i went to the EducationUK earlier this month, the tuition fees is around £10000 ~ £11500 for postgraduate studies. that would be around RM80000 ~ RM90000 for the whole programme.

as for expenses, i never got the chance to ask about it, but i managed to get a few of prospectus of various universities.

this is what i get from Univ. Of Manchester's prospectus which the postgraduate total estimated living expenses for 2006/2007 session:

duration : 51 weeks.

Accomodation(Self-Catered) : £3700
Meals(Self-Catered) : £1600
Books : £410
Clothes : £410
Transport : £400
Other Expenses : £1500

TOTAL : £8160

and of course, this is just a rough figure and definitely depends on your lifestyle. So if you count it, it's around £680 per month. Hope this helps. And yeah, just to notify, according to this prospectus, the cost of living in Manchester is cheap when compared equally to other major cities in UK such as Birmingham and Nottingham, but are less expensive than London. Anyway, good luck for your studies.

i'm currently doing PhD in sheffield, and agrees generally with elb's figures. my PhD in architecture costs GBP11k a year (for 3 years minimum). living expenses is about GBP400-GBP600 a month depending on lifestyle and where/what kinda house u live in.

my house alone is GBP380 (3 storey, 3 bedrooms) and i live with my wife. bachelors should expect to spend around GBP200-GBP300 per month just for accomodation rents.

Depends on where u stay, and how much ur family (wife) ability to spend

The standard flat (1 or 2 rooms with kitchen) goes for about GBP400 a month if u're staying in central area or in the immediate vicinity of the university. food costs a little bit higher there, but if u home cook and buy ur groceries at asda or tesco, u should be able to keep ur food costs to about GBP 50-100 a month for the two of u. internet, tv, phone plus mobile can cost GBP40 per month (for those 4). electricity + heating is about GBP30-50 a month (higher in winter).

If u're staying outside central area, a 3 bedroom house (usually with ur own garden/backyard, parking) is about GBP400-500 a month. if u need help finding a place to stay, i could hook u up with the sheffield malaysian community. they can get u a good deal.

regarding customs checking your laptop/cd's/dvd's...most likely they won't but they sometimes pick random people to ransack through. as long as you dont go overboard with the pirated stuff, you'll be ok.

Anyways, i brought my desktop from msia. my suggestion:

i. take out the motherboard, harddisk, ram, display card and any other cards and put it in ur hand luggage.
ii. stuff ur empty casing with baju and all that to save space in ur main baggage.
iii. put the rest of ur desktop in the main baggage.

my first trip here, i fried my harddrive. second trip, i fried my mother board. after that, i meticulously separate the important peripherals and put it in my hand luggage. apparently the whole "strong x-ray could damage ur pc components" is no joke...

He's from Malaysia. He's quite alright.

He's from Malaysia. He's quite alright.

All lecturers are helpful, actually. So the question is, how helpful you want him to be? 
I'm not sure whether you could get it around campus area or not. You have to double check with azarimy. But I'm sure it won't be cheap though.

He's alright. But just be prepared that lecturers in UK aren't the same as in Malaysia.

what is the different between lect in msia and UK and how about the system, is the grading is too strict or easy to pass?i want to know how postgrad studies there work....

Pos Malaysia is alright. My parents sent 10kg parcel without any problems.

... which ironically, if a lecturer in msia do not spoonfeed, he/she will be labeled incompetent and incapable of teaching. believe me, i've tasted that end of the stick

59. The Government at present sponsors a total of 17,000 students in universities overseas. The Government has already increased the COLA for students studying in Australia, New Zealand, Egypt and South Korea in 2006. Effective September 2007, the Government will increase the COLA for students in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada by up to 97%, almost double the current rate.

usually, intakes for masters is in september/october, the same intake for the undergraduate courses. research based masters may have open intake (all year round).