I heard people graduating early overseas but I don't really hear people graduating early in Malaysia. So, can you?

Yes, Just take the future classes during the holidays ... it works with Uniten

only uniten or?

Why not? You can take up classes during the holidays so it will count to your graduating credits, and then you can graduate earlier than your peers.

by MQA standards nope. Delay yes.

OK there are a few things you need to know here.

1. Obtaining required credit hours

MQA sets minimum number of credits for a degree at 120 credits, and max per sem at 18. Most unis set their degrees to span 4 years (8 sems), which means you take 15 credits per sem. You can shorten this if you take extra subjects per sem, plus taking extra subject during the short semesters (literally no break for you).

If you do this, you should be able to do it in 3 years.
1st year: 18 + 18 +6
2nd year: 18 + 18 +6
3rd year: 18 + 18

2. Subject prerequisites

Most subjects are parked at specific years because you needed to cover specific knowledge or skills before undertaking those subjects. For example, before taking Maths III, you need to do Maths I and II. You can't simply jump to Maths III, or take Maths I, II and III together in the same semester.

This will force you to take those subjects sequentially, meaning it must span at least 3 semesters. This will limit your ability to finish off the credits quickly.

3. Fulfilling minimum study duration

This is the tricky bit. Most professional courses are governed by professional bodies, like LAM (architecture), BEM (engineering), MMC (medical) and so on. They have an additional requirement that for anyone studying to become a professional, they must study the degree for a specified amount of time.

So there's literally no point to cut short your studies if the professional body won't even recognize your degree. This is not something you can remedy afterwards by taking masters or PhD.

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Hope this helps.

This post has been edited by azarimy: Dec 13 2019, 04:17 PM

Then, can you take extra subjects(that isn't an elective) just because it seems interesting?

Lol. I don't think they can let you do that. You can sneak into the lecture hall to attend classes with / without lecturer consent.

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Do people actually do that? XD

Well I personally did with consent.
Because I not sure I wanna take a certain elective. Or too much free time in uni.
Or just pinjam a desk and air con space to study.

some classes are big. you can get away with it.

Yep, you can. I did this. Not sure all IPTAs allow this, but me and my friends in UM are able to do this. It's call auditing the subject, taking and learning, and also being assess for the subject but at the end it is not graded or included in your final cgpa. I took 10 extra subjects during my degree previously.

U mean u took 10 extra subjects (during regular semester or break) which were assessed ?

I took 10 extra subjects staggered across 5 semesters starting in Year 2, so that means 2 subjects per semester. My average standard subjects are around 7 per sem, so with the additional subjects, I'm taking around 9 subjects per sem. I still do all the assignments and even attend the exam, although in my result list it just appears as Pass and it doesn't affect my CGPA in any way.

So can you take subjects in sem break?

I really salute to u for your hard work, not easy, BTW does it help in job application?

my current job is very much related to my degree, so I got that. those extra subjects are my competency, for example, since I took an elective in OSH and ergonomics, my company sponsored me for OSH courses, and now I'm a certified OSH auditor in my company. Other subjects serve me well in terms of my work, and some of them is useful for social/networking/discussion purposes. But then again, I took all the extra subjects out of curiosity and passion, and not actually planning to use it in anyway. As long as you see the oppurtunity to apply, then by all means take it.

Although I can't recommend others to do the same. My study schedule is quite hectic, at one point I have classes back to back from 8am to 7pm, hahaha