1. This question is really subjective and different people will give you a different opinion. To be honest, I would say the CS courses in MMU are probably of equivalent quality with the universities you listed except for TARUC. My advice to you is don't choose a university just based on people saying certain universities are better for certain courses because chances are they are all almost the same when it comes to employability when you graduate. Computer Science itself is a pretty broad field nowadays. If you know what specific skills sets you are interested in, you might even want to check out the subjects offered or course structure or specializations avaialble (AI, Big data analytics, Web Dev, Security, game dev, etc) before making your decision. The most important thing you want to consider when you are choosing a university is whether you will be happy spending the next 3/4 years there. Location and living condition matters too. For example, If I am looking to do chemical engineering, people would naturally suggest UTP. But I know I wont be happy studying there due to its secluded location and Ipoh is like a 40 min drive away as I much prefer the urban/city lifestyle personally.

2. I would say majority of students (about 40 - 50%) are chinese. For Cyberjaya, a more accurate breakdown would be (40 - 50% Chinese), (30% Malay), (15 - 25% Indian) and (around 10 - 20% Foreigners, mainly Africans and Arabs)

3. Parking in MMU Cyberjaya is usually not that big of a problem. You will usually only have a harder time finding parking during peak hours if you wanna park close to your faculty. If you dont mind walking a little bit, parking shouldnt be a problem.

Now I would concur with people suggesting going for july intake rather than november simply because:
1. It is the main intake and you would have more peers around you.

2. MMU usually tailor its course structure and subjects offered around the main intake. To avoid aforementioned potential "subjects not offered" or more advanced subjects taught earlier than need be, go for july intake

3. FYP. Now I am not sure how Faculty of Computing and Informatics (FCI) structure its FYP (as I am from FOE). Chances are you would have to do your FYP slightly earlier in Year 2 June trimester (part 1) and continuing through to Year 3 Nov trimester (part 2) if you join in November intake. Or in FOE's case, November intake's students will do part 1 FYP in November trimester, go for industrial training in the short trimester then come back finish FYP part 2 in the June trimester which is kinda disruptive. Check your course structure just to be sure.

4. Why wait until November since you already completed secondary school? The earlier you start the faster you graduate.

As for food. Cyberjaya is abit limited in terms of Chinese food/ hawker stall. There are plenty of mamak and Arabian food though. However things are getting better now compared to say 5 years ago as Cyberjaya is still developing (hospital, mixed dev projects and LRT coming up). DPulze, Tamarind Square, Shaftsbury Square, Prima Avenue, and Glomac provides some decent options for commercial food chains and local/international cuisines. Or if you have a car, Seri Kembangan/puchong/KLIA/Putrajaya are like 15 - 20 min drive away.

Just to clarify, the FYP/ITP structure for engineering is EAC requirement.

Hmm... Sorry? I don't really understand what you mean.

Thank you so much for your reply!! It's very informative!

If subject A requires the fundamentals of subject B, you need to pass subject B first before being allowed to take Subject A. This is already taken into account in the course structure.

So if I'm taking November intake, the course structure should not be a problem right? But many ppl still saying that not to enroll in the November intake🤔

They are not wrong when it comes to convenience, having more peers from the same batch, etc. What I am pointing out is, the course structures have been reviewed by many stakeholders to ensure that there is no mismatch. So my general advice is, go for main intake if it suits your situation. Else going for April or November intakes is okay too. From what I see, there is no clear indicators that students from main intake performed better or vice versa.

This post has been edited by Human Nature: Apr 12 2020, 03:26 PM

u can't control/predict amount of ppl in November intake, just deal with it
as long u follow the core stucture u will be fine , thats guarantee by the unviersity

course structure should not be a problem,till now i had not meet any problem except the time i forget to follow my core stucture(it was really a mess)
but still it depend on your choice ,
i choose november intake just because i failed my STPM and this is the only closest intake date , just scared if i waited too long i may lost my eager to study

For me i don't really care which intake , i don't think it makes a signifcant difference/advantage wasting time to wait for a major intake

tmr my holiday will be offically ended with MCO and start new semester in my house, what a weird year to be in
well i just take it as a new experience i guess

This post has been edited by limtenggen: Apr 12 2020, 03:51 PM

The June intake is on 23/6/2020 I think. I couldn't join on this date since I'm working in Singapore and have to work for at least 6 months. Maybe the intake delay till July then it'll be perfect. Could you update me if they delay the intake?

Yeah, what a trimester to remember Those in last trimester suddenly wont have chance to meet and have farewell parties

First class for the next trimester will be on 29th June 2020
https://www.mmu.edu.my/academic-calendar/

But the orientation is on 23rd June 2020

If you can start the class on the 1st week, best to check with admission if you can skip the orientation.

I found out that the dean of FCI, Dr.(Peter)Ho Chiung Ching has left MMU. Here is the link of his bio: https://my.linkedin.com/in/peterhocc

People saying that he's the very good part of FCI and now he's not there anymore, the quality of MMU FCI has been decreasing since a lot of senior lecturers had left and etc. I mean, i dont know if that's true or not but it really makes me confused whether it is good or not to go for MMU.

MMU faculties usually changes dean every 3-5 years. Whether or not the quality of MMU FCI has been decreasing is speculative and debatable, more so when MMU is trying to position itself as a digital-focused university (MMU). At the end of the day, all degrees and courses at all universities including MMU goes through peer reviews and accreditation all the time to ensure the standard and quality is there.

As I said before, dont choose a university based on people saying a particular university is better or vice versa (especially for local IPTA). Chances are, they are all almost the same when it comes to so called "quality". And what do you mean by quality? Quality of lecturers? Good and Bad lecturers exist in all universities including MMU. Facilities? They will probably be about the same and for a CS course, the only thing you should probably worry the most is your own laptop or device for programming. Employability? Probably the same among most reputable IPTA ( UTAR, UTP, UNITEN, etc). Subject coverage? You will probably be using google more than your lecture notes regardless of university. For a CS course, you will usually be learning 80% of the stuff from google rather lectures lol.

The more important questions you should be asking yourself is as I said, what are you interested in or which specialization are you more inclined with within the field of computer science (AI development? Deep/Machine Learning? Computer Vision? Web Development? Computer and IT security? Mobile Development? Game Development? Data Analytics? etc)? What are the course structure and programs/subjects/specialization offered by different universities? If you dont know what specialization yet, which university's course structure is more flexible? What is the tuition fee (unless you are rich)? What about location and accomodation? Will you be happy staying there? These are serious factors you should consider rather than listening to speculative assumptions.

Curious, where did you get your source from?

and fyi, the deans in all faculties change every few years

I found it here. But I don't know whether it's true or not😅. It seems true.

I am referring to the bolded part

This post has been edited by Human Nature: Apr 17 2020, 01:02 AM

Oh, that's what I saw from thread about chosing UNI for Computer Science but I cant remember where it is. They said some of the lecturers had left and that's why the MMU's QS world ranking by subject (CS) has been dropping since then.