The courses will be different too in terms of overall content. Although it's conducted here and not in their original countries, the core courses are very similar to the home campus (at least for Nottingham, didn't check out Monash), if not identical. Usually main differences would be in the availability of optional modules. So yes it has to be taken into account during the decision process too.

And since TS mentioned that many of his friends say that Nottingham is better, maybe Nottingham has a much better perceived reputation back in his country? That could lead to advantages during entry-level jobs. TS you'll have to check with some working professionals in your country about their perception, not only students.

Well the name of the modules are the same. But there might be slight differences within the actual delivered content. But overall, it would be compatible, as students are able to either go onboard an exchange programme to China or Nottingham, or even apply for a transfer to Nottingham (for China I'm not sure). This holds true for those who plan to come from China or Nottingham to Malaysia too.

What I perceive might be the difference would be the experience you get from the facilities, as well as lecturers, which some might attribute to being inferior to the UK based home campus, though that open its up to a whole new argument. As for your questions regarding Nottingham, you can post it in the Nottingham thread in this forum, there are a few active forumers there from the Engineering division, and they're very helpful.

And to 2nd part of your post above, what I meant was, perhaps Nottingham has a much better "name" and "prestige" that comes with it among Indonesians if compared to Monash. I'm not sure about that, you'll have to ask your parents or those already working for at least 4 years (doesn't necessarily need to be Engineering field, can be any other field), instead of merely students. And also perhaps in your case, enquire among wealthy people who possess corporate exposure. The benefits from having this extra "prestige" is quite easily comprehensible for you I believe and I don't need to elaborate further on that here.

This post has been edited by entryman: Dec 3 2010, 08:47 PM

This, have to wait for zstan (Monash) and tanjinjack (Nottingham) to reply.
Both have gone through this decision making process.
Try posting this in the Nottingham thread too.