Why is there so little discussion on UTAR courses and intake in this thread? UTAR is a good university with a nice campus and very reasonable fees but it is not given due consideration by students. Apparently students prefer unis with foreign sounding names despite most of them being price gouging profit motivated enterprises with limited campus facilities. For Engineering UTAR charges 1/4 of Monash Malaysia. The epitome of crass commercialization is Sunway Uni charging parents a fee to attend their children's graduation. Yes, this is a fact; I was there myself.

Students, you are not going to get a better education at one of the foreign sounding private unis compared to UTAR. In terms of employer acceptance UTAR loses to none of them. So do give UTAR a chance instead of making your parents cough up big money for Taylor's Monash, Nottingham or Sunway.

As part of the selection panel for new staff in my engineering company (staff strength about 50) I can say that we put UTAR graduates on par with other private universities.

UTAR charges a fraction of what many private universities charge. If you can study in UTAR there is no need to pay highly for a foreign sounding uni in the hope of getting better job prospects. This does not exist. Even Spore employers gladly accept UTAR degrees.

I see a trend of some private universities increasing their fees by about 10% every year. They may be pricing themselves out of the market as income is not keeping up with escalating fees. The next generation of parents will find it very hard to afford Taylor's, Monash, Sunway or Nottingham to mention a few examples.

Practically 100% of students in private unis are non-Malays, mainly Chinese. With birth rate of non-Malays decreasing and their limited ability to attract international students due to lack of good ranking is their future bright?

Actually, I wonder why UTAR is not discussed more?  Are their courses good?  I hear that they have a policy of taking in up to 90% of those that apply for their courses and than proceed to fail those that don't make their standards along the way.  So, easy entry but difficult pass. 
Answer: As a UTAR student, my course (Mechatronics Engineering) is on par with other private universities in terms of syllabus. Currently, UTAR admission rate is 80-90% (Source: http://www.4icu.org/reviews/3233.htm), it is true that student need to work hard to pass exam. Some of my coursemates have been dropoff from UTAR due to unable get CGPA 2.0 for two consecutive semesters.
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Being a not-for profit education institute, their fees should be lower than those for-profit education institute like Taylors, Inti, Sunway, etc.  But how is the quality of the courses?  You still need money to pay for and keep good lecturers, good facilities and maintain standards.
Answer: In recent QS World University Rankings by Subjects 2017 (Published on 8th March 2017), UTAR is ranked 351-400 for Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Source: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-...cal-electronic) , and 451-500 for Computer Science & Information Systems (Source: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-...mation-systems). As a non for-profit university established just 15 years since 2002, make it to the world ranking have proved its standards.

Any facts or evidence that UTAR graduates are accepted by the private sector?  I seem to hear INTI advertising daily on the radio that their graduates get jobs easily after they graduate.  Is that true or just advertising hype? 
Answer: Refer to QS University Asian Ranknigs 2016 (Source: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-...-rankings/2016) in terms of employer reputation, UTAR is ranked 9th in Malaysia (Behind UM, USM, UTM, UKM, UPM, UiTM, UUM and UTP). Meanwhile INTI is not even in the list.

Hope my answer solve your doubts.