the university managed by um?? got quality like in University malaya???

source The Star

UNIVERSITI Malaya (UM) has teamed up with the University of Wales in the United Kingdom (UK) to form a new private university.

The International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW) will offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses and opens for its first intake in August.

UM vice-chancellor Prof Tan Sri Dr Ghauth Jasmon said the new university would provide more opportunities for undergraduate study as UM itself had decided to focus more on its research endeavours.

“We currently have about 13,000 students in UM, with an almost equal number of undergraduates and postgraduates.

“Over the years, we will continue to increase the number of postgraduates ... it is important for us as a research university, to improve our capability in producing graduates beyond the undergraduate level.

“The Government itself has a target of 60,000 PhD graduates by 2020, and we only have 25,000 right now.

“It (the setting up of IUMW) is to ensure that we do not deprive Malaysians looking for quality education at the undergraduate level,” he said at the IUMW campus in Jalan Tun Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, recently.

Prof Ghauth added that IUMW’s fees were competitive, and the institution would help entice more international students to study in the country.

“Of course you cannot compare the new varsity’s fees to that of UM’s because almost 90% of our course fees are subsidised by the government.

“With the brand name of UM and the University of Wales, we’re hoping to attract more international students especially those from the UK,” he said.

In May last year, deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung had announced that UM, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Mara had been allowed to tie up with private institutions so that they could generate their own income and reduce their dependence on public funding.

Dr Hou had announced that each institution would be operated by a “dedicated subsidiary” and its management would be separate from the public university concerned

IMUW president Prof Dr Hamzah Abdul Rahman said five courses in the fields of social science and business had been approved so far, with six more “close to approval”.

“It will cost just over RM30,000 for Malaysians pursuing three-year degree programmes, while the foundation courses in the sciences and arts are just over RM10,000 for a full-year programme.

“The foundation programmes will enable students to enter undergraduate study at our university or other selected universities.

“We are also working with the British Council to make the institution one of the centres in Malaysia, where the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examinations can be held,” he said.

Meanwhile, University of Wales associate pro-chancellor Prof Simon Haslett said all students will also have the option to receive a dual award from both IUMW and the University of Wales.

“The standards at IUMW will be the same as that of the University of Wales and UM ... but students can opt to pay a little extra to receive a second award from the University of Wales,” he said.

r the new university have same quality as UM.

wonders why no students from iumw to comment here？？？？