268 Awards in 2025

In 2025, APU achieved an outstanding milestone by securing 268 awards across our academic programmes, initiatives, and events.

This achievement reflects the hard work and dedication of our students, the commitment of our staff, and the strong support of the APU community. Thank you to everyone who played a part in making this success possible.

The full list of awards is available below.

Event / Competition	Award(s)
James Dyson Award Malaysia	National Champion (National); Top 20 (International)
Level Up KL SEA Game Awards	Best Student Game
PC.com Award	Best Tech University; Best AI University; Best Future-Ready University
APICTA Awards	National Winner; 1st Merit; 2nd Merit
ASEAN Record	Largest On-Site AI Hackathon in ASEAN
AWS Skills to Jobs CTF Challenge	Champion
Cybersecurity Excellence Awards	Gold Winner – Best Cybersecurity Education Provider in Asia
Malaysia Startup Challenge	7 Gold; 6 Silver; 3 Bronze
International Battles of Hackers (Stage One: Jeopardy)	Champion, 4th Place, 9th Place (Local); 3rd Runner-Up, 9th Place (International)
International Battles of Hackers (Stage Two: Attack and Defence)	1st Runner-Up, 2nd Runner-Up; 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place (Write-Up); 1st Place, 2nd Place (Bingo CTF)
XR Jam 2025: FuturScape	1st Runner-Up; People’s Choice Award
23rd National Inter-Varsity Accounting Quiz (N-IVAQ)	2nd Runner-Up
Accounting Quizard	1st Prize; 2nd Prize
AI Hackathon II (GOTECH)	1st Place Winner
APU Sustainability Hackathon	1st Place; 2nd Place; 3rd Place
ASEAN Symposium Sports Innovation & Sports-Inno Challenge	Most Impactful Innovation Award
ASEAN–China–India Youth Leadership Summit (Malaysia Rounds)	1st Place Winner
Asia Pacific IPv6 & Net 5.5G Innovation Competition	1st Place Winner
Asian Society for Innovation and Policy (ASIP) Conference	Best Paper Award Winner
ASICS Masiswa Badminton Championship	Silver Medal (Men’s Singles)
Blockchain For Good Alliance (BGA) Hackathon	1st Prize Winner
Charm Cheerleading Championship (C3)	1st Runner-Up
Cisco NetRider APJC	1st Runner-Up
CODE-AI 2025: International Conference On Data Science & Exploration In Artificial Intelligence	Best Paper Award – Women in Engineering
Crown Prince CIPTA Award	3rd Place in the ASEAN – New Invention & Innovation Category; Overall Silver Medal
Cybercrime Trends & Threats Landscape	Best Video & Hack Award
DaVinci Expo	Gold Medal; 3 Special Awards (Inventors Circle; KiA; TIIAWA)
Engineering Quest: Smart City Competition	First Runner-Up
Engineering Science & Technology Exhibition (ESTE)	Gold Award Winner
ETHGlobal Taipei	Champion
EUREKA International Brussels Invention And Innovation Competition	Platinum Award
Festival Internacional De Cinema De São Mateus Do Sul (FICSAMAS) Film Festival	Best International Animated Film
Global Congress on Sustainable Growth & Development (GCSGD)	1 Gold Award, 1 Silver Award (ERA Inter Varsity Innovation Challenge); 2 Era Asian Research Excellent Awards
Global Youth Conference	Sustainability & Leadership Award; Leadership & Community Engagement Award
Great Malaysia AI Hackathon	Champion
Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Datathon	Champion; 2nd Runner-Up
INNOMD - Innovation Pitching Powered By Perantim	1st Place
Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) Award	Gold Award; Book Prize Award
Integral Bee & Math Olympiad (UMMA)	1st Place; 5th Place
International Borneo Innovation, Exhibition & Competition (IBIEC)	3 Gold Medals; 3 Silver Medal; 1 Bronze
International Competition For Innovation In Energy Transition (IGNITE)	Champion
International Conference On Global Education (ICGE XI)	Silver Award
International Design and Engineering for Advanced Sustainability (IDEA)	1st Prize Winner; 2nd Prize Winner
International Education Innovation Competition (EDU@Innovate)	Best Gold Award; Gold Award; 2 Silver Awards
International Guard of Honour (IGOH) CTF Challenge	Grand Champion; 1st Runner-Up
International Innovation, Invention Competition And Symposium (JIIICAS)	2 Silver Medals
International Innovative & Creative Ideas Poster Competition (IICIPC)	Gold Medal
International Invention Innovation Competition (ICAN)	5 International Special Awards; Gold Revolutionary Healthcare Security Redefining Patient Safety; Gold Next-Gen Swarm Robotics Transforming Industrial Insepection ; 2nd Prize (Student Symposium)
International Invention, Innovation, and Design Competition (INDeS)	Gold Medal
International Jasin Multimedia & Computer Science Invention And Innovation Exhibition (I-JAMCSIIX)	4 Gold Awards
International Putra Innovative Teaching And Learning Conference (I-PICTL) And The Service-Learning (SULAM) Carnival	2 Gold Awards; 1 Silver Award
International SAS Hackathon	Champion
International University Carnival on E-Learning (IUCEL)	2 Silver; 1 Bronze
International Virtual Competition of Creative & Innovative Idea (IVCCII)	Gold Medal
Intervarsity Cyber Forensics Challenge	1st Place; 1st Runner-Up
Intervarsity Forensic Challenge by MCMC	Champion; 1st Runner-Up
IOTA Hackathon Malaysia	1st Place Winner
KL International Invention & Innovation Symposium (KLIIIS)	Silver Medal
KL Selangor Furniture Association (KSFA) Golden Axe Award	Gold Award (Student Category)
Learning Technology for Education Challenges (LTEC)	Best Presenter Award
Life At Work Awards (LAWA) By Talentcorp	Winner of Future-Ready University
MACEOS Business Events National Challenge	3rd Place Winner
Madhackers: Hack The Future Predictive Modelling Hackathon	Champion; 1st Runner-Up
Malaysia Business Events National Challenge	Merit Award
Malaysia Grand Invention Expo (MAGIEX)	2 Gold Awards; 1 Silver Award
Malaysia Universities National Oil & Gas Paper Competition	1st Place (Geoscience); 2nd Runner-Up (Reservoir & Production); 2nd Runner-Up (Data & Digitalisation)
Malaysia-Japan International Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, and Nanoengineering	2 Gold; 4 Silver
Malaysian Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) Accounting Students Quiz	1st Runner-Up (Diploma); 2nd Runner-Up (Degree)
Maritime Hackathon by UMS	2nd Place Winner
Masiswa Sports Championship	2nd Runner-Up
Masiswa–TARUMT Varsity Squash Open	1st Place; 2nd Place; 3rd Place
Mathematical Olympiad IDM UiTM	Silver Award; Best Pitching Award
Maybank Hackathon	Champion, 1st Runner-Up, 2nd Runner-Up
MIFF Furniture Design Competition	Best Institution Award; Second Place Winner
MyDuitStory 5.0 (Sasana Symposium)	1st Place Winner
NETSA Skill Challenge CTF	1st Place; 2nd Place; 3rd Place; 4th Place
Nottingham Volleyball Open	Gold Medal; Most Valuable Player
Ocean Hackathon Challenge (Kuala Lumpur)	Champion
Ocean Hackathon International Grand Finale	Champion
PayHack	2nd Place; 4th Place; Consolation Prize
PayNet Digital Campus 3.0	2nd Place (University Category), 2nd Place (Student Representative Council)
Pertandingan Pengaturcaraan Komputer (PPKomp)	Gold Medal Award; Top 3 in the Individual Tertiary Category; Honorary Award; 3 awards in the Top 3 in the Group Tertiary Category
PKA Anti-Corruption Video Competition	1st Place Winner
Polytechnic Taekwondo Championship	3 Gold Medals; 1 Silver Medal
Primajaya Taekwondo Championship	2 Gold; 2 Silver; 2 Bronze
Private Education Excellence Awards	Malaysia’s Best University for AI Excellence; National Outstanding Researcher Award - Prof Dr Mohammad Falahat; Excellence in Education & Youth Empowerment (Special Recognition) - Prof Ts Dr Murali Raman; Outstanding Educator Award (Honourable Mention) - Ir Ts Dr Yvette Shaan-Li Susiapan; Outstanding Educator Award (Honourable Mention) - Ir Ts Dr Alexander Chee Hon Cheong ; Young Educator Award (Merit Highly Commended) - Ir Eur Ing Ts Dr Harvin Kaur Gurchran Singh
Roboroarz	2× 1st Place; 2× 2nd Place; 2× 3rd Place; 3× 4th Place; 3× 5th Place
SAS Hackathon	Global Champion
Shell Selamat Sampai Varsity Challenge	5th Place
Siber Siaga’s Capture The Flags (CTFS): Code Combat	3rd Place; 6th Place; 7th Place
Skills To Jobs (STJ) Developer Challenge (Malaysia)	1st Place; 4th Place; 6th Place; 9th Place
Southeast Asian (SEA) Games	2 Gold; 2 Bronze
SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference (APOGCE)	Society Of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Regional Service Award
Student Kancils x Scoolers (Kancil Awards)	3 Merit; 2 Silver; 3 Bronze
SUKAN Institusi Pendidikan Malaysia (SIPMA)	4 Gold Medals; 1 Silver Medal
Sunway University CTF (SUNCTF)	1st Place; 2nd Place; 3rd Place (Open Category)
The Great Challenge Demo Day	2nd Place; 3rd Place; Crowd Favourite Award
UM Actuarial Case Study Competition	Champion
UM Cybersecurity Summit CTF Finals	Champion; 1st Runner-Up; 2nd Runner-Up
UM Technothon	1st Runner-Up
UMPSA Hackathon X: Pekan Smart City	2nd Runner-Up
UMPSA x Huawei AppGallery Competition	Top 10
Varsity Combat Sport	Bronze Medal
Varsity Hackathon (VHACK)	1st Runner-Up; Excellence Award (Blockchain)
Varsity Racket Championship (VRC)	Silver Medal
Varsity Swimming Championship (Circuit 1)	1 Silver; 2 Bronze Award
Varsity Swimming Championship (Circuit 2)	3 Gold Medals; 1 Bronze Medal
Virtual Innovation Competition (VIC) Award	4 Gold Medals; 5 Silver Medals; 1 Bronze Medal
WICKED6 US Cyber Range Competition	2nd Place Winner
World ETH New Delhi	3rd Place – Best Use of ASI Alliance; 3rd Place – Best Mini App (World App)
World Innovative In Stem Competition (WinSTEM)	Gold Medal
World Natural Bodybuilding Federation (WNBF) Malaysia International Pro Qualifier	2nd Place; 5th Place (First Time & Junior Category)
World Wushu Championships	4 Gold Medals; 1 Silver Medal
World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford & Elsevier	Assoc Prof Ir Dr Siva Kumar Sivanesan; Asst Prof Ir Ts Dr Alexander Chee Hon Cheong
Youth Leadership Academy (YLA)	1st Prize Winner