that is not correct based on my knowledge......links please....

my understanding is, Feb 08/graduate Nov13 (08/13) was the last undergraduate intake......there will be NO intake in 09 and 10......then the next intake is graduate entry Feb11 (batch 11/14)......thus there is NO break in graduating classes, just a 2 years intake gap to bridge the 6 and 4 years undergraduate and postgraduate programmes respectively........

effectively, this means the last 2 imu batches that can still feed into melb u undergraduate programme are the me01/08 and me02/08 (joining year 4 in 2011).........there is no indication from imu what happens from the next batch (me01/09)..........

taiko, spam in your own threads, not enough, now want to ask the same questions here.....

agree........at least 90 lah........

we have gone through this many times already.......

nobody knows, as they have not even produced any doctors yet.....1st batch will only graduate end of this year........

monash fees is lower, at 40k/semester = 400k over 5 years........it is wholly conducted locally, and is thus the most expensive local medical programme..........pmc programme requires the 1st 2 years to be done in ireland........

there is some serious flaws in the maths here........rm100k/5 years is 20k/year.........even the cheapest ipts med school here (aimst) charges more than that........

most uk med school fees only are about pounds sterling 20k/year....

my bad, i missed the 'more'........

no, monash fees is 400k over 5 years.......

remember there is significantly more cost in living expenses in uk, and factor in the airfares once or twice a year over 5 years........

a quick google reveals leed's med school fees as pounds 13,300 for the 1st 2 years, and 24,500 for the next 3 years, making a total 100,100 pounds.........at current exchange rate, it works out to rm520k.........

frugal living cost would be about 6k/year making a total of 30k pounds or rm160k..........

minimal total cost, assuming the pound does not rebound back to it's previous levels (or the rm sinks) is rm680k........not counting airfares......

one can live quite comfortably in kl/jb for rm15k/year......so total fees and living cost would be rm475k.........

not as close as one thinks.........

i think you need to relook at the figures........the rbs article is based on part time work covering part of the cost, ie net outlay after taking into account term time part time work.......it is not possible for a medical student to do any significant part time work.......certainly not in the clinical years......

if you look at the average expenses, it already comes to 130+73 (living +rent) ie 200 pounds a week......ie 10k pounds a year..........

if you take the cheapest of the two figures from 2 different cities, it's still 150 pounds a week, or 7.5k a year........

that is indeed the case, they have the tightest admission criteria and processing of all the ipts med schools......

however the amc recognition does not mean the same thing as what many people thinks.......it does NOT confer automatic rights to work in oz.........

amc recognition means you can be registered to potentially work in oz.......

but it does NOT mean you can actually go work there.......that right to work is the function of another department, that of immigration.........and you will thus be subject to the same rules as any one else who want to work there, you need to get a pr, or one of the myriad work or 'bridging' visas currently available.........

it would be interesting to see what happens when the 1st batch graduates end of this year.......

not really, unless you have the money upfront and transfer them over now at current rates....

the sterling has dropped vis-a-vis the rm by a quarter from 7 to 5.1 currently.....but it may not stay there for long.......

i think the estimate of rm620k is a bit on the optimistic side, a safer estimate would be about rm680k, taking the lower range of living costs estimates of 6k pounds a year as provided by imu (range 6-8k depending on city).......assuming the exchange stays the same, or you buy all your pounds now....

otherwise, if the pound appreciates, or something happens to the rm (like 1998), you will be in trouble......

in that sense, ipts like monash msia is more secure in term of cost estimates.....you are not exposed to currency fluctuations......

you are very naive to think you can go to any med school in msia, and just walk into uk to work......

even if you manage to get into a uk med school, current labour and immigration laws will mean you can only work the 2 foundation years in uk.........getting a job after that would be an uphill task, and even impossible.........

all the information about imu is available in the website, and also flyers freely available when you visit.......

there is no fixed fees, as the actual fees you will eventually need to pay depends on which uni you eventually partner to........

however, the 5 sem in bukit jalil is relatively fixed, currently at about rm29k/sem...........

the MAIN disadvantage of the imu-pms system, is the UNCERTAINTY of where you will eventually end up.........which you will only know late into the end of sem 5..........like said, the matching exercise is shrouded in secrecy, nobody really knows how it is worked out........explanation about ranking and computer matching is just hocus pocus......

like i said elsewhere, getting jobs in uk beyond the foundation years is going to be nigh impossible under current laws.......

and finally, i cringe whenever i see people say 'i plan to study medicine in xx or yy uni in zz year'........you don't select the med school, they will select you.......and although the entry cutoff is very low for imu (even lower for pmc), no one can say he will qualify until he gets his results.......

humility is a virtue.........

i think you have not understood at all what we have been saying, and the facts about the 2 streams of medical programme imu offers........these facts are all available on the imu website.......it is not that hard to understand........really.......

i just told you the fees depends on which twinned med school one goes to, and NOT fixed........

i would advise against blindly reading your father's medical books........serves no purpose....

guaranteed?........i don't think so.......uq requirement is that the student must poccess a prior degree before entering the medical programme, as it is a graduate entry programme......could be any degree......

and it could be 2 or 3 years depending on how well you do in the phase 1.......

nevertheless, i wonder how many people actually twin to uq......they have 12 slots/batch.......the highest number of any partner oz uni.......

only? that's the biggest of all oz unis.....

unsw, utas, newcastle has only 3 slots each.......

you mean there are a lot of people wanting to go through the b med sc programme after the 2 1/2 years phase 1?

btw, leeds has 2 slots and melbourne 6 slots.......

ptptn loans only for msians.......

usmle is only of relevance if you intend to go work in the us..........recognition to register to practise medicine in spore is based on you basic medical degree being recognised by the smc, having usmle step 3 will NOT enable you to work in spore.......

based on the letter, monash msia will not be recognised........

imu system is pbl.......