If you have the money to do in Nottingham, do note that you can also do an ADP program and go to the US. If locally, I think Nottingham is better as you receive their cert when u grad

After completing your foundation in Nottingham, you will follow your degree courses. For the first two years of your course, it will be something like "BEng/MEng Chemical Engineering". The first two years of the two degree courses are identical. Only until third year, you will need to declare which one you want to follow. Both courses are very similar in their final year (3rd year for BEng, 4th year for MEng). That also means that the 3rd year between both degrees are different and you can't just switch half way.

Both courses are also undergraduate programme, meaning that it's your FIRST degree (even though it's an Master of Engineering MEng).
Alternatively, you can do your 3 years BEng, and follow up with an postgraduate Master (MSc, MRes, MPhil). However, not all BEng+MSc combinations are accredited if that's what concerns you.

It is also to be noted that while MSc is a 'real' Master in that sense, it prepares you more to researches as you spend one of your holiday semester just to complete a research project while the MEng prepares you more industrially where you spend that holiday semester for an industrial placement instead.

Malaysia only accredits universities with 4-year engineering courses. For Australian-based universities (Monash, Swinburne etc) this is not a problem as you generally do a 4 year degree anyway, with one year being your honours year. For UK programs, the engineering courses tend to be 3 years in length and as such are not accredited. This isn't much of a problem however, as most people just generally do an extra year of Masters (MEng) to make it 4.

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Added on January 19, 2011, 7:27 pm

I would go for either Monash or Nottingham if you want the quality and have the money.