Malacca has given birth to numerous successful Malaysians who have achieved immense success in Malaysia and abroad[citation needed]. The state is much sought after for medical education with the establishment of the Melaka Manipal Medical College in Bukit Baru. It has produced many doctors who are serving the country or working abroad since its inception in 1997. The state also has a twin campus of Multimedia University which is located in Bukit Beruang. The campus currently attracts many foreign students, especially from the Middle East and Africa, through its computer and engineering programmes. The university also features degree programmes in fields like robotics, bio-instrumentation and law. Most of the student population of Multimedia University is drawn from its foundation programmes, also known as the Alpha Programmes. Malacca also has several public universities and colleges such as Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in Lendu, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, UTeM (previously known as Kolej Universiti Teknikal Kebangsaan Malaysia, KUTKM) located in Ayer Keroh, Kolej Yayasan Melaka (KYM), Bukit Baru and Kolej Teknologi Islam Antarabangsa Melaka (KTIAM). Malacca has its own boarding school called Sekolah Menengah Sains Muzaffar Syah Melaka. The intake of students to this school is based on the Ministry of Education of Malaysia. Usually students with great achievement will be chosen to enter this school. Students normally come from this state, Negeri Sembilan, Johor or from the Klang Valley.

CUTLINE: ALFRED, NY, November 2010--Professor Wayne Bensley, of Alfred State College’s Physical and Health Sciences Department, met with Honors Program members and other guests Nov. 10, to discuss legal and illicit drugs from both a policy perspective and a forensic chemist’s perspective. Drawing on his 12 years of government employment analyzing drugs in over 13,000 criminal cases and testifying in court nearly 300 times, Bensley shared insights across the entire spectrum of drug history and policy in the United States. Bensley, who joined the Alfred State College faculty in 2007, teaches all the forensic science courses in the college’s forensic science technology BS degree program. Pictured from left to right: Rochelle Foote, Newburgh, forensic science technology; Bensley, Sarah Stiller, Andover, nursing, and Christopher Schwarz, Vestal, mechanical engineering technology.