The faculty houses the , CareerSense@HELP, and the Centre for Psychological Counselling Services which offers services to students, staff, and members of the public. The Faculty of Behavioural Sciences is the largest in Southeast Asia for a private educational institution. HELP University was the first private educational institution to offer a degree in Psychology in Malaysia. Its origins were in the mid-1990s when the university college realised that students needed counselling and psychological services, and employed counsellors so that students may approach them for help. From then onwards, psychology at HELP University grew with more services offered to students and staff, and culminated in the establishment of programmes and degrees, and a faculty that specialises in Psychology and Behavioural Sciences. The Faculty of Behavioural Sciences is involved with World Vision Malaysia, and UNICEF in many projects, notably the World Vision 30 Hour Famine, and other research projects.
Business Studies Department
The Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting is a comprehensive business, hospitality and tourism management school distinguished for the quality of its academic staff, the depth of its programmes, the recognition accorded by world class universities, accreditation from professional bodies and its close links with the industry. It was formed in 1986 at the inception of HELP in the same year. At present, we are the largest academic faculty in HELP University with an enrolment of 2,500 undergraduate students. Graduates of HELP's Bachelor of Business programme can apply to be an associate member of CPA Australia without having to sit for the qualifying exam. HELP's Bachelor of Business degree is recognised by the United KingdomICAEW and ACCA for full credit exemptions.
HELP was the first educational institution in the world to offer the University of London External Programme’s Diploma in Economics outside of the United Kingdom in 1986.
The University of London Programme is administered by the London School of Economics and Political Science. HELP Academy and HELP College of Arts and Technology were awarded the affiliate status by the University of London in 2009. The HELP Group therefore has two affiliate statuses out of the 21 awarded to institutions throughout the world. Many University of London International Programmes students at HELP have won scholarships such as the External Scholarship and Standard Chartered Scholarships to continue their studies at the London School of Economics, and at the University of Cambridge. The degrees are awarded by the University of London International Programmes are BSc, BSc, BSc, BSc and BSc.
In 2013, HELP University awarded North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un with an honorary doctorate. This move generated negative press at the time, but the president of the university stating that he hopes such a 'soft constructive' approach would help improve things in North Korea.
