Hi, I  hold a Phd and have been working in IPTS for 7 years.  I am in my early 30s and currently working as an associate professor while holding some admin position in the college as well.  I can tell you the pay is ok but not comparable to industry.  I take in about RM8000 a month and that is including RM1k allowance for my administrative position.  In terms of public university, i was offered as an associate professor as well and the pay is not that good, overall is RM7800 (Basic = RM5800 Allowances = RM2000).  Anyway, although you have an MSC from LSE, if you were to join private UCs or colleges, without a PhD, the most you can get is probably around 4K plus and not more than 5K.  This is a high end pay for a lecturer.  Most established private universities or universities college would not offer you a senior lecturer post as you will need to have some good publications, teaching experiencce etc.  For Monash in Malaysia, a lecturer will get you Rm7k plus while some senior lecturers get RM8-9k.  But again, you need to have good academic records (i.e. publications, research etc). 

If you apply to UTAR, you might get less than 4k (probably 3 plus).  So I would say try do a PhD in the UK before coming back to Malaysia to lecture if you want a good pay.  Thanks.

For a PhD (to be a full fledge lecturer in PHLI/IPTA) grad, our lecturer salary is a peanut. Better find some other jobs.

8 ISI ranked JOURNALS (you mentioned papers)? There are highly ranked and lowly ranked ISI journals, how do you differentiate among themselves? For instance, some ISI ranked journals are ranked at level A, B and C by Australian standard, there are good and bad journals in ISI ranked journals you know?

How about conference papers? Highly ranked conference papers have acceptance rate <15%, how do you count that?

Hi guys, i am newbie in this tread.

What the potential for PhD holder in private sectors ? In Malaysia...

Thanks alot.