Developed between the main route to Ayer Hitam and Kluang, IKWAS stands excellently as an INTAN campus in the Southern Region. From a rubber plantation of 20.24 hectares, this land was explore following the emergence of the Government's initiative to create more Public Training Institutes (ILAs) that will produce high -performing civil servants.

The construction of IKWAS was completed on 31st of January 1983 and was launched on 18th of April 1984 by His Majesty Sultan Iskandar, Sultan of Johor Darul Ta’zim. Equipped with the Administrative Block and the Domestic Block at the beginning of its establishment, IKWAS began its role as the backbone of the Government in providing training to civil servants in the Southern Region which are Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, and Johor.

After almost a decade, IKWAS building was added with the construction of the Academic Block and Desa Eksekutif to meet the needs and demands of that time. These building was launched by YBhg. Tan Sri Samsudin bin Osman, Chief Secretary to the Government (KSN) on 14th of January 2002.

Through the transformation that is actively filling the space in the civil service nowadays, IKWAS has undergone a change in accordance with the Government's agenda for INTAN to focus on the development of public sector human capital based on entrepreneurship, fast action, integrity, and sensitive to the needs of the people.

Courses at IKWAS are conducted by the Training Division which consists of the Human Capital Development Unit, Leadership Unit and the Quality and Innovation Unit.
The main components of the courses offered cover human capital development, leadership, quality and innovation as well as information systems management (ICT).

List of the cources are: