My niece was called for an interview this Sunday from UiTM for the Arch Deg program.

Could you give us a general idea what sort of questions that may be asked by the interviewers, mr azarimy?

By the way, I assume you are the same person who runs the website www.tanggam.com, are you not mr azarimy?

This post has been edited by Stamp: Apr 13 2012, 11:08 AM

My niece finished her interview with UITM last Sunday. She seemed happy and satisfied with the interview. Hopefully she'll get a place in UiTM for the degree program part 1. Results will come out on May 7. Told her to pray hard to God and solat hajat banyak2.

This is quote from mr azaraimy:

"normally questions would revolve around:

+ why architecture and why not something else
+ the motivation to do it
+ inspirations (be it a person, a building, something u read etc)
+ why do u think u're good enough
+ why this university

and so on.

then there's another part of the interview which will explore ur problem solving skills. nothing too fancy. if u've done some IQ tests, u'd do just fine.".

i suggest you go to his website www.tanggam.com. there's plenty of useful and relevant information about architecture in the website. take some initiatives to read up the forums in that website.

Mr azarimy,

Suppose my niece doesnt get accepted tu UiTM arch deg (Part 1) program this time. Will she be able to apply to UTM arch deg program after matriks? She's got an offer to do matriks (sains hayat).

ok. noted and thanks.

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[quote=azarimy,May 2 2012, 04:13 PM]
lets just say we dont have access to their system like we used to anymore. this time around, to be accredited, a school should be assessed. the ministry suggested to no longer automatically accredit schools that have been accredited by a 3rd party, but rather go straight and assess them ourselves (meaning LAM).

any schools wish to be accredited will have to apply to LAM, and LAM will send a panel to assess them. just like if we want accreditation from RIBA. but of course, those people in LAM might have spiced it up a bit. it could be that LAM havent had the time to visit their schools. or NUS themselves arent interested to apply for LAM accreditation .

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Added on May 2, 2012, 4:14 pm

Yeah, that's more like it. It's typical of Malaysia gomen service (not directed at you though, aza ) - You want something, you have to apply for it. You apply and they consider. 'Proactive' or 'initiative' are not in their dictionary.

Now, why would NUS want to apply to LAM to be accredited??
For that matter, why would Harvard U want to apply to LAM to be accredited?

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Based on last year's 2011 ranking (see www.tanggam.com), UTM was ranked 6th in Asia for Architectural Studies. NUS wasnt on the Top 10 list. Read below:

1. Tokyo Institute of Technology
2. Chinese University of Hong Kong
3. University of Tokyo
4. American University of Sharjah, UAE
5. Kyoto University
6. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
7. The School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
8. University of Tehran
9. Kyugn Hee University, Seoul
10. Technion University, Tel Aviv

I wonder how UTM is ranked this year. Mr azarimy, do you know?

Today is the day UiTM releases the result for the degree intake...

Tahniah!

My niece also got the offer to the same degree program at UiTM. Perhaps I can connect you with her before you start your program.

She's now in Pahang to fulfill her duty to the country; attending the PLKN, of course! Her father already called the camp commandant to ask him to tell his daughter of the good news!

This post has been edited by Stamp: May 7 2012, 01:46 PM

Actually my niece has a lot to thank mr azarimy and his www.tanggam.com website for her interview preparation for the UiTM degree program. She prepared a neat and concise portfolio, brought her father's galaxy tab (to show renovation works of their house in graphics), brought along her art work from SPM exam (her artwork was ranked No 2 in Sgor) and all the answers (obtained from mr azarimy and his website) to potential questions by the interviewers, memorised before the interview. We told her to be bold, energetive, aggressive but remain polite and composed. And she dressed well also.

She said she immediately showed everything she brought to the interviewers, she talked non-stop about architecture that the interviewers hardly had any chance to ask many questions. She was pleased with the interviewers feedback about her. I guess she already thought she got it in her bag when she left the interviewers.

This post has been edited by Stamp: May 7 2012, 10:38 PM

mr azarimy,

I quoted your one-year old posting, has this been finally confirmed by the ministry?

So, if one completes his 4-year BSc Arch degree (Part 1) from UiTM and continue with Part 2, he will get MArch? I thought Part 2 at UiTM is called BArch(Hon)?

ok thanks for the clarification. we were confused since we couldn't find the BArch (Hon) Part 2 program anymore in the UiTM list of degree program. but when we looked at the UiTM postgraduate program, there listed the MArch Part 2 program.

so i guess at UTM, the degree is a 3year program Part 1, and proceed with MArch 2 yr for Part 2, yes?

you should revise the chart on page 1 laaaa...

I checked at amazon.com, cheapest shipping is about USD10. book costs about USD38; total is USD48, about RM160.

Kinokuniya selling close to RM250, so cheaper to buy from amazon.com. http://www.kinokuniya.com/my/index.php/fbs...m=9780195019193

Im going to recommend to my niece this book.

This post has been edited by Stamp: May 16 2012, 10:23 PM

The date should be 1 SEPTEMBER 2012, not in November. You need to check.

which UiTM campus you will be attending? my niece is going to the one in Perak, Bdr Sri Iskandar near Tronoh.

Is working experience (post LAM part 1) required for this master program?

thanks...but this info isnt for me, but for my niece. i maybe older than you.

shouldnt you be asking a structural engineer?

What does it take for LAM to accredite architechtural program in a univ/college?

you should have asked the letter from LAM.

Any suggestions for notebook models that will be suitable for architectural students?

ASUS? Toshiba?