams of technical staff for the development of the country .
The Technical Institute was renamed again in 1962 as Sekolah Menengah Teknik when the Government decided to introduce two-year sessions with graduate students sitting for MCE ( Malayan Certificated of Education ) and SC ( Senior Cambridge ) examination . The graduate students would then have the choice of entering Technical College or to pursue Sixth Form for direct entry to universities . Many entered the job stream as technicians .
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