upm quite ok i would say.. the environment nice, there are some lecturers who are nice and some who aren't.. currently takin mechanical engineering at upm

Ex-UTM grad, took Electrical Eng (Power), just graduated last year May.

Personally:
1. I don't find UTM all that great. but there are others which are worse

2. Quality of lecturers fluctuates; u get good ones and u get bad ones. I've experience with both types, from making u wonder how can this person become a lecturer, to able to absorb everything in class and nvr felt like sleeping.

3. Competition is stiff. I suppose this is true for most of the local uni. U will encounter some ppl who're rather selfish when it comes to knowledge sharing

4. Facilities: Lab stuffs, they're all working and all but some lab assistants and technicians behaves like a prick all year long. The fac does have some high level facilities like IVAT (high current and voltage institute)

5. Course structure: It's the assumption of most students, electrical OR electronics. It doesn't mean if u study one u WON'T study the other. it's WRONG. both of them cannot be separated and u will learn the basics. Only at 3rd year and forth u'll become more streamlined.
in utm u have a lot of courses in electrical fac: power, electronics, microE, telecomm, mechatronics, bio-electronics, instrumentation. But eventually u'll come to realise the major of your course wouldn't play too much of impact in employability...

6. employability. I can quite safely tell u tht a lot of companies come to utm for career fair and headhunting. Intel often goes to UTM for hiring too (no prize for guessing where i'm working now)

7. Personal Advice: No matter which uni, which course, it really depends on you to make the most out of your uni life. in your 4 years, you get to enjoy to the fullest really, and also balance it so u won't flunk your exams. U'll meet lousy lecturers which u'd really wanna kick them in the butt, u'll meet stuck up coursemates whom u wish he's non-existing, and u'll have life-threatening subjects which u'll never ever apply in real life or work.

u can choose to study 24/7 and maybe graduate at 4.0 CGPA, or u can live a balanced student life. I'm telling u it's not possible because i did it lol. i'm active in co-curriclar (rep for debate team of UTM), plays most of the time (dotard lol), and get good result CGPA 3.90 and recipient of UTM's main award)

but blergh.... in the end i'm just another employee makan gaji...

hahaha hope it helps u la