Hi guys,

I’m planning to study Software Engineering but still unsure which university to study.

The universities I have in mind right now are APU, MMU and KDU but I am open to any other suggestions.

Need to hear all of your opinions, thanks!

Mmu grad here. Currently working as software engineer. Engineering major in computer science or going pure it students will be your best bet. Is quite well known here. Mmu is very particular about accreditation. Mmu is kinda the 2nd cheapest private with ok reputation. Tbh, school dosent matter much, especially programming all comes from alot of self learn.

I don’t really have any issue with money but from what I heard a SPM graduate can’t apply in Monash? Correct me if I’m wrong

Of course you cannot directly go to Monash University with SPM results. You need to go thru Pre-University like STPM(form Six), MUFY( Monash University Foundation Year), SAM( South Australian Matriculation), Cambridge A-Levels or foundations in any Private University(subjected to Monash requirements) before you apply for Monash university. Monash University Bachelor in Software Engineering is under their Engineering Faculty. This means that it is a 4 year course and for 1st Year you will be studying common Engineering subjects as other Engineering degrees. The computer subjects proper only come in 2nd Year onwards..

I would agree with you on both MMU and APU. However, as I have mentioned various times before - the education landscape changes drastically every 5 years or so. And universities that were not renowned in one particular area can rapidly catch up sooner than later. The reason being is that a lot of the leading institutes in a particular field sometimes get complacent while the ones who are trying to build their reputation or discipline starts to aggressively expand and hire. Most of the time, they end up hiring the very lecturers that made a good university's programme excellent in the first place. That's why i said the landscape changes.

An example would be Architecture. At one time, Limkokwing was the leader for Private Universities in this field but a whole batch left and set up one at Taylors. And another time the same thing happened with UCSI.

In other words - places like KDU, First City and UTAR, while not originally renowned for CS/SE are now quite good. And i wouldn't be surprised if they have surpassed either MMU or APU. First City has a lot of resources and money to build a good team.

APU personally I feel is diverging too much into other sectors now and might be losing their edge.

And one more thing - in the area of Computing. It doesn't really matter whether your cert is local or foreign. It only matters for the first year or so or when you are trying to land your first job. After that - it's all down to work experience. An expensive factor to consider.

Mmu is very particular about accreditation? To be fair - ALL institutions are particular about accreditation. If you don't get accreditation, you risk your programme license or full accreditation status being revoked or delayed. That means loss of PTPTN and International student applications.

MMU is no longer the cheapest by the way.