Politeknik Sultan Azlan Shah (PSAS), formerly known as Politeknik Tanjong Malim (PTM) was the 15th established polytechnic under the Ministry of Education Malaysia. PTM commenced on 1 March 2002 at a school premise – Slim River Technical Secondary School, Perak Darul Ridzuan. On 1 April 2003, it was relocated to its new premise of 110 acres at Behrang, Perak Darul Ridzuan. This campus is equipped with up-to-date infrastructure which provides a conducive and ambient environment for higher education learning. It enrolled its first batch of 553 students in July 2003.
This campus was officiated by the late Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah on 7 May 2005 and recommence with new name known as Politeknik Sultan Azlan Shah or in short PSAS.
PSAS is a higher education institution under the purview of Department of Polytechnic and Community College (DPCCE) Ministry of Education Malaysia. This institution is responsible for advocating technical education and vocational programmes for Malaysian students. It also plays a vital role in producing professional workers for the engineering and commercial industry for the private and public sectors in Malaysia Beginning July 2010, PSAS focused on 14 programmes at diploma level and 1 programmes at advanced diploma.
Advanced Diploma that offered by PSAS is a joint venture between the Proton Holdings Berhad with the implementation of Work Based Learning (WBL) approach. Total of 89 students has registered in this program and had graduated during the 10th Convocation ceremony. After 13 years of its establishment, PSAS has started to offer a degree programme that is Bachelor in Manufacturing (Automotive Design) Technology with Honours. The first cohort of this programme have successfully graduated in 2017.
PSAS has achieved a lot of success and will continue to strive for its excellence in the coming years.
