HELP University College was awarded the MSC Status in April 1999. This status is awarded to companies which have reached the prescribed industry standards stipulated by the Multimedia Development Corporation in terms of facilities, research and commitment towards promoting the IT age in Malaysia.

Both staff and students conduct extensive research & development projects under the MSC framework at HELP University College. Eight incubator labs are set up primarily for such purposes. Amongst the many projects (not the actual titles) in which students are involved with the lecturers, universities and the IT corporations are:

• Conversion Tool from COBOL to Java
• Education Web Portal Using WAP
• Knowledge Based Medical System

HELP's IT students won the top 2 prizes (student category) in the prestigious Ericsson Kacip@Cut-Edge 2001/02 Award with two ground breaking projects using WAP application software. HELP University College is the first college in Asia to develop and launch five WAP-based information systems in year 2001.