Trying my best la...
Now doing UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) as well...
Hopefully can get decent result this sem...

Electrical & Computer System Engineering(ECSE) la... lol

added to front page..

is there any difference between graduating in monash malaysia or monash australia?

so if i were to apply for the merit scholarship, i could save a maximum of RM30k?

Yes you could. But you need to maintain a 75% WAM (Weighted Average Mark) for each semester, which may be a challenge as some of the subjects are quite tough.

okok thx for the info =D

Melbourne named world’s most liveable city for fifth consecutive year


Melbourne narrowly beat Vienna to be named the world’s most liveable city for the fifth year in a row.

MARVELLOUS Melbourne has been named the world’s most liveable city for the fifth year in a row.

The world’s five most liveable cities named by The Economist were Melbourne, Vienna, Vancouver, Toronto, Adelaide and Calgary.

Melbourne received a near perfect score of 97.5 out of 100.

The scores of the five major Australian cities remained unchanged from 2014 with Melbourne first, Adelaide fifth, Sydney seventh, Perth eighth, and Brisbane 18th.

WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT MELBOURNE? TELL US BELOW


Premier Daniel Andrews said the survey results are proof Melbourne really does have the best of everything.

“This is an achievement all Victorians can be proud of,” Mr Andrews said.

“Perfect scores in healthcare, education and infrastructure, culture and environment and sport are proof there’s no place like Victoria.”

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said winning the title five years in a row against tough competition was a great achievement.

“They are all wonderful cities but Melbourne is number one,” Cr Doyle said.

“In a very competitive tourism and education market, this becomes a very important sale point for Melbourne.”

Cr Doyle said Melbourne needed to build better infrastructure in the future to protect its prized livability status.

“Fifteen years ago Rod Eddington told us we would need an underground railway line, an east-west link, and to duplicate the West Gate,” Cr Doyle said.

“Those needs remain today.”

Committee for Melbourne CEO Kate Roffey said great cities did not happen by chance.

“There are always questions about rankings, and in particular how and what they measure, but there is no doubt the EIU ranking is the one cities around the world look to as the best marker of prosperity and livability, and to come out on top again is a significant achievement”, Ms Roffey said.

Jon Copestake, editor of the survey, warned that the terror attack in Sydney could potentially affect Australian cities rankings in future.

Acts of terror and civil unrest saw more than a fifth of cities surveyed experience declines in livability over the past year.

Melbourne’s low crime rate was a factor in the city’s high ranking.

Australia’s higher terror alert level following the Sydney siege could affect future scores.

“The hostage siege in Sydney late last year has put Australia on a high terror alert which could affect future scores,” he said.

The report says the best scoring cities tend to be mid-sized cities in wealthier countries with a relatively low population density.

Global business centres such as New York, London, Paris and Tokyo were victims of their own success with overstretched infrastructure and higher crime rates.

Melbourne’s low murder rate was key in the city retaining top spot.

“Although crime rates are perceived as rising in Australia, the state of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, recorded just 82 homicide offences in 2013/14, a decrease of 11.8 per cent from the previous year,” the report says.

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Ranking rated 140 cities in the areas of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

The survey gives an overall rating of 0-100, where one is intolerable and 100 is ideal.

Damascus in Syria was the lowest scoring city in the survey with a score of 29.3.

IN DETAIL: Full ranking with rating and category breakdown

http://media.heraldsun.com.au/files/liveability.pdf

THE FIVE MOST LIVEABLE CITIES

1. Melbourne — 97.5

2. Vienna — 97.4

3. Vancouver — 97.3

4. Toronto — 97.2

5. Adelaide — 96.6

5. Calgary — 96.6

Dear all,

Good to see such threads around here!

I m currently having a BIG dilemma to where i should further my studies for a degree. Having a hard time deciding between Monash Malaysia and Monash Australia and I'm sorry if my question is too much but i really do appreciate if anyone could share some thoughts :')


Malaysian/Johor Bahru / 22y.o / SPM---> Diploma in Biotechnology from Republic Polytechnic Singapore / Currently working in laboratory (Singapore) close to 1 year / Able to get 2 years of exemption from AUS degree/UK Degree and in rare cases 3 years exemption.




1. Malaysian Studies: What is the medium of language for this subject and is there an option to take it in English? My Bahasa skills has degraded and rotted after being in Singapore close to 4 years. Are there any more modules compulsory to take which is being taught in Malay?

2. How are the Life Sciences courses there? Particularly Bachelor of Science & Medical Bioscience? Real tough or still manageable with some free times for school activities? I really want to enjoy my uni life after studying hard and working hard for the past few years in Singapore, it wasnt easy

3. Do international students need to take Malaysian studies as of 2015? I found too much conflicting infos for this. i m helping my friends from Singapore and Indonesia to inquire this.

4. Lets talk about Malaysian studies again, or moral studies (not sure if its the same) , does the module score has a high impact on our grades or just merely needed to pass will be good enough? I m really concern as i didnt do very well for history in secondary school.

5. Any options to study in Malaysia first then transferred to Australia for last year (twinning) and how easy it is to apply this may i ask?



Some extra info: After spending some years in Singapore, its really tough wanting to go back to Malaysia for further studies considering the messy politics, poor safety and less convenience for transport... its a total different story here in singapore, making me wanting to go for Monash australia but would have to spend a bomb for it. But still... Malaysia is my true home and where my family and relatives resides.


Thanks for reading <3

This post has been edited by jeffreytjl: Aug 20 2015, 11:05 PM

1. you sure you have got to take this even when you're marehsienz?

2. kinda laid back actually but would advice you to stay out of it.. no prospects in msia and limited in the region

3. i think yes..

4. pass good enough, A or pass noone gives a rat

5. yes, you can either twin or exchange..

go nus/ntu la... already in singkie land what... pr liao?

if u wanna ask bout singkie school can go here;

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=3511724&hl=

1. Sorry i dont get what you mean . so its a compulsary but do i have a choice to learn it in english?

2. Wow i m suprised you knew about this... few years ago this field was heavily popularised but after getting into it... found out that there is way limited job oppurtunities..

5. If i exchange i would still follow the malaysian fees right?


Rejected by Singapore local U on my first try on 2014... missed application on 2015... dont ever think i get a chance..
GPA 3.5 ... my friend who is 3.9 plus in my course got both offers from NTU and NUS. he was the only one in my course that geta offered and even 3.8 plus also couldnt get in...
It is extrenely competitive and polytechnic students have a low chance of 20 percent to enter while 80 percent is for A level students
NTU biological science cohort is around 200 to 300 plus, with such competition combined with international students application... really hard to get in o..

Not PR. if PR i need serve army two years sin lol

This post has been edited by jeffreytjl: Aug 21 2015, 08:19 AM

1. i think there's 2 compulsory subjects.. it might be one of it... moral and msian studies... mine was in english but i did it during pre-u

2. well, there's biotech and bio science offered and many of the student council members are from there... i wonder why, then i found out their studies are not so hectic as compared to others... yea, most end up working in labs, teachers at pvt schools or selling med devices or drugs.

5. yeaps, except for expenses.... and you can only do it for 1 year

waaa, what course is that? biotech seems to be ok in sg, there's biopolis.. etc etc, jobs not as bad as msia

hmm.. maybe diff for biotech, business seems ok for poly kids.. 200-300 ok la but anyway.. lets forget bout that

your parents are pr?

2. if wanna get high pay with a life science degree, definitely go business route aka finance marketing and sales etc..
working in lab pays little and its all about passion and interest.


Biopolis, which you may mean where A*STAR resides, best in research in SG but EXTREMELY competitive, its way even harder to enter ASTAR than NUS.
Its also hard to maintain a job there as a researcher... its not easy to produce an impactful research, and all these needs continuous fundings.

Years ago there wasnt even this news that talks about degrees holder washing test tube there while PhD and masters doing more relevant stuff. Ask any Singaporean in the life science field and you ll get an idea how hard it is to get a job in A STAR

Thanks so much for the infos, really appreciate it and sorry i take time to reply cuz too busy working hehe

I certainly did make use of my time to learn more about this field and job prospect in sg by chatting with many different colleagues and some lecturers combine with sg forum and hardwarezone forum views... its just sad that this field is not promosing in SEA but a lot better in western countries.

edit: Biological science is the wider version which encompasses biomedical science, biotech , biochem etc. Its a life science course not engineering.

and no my parents are not PR but they are offered and was PR long time when i was young/havent born. When my dad came back to work in malaysia for many years the PR status got taken away.

This post has been edited by jeffreytjl: Aug 21 2015, 10:06 PM

sorry phone getting weird. dunno how to delete duplicated post ><

This post has been edited by jeffreytjl: Aug 21 2015, 07:53 PM

not true, just that positions like that are limited... funding for drugs and supplements are very limited in this region... nearest is korea

lol... hardla but no impossible..

yea, funding using by NRF, mostly for devices in sg.. less on drugs

hehehe, a few of my friends are in there... but damn hard to date them

nah, glad to be able to help... i would suggest you change field... try sutd or sit

very limited but cannot say totally dont have...

SUTD or SIT do not offer life science courses and i dont plan to change to engineering because my physics and add maths almost always fail during secondary school and i simply dont have any interest in them hehe ><

I however have a very very strong passion for bio science and i hate dealing with money and numbers so accouting banking side are not my cup of teas. I want to be a scientist that can at least help and improve the world, i understand this may sound cheesy.. but its just that i am not a money minded person but more of a 'trying to understand life better' person. I do also realize with such lower salary in this field, i would struggle to support my family and future wife and kids (if lucky ) . Lots of thinking and worries had been done... but it seems that my strong interest would not change my mind anytime soon :'(

Those job positions in Astar requires at least a very good cert ie from local uni in sg. you dont ever hear any private unis in sg get into that company ever... its that serious.. i have colleagues who have friends who previously work there and was super stress because he/she did not achieve any good results.
Job postings are also 1 year contract based instead of permanent. All the perms are all the highly educates Phd with plenty experiences in the field.


How about you? I understand that you graduate from Monash years ago from Mechanical.
How are you doing and does your salary satisfy you? what about your coursemate and do their pay differ quite a lot? Most importantly did you enjoy studying your course? any regrets etc mind sharing

This post has been edited by jeffreytjl: Aug 21 2015, 10:58 PM

i see... well, a girl am dating did biotech too for bachelors then did master couldnt find job now doing phd at nus but more of policy making aka public healthcare rather than technical stuff..

yea, super stressed... only for those with strong will and passion

me? yea... bac mechanical... but didnt practice.. was in a commodity trading company in charge of projects for 5 years, did my master part time and graduated last year.. upon graduation i resigned and have been having 0 income since then

well, pay was good last time but the travelling was not... mon to fri in indon, weekends back to sg only to sleep, very tiring... yeaps, their pay do differ a lot, of course those in sg or aus are doing much better.. nopes... shouldnt had taken engineering, business would have suited me more.. why engineering in the first place? cause was suck into the idea that business students are not the smart ones, some stupid perception from high school... it was not that i like engineering, it was just because am doing well at science subjects in high school.. but when passion wasnt there in uni, i struggled

anyone doing aerospace engineering in clayton?

Malaysia also not bad; better than Damascus.

Maybank@Monash launched in Monash Malaysia



Furnished with bright lounge sofas and wall decals, the Maybank@Monash lounge at Monash Malaysia is part of Maybank’s effort to engage the younger generation.

Launched on the 17 August by Maybank Group President and CEO Datuk Abdul Farid Alias, Maybank@Monash is the first bank branch in the country with a lounge concept targeted at Gen Z and the millennials.

“Our lounge is not only a cool place to ‘hang out’, it is also user-friendly and provides a seamless experience for our young customers where they can decide when, and how they interact with the bank,” said Datuk Abdul Farid.

“Students’ expectations are largely unmet. Strategically, this lounge would be a platform for Maybank to learn and understand their needs,” he said, adding that Maybank sees this as an opportunity to invest in the youth segment who will be their customers in the future.

In her opening speech, Monash Malaysia President and Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Helen Bartlett expressed delight that the university was chosen as a partner in this initiative.


Professor Helen Bartlett and Datuk Abdul Farid Alias cut the ribbon to launch the Maybank@Monash lounge.

"Young people’s lifestyles have changed and banking services need to adjust,” she said. “This new initiative is in response to those changing requirements. It recognises the importance of the latest interactive technologies and the need to undertake financial transactions in an environment that is friendly and convenient.

“It’s also about helping young people understand the importance of financial planning, strategic investment and preparing for their future.”

The lounge will offer services such as opening an account with an initial RM10 deposit, registering for debit cards, Maybank2u (M2U), selected insurance products as well as SPP1M (Skim Prihatin Pendidikan 1Malaysia) loans. It will also serve as a platform for digital services arising from Maybank’s partnership with telecommunications and entertainment companies as well as online shopping portals, including a feature called ‘Snap & Sell’ on M2U.

Maybank@Monash will also be a centre for financial literacy events such as monthly talks on financial planning and the Investment Celeb Trade.

http://www.monash.edu.my/news/archive/2015...monash-malaysia