Feb 6 2011, 02:27 PM, updated 15y ago
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University of Southampton to set up campus in Johor
2011/01/24
KUALA LUMPUR: The University of Southampton, world renowned for its engineering programme, will open its first overseas campus in Johor next year.
The University of Southampton Malaysia Campus (USMC) will be sited at Iskandar Malaysia's EduCity in Nusajaya, Johor, and its first intake will comprise of 60 students.
They can choose any of its undergraduate and postgraduate courses in electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineering.
For a start, undergraduate students will be required to complete the last two years of studies at the main campus in the United Kingdom.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the campus along with several other globally-recognised institutions would set the pace for turning Malaysia into a regional education hub.
The others include the Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NuMed) (opening in September), the Netherlands Maritime Institute of Technology (NMIT) and Malborough College Malaysia within EduCity.
"Malaysia has always been progressive and forward thinking in education. And it is already making tremendous steps to do so by attracting the world's best educational institutions to set up here."
He later witnessed the signing of an agreement between Iskandar Education Enterprise Sdn Bhd and University of Southampton.
The university's engineering programme is ranked third best in the UK and the university itself is among the Top 100 in the world. This is the sixth foreign university to set up a campus in Malaysia.
Khaled said with 403 private colleges, 20 public universities, 45 private universities and 15 foreign branch campuses, Malaysia had great potential to tap into the education need of the region.
"We aim to recruit an additional 150,000 foreign students by 2015," he said, adding there would be no ratio for local and international students for private universities.
EduCity was expected to host 16,000 students on completion, said Iskandar Investment chief executive and president Datuk Syed Mohamed Syed Ibrahim.
University of Southampton vice-chancellor Prof Don Nutbeam said he hoped the students would be able to complete the whole course in Malaysia in the future.
Malaysia's dynamic economy and the concept of EduCity made the decision of investing in an international campus an easy one, he said.
"We were very attracted to the EduCity concept and to working alongside other major international universities. We are really very excited about the prospects and we have the option to expand after a couple of years," he said.
Also present at the signing ceremony were British High Commissioner to Malaysia Simon Featherstone and USMC chief executive Prof John McBride.
http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/2lgs/Article/2011/01/24
KUALA LUMPUR: The University of Southampton, world renowned for its engineering programme, will open its first overseas campus in Johor next year.
The University of Southampton Malaysia Campus (USMC) will be sited at Iskandar Malaysia's EduCity in Nusajaya, Johor, and its first intake will comprise of 60 students.
They can choose any of its undergraduate and postgraduate courses in electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineering.
For a start, undergraduate students will be required to complete the last two years of studies at the main campus in the United Kingdom.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the campus along with several other globally-recognised institutions would set the pace for turning Malaysia into a regional education hub.
The others include the Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NuMed) (opening in September), the Netherlands Maritime Institute of Technology (NMIT) and Malborough College Malaysia within EduCity.
"Malaysia has always been progressive and forward thinking in education. And it is already making tremendous steps to do so by attracting the world's best educational institutions to set up here."
He later witnessed the signing of an agreement between Iskandar Education Enterprise Sdn Bhd and University of Southampton.
The university's engineering programme is ranked third best in the UK and the university itself is among the Top 100 in the world. This is the sixth foreign university to set up a campus in Malaysia.
Khaled said with 403 private colleges, 20 public universities, 45 private universities and 15 foreign branch campuses, Malaysia had great potential to tap into the education need of the region.
"We aim to recruit an additional 150,000 foreign students by 2015," he said, adding there would be no ratio for local and international students for private universities.
EduCity was expected to host 16,000 students on completion, said Iskandar Investment chief executive and president Datuk Syed Mohamed Syed Ibrahim.
University of Southampton vice-chancellor Prof Don Nutbeam said he hoped the students would be able to complete the whole course in Malaysia in the future.
Malaysia's dynamic economy and the concept of EduCity made the decision of investing in an international campus an easy one, he said.
"We were very attracted to the EduCity concept and to working alongside other major international universities. We are really very excited about the prospects and we have the option to expand after a couple of years," he said.
Also present at the signing ceremony were British High Commissioner to Malaysia Simon Featherstone and USMC chief executive Prof John McBride.
So we have another University setting up a campus here in Malaysia ^^
Seems to be quite good
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/...ing-mechanical-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/...and-electrical-
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-...y-rankings/2010
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