On the 18th July 2012, The Minister of Higher Education formally invited the Board of Directors of Fairview International School (FIS) to submit an application to establish a private higher education institution with university college status. This was based on Fairview?s experience and expertise in running the IB approach in teaching and learning in Malaysia. On 21st Aug 2013 Fairview formally received agreement from IBO for the IBEC award for the impending UCF?s programmes