Sekolah Berasrama Penuh

Since 2008, SBPs are directly administered by Fully Residential and Excellent Schools Management Division, Ministry of Education.

[1] SBP began in 1890, with Richard Olaf Winstedt as deputy (he later became Director of Education in Malaya).

In 1955, Kolej Islam Malaya was embodied in the former palace on the site, which was donated by Sultan Hisamuddin in Klang, Selangor.

In 1972, the college administration was taken over entirely by the Ministry of Education and the name was changed to Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah.

[8] The projects that needed to be implemented in the Second Malaysia Plan were stated as "important projects in the plan is the establishment of ten pilot residential science secondary schools added to provide educational opportunities for pupils from rural areas to pursue their education in science subjects.