subject: List of Universities in Malaysia [print this page] There are currently more than 40,000 international students in Malaysia from South East Asia and also from countries as far as Europe, South America, Africa and China. In the last decade in Malaysia, many colleges and universities have increased their capacity to allow for more intakes to meet the increasing demand in Malaysia education.
There are many reasons why international students choose Malaysia. Among those reasons are as follows:
Low cost of living.
A student can live a comfortable live with with just about USD300-USD400 a month including accomodation, food and transport.
Low currency exchange.
Malaysia is one of the best place to stay and study when one consider the low exchange rate. The high quality education with low cost makes Malaysia a top study destination for many students.
Twinning Program
Twinning program allow students to obtain reputable international degrees from developed countries such as UK or America at a fraction of the course. Many colleges and universities offer twinning programs i.e. where students finish part of their international degree with a partner university abroad, usually from the UK, America or Australia, in Malaysia and their final year or final two years at the partner university abroad. This enable many parents to save tremendous amount of money. Among the options include studying 1 year in Malaysia, 2 years abroad or 2 years in Malaysia and the final year abroad. For degrees from universities in America the arrangement usually is 2 years in Malaysia and two years in America. (Click for list of universities in Malaysia offering twinning program).
