[8] Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) was founded in 1993 as part of an initiative by the Malaysian Government to address the shortage of IT Professionals in the country.

The newly formed institute was based in Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur and offered Diploma courses in computing and IT.

In the following year, co-operative links were established with Monash University in Australia, leading to the launch of a twinning program in 1995 for Bachelor's degrees.

In 2003, the Malaysian campus moved to the new premises at Technology Park Malaysia, which was known as APIIT TPM.

The old premises now houses "APIIT Sdn Bhd" which cater for IT Professional Development Courses.