Our university was first established in 1985. One of its main goals then is to produce local workforce for the nation. Fast-forward 30 years later, the university has evolved to become a research-intensive university with internationalisation at the forefront of its strategic thrust. The transformational journey was timely in order to cater to the ever-changing needs of local and international society and the global market, and to respond to the rapidly changing expectations of higher education. This paper looks at how we evolved on the internationalisation front focusing particularly on outward student mobility. On the outbound front, our innovative curriculum, known as GenNEXT, allows students to leave the university for one year in their third year of studies also known as the discovery year. Various supports and services have been put ranging from academic, financial to welfare support in order to facilitate this outbound mobility.