I'm sorry to interupt guys but no one answered my question..hope you guys dun mind

Whats the feedback for mechanical eng in UTAR? My friend is interested to go ther... just an inquiry for my friend who's not a LYN member...
So i hope you can help me out.
My friend completed a diploma in telecommunications eng in MMU and is working...so he missed the intakes.

But he would like to start coll around may coz he's just finished bonding with his company

Erm, as they said, i anti UTAR. so i juz like to comment on some la.

Equipment UTAR setapak sure is enough for all. But if i say the news le. people will say again, i anti utar la, say this all happen everywhere la.

So, i say it in middle view, my fren now in degree year 1 sem 2, they're facing a problem whereby as following :

Some machinery is cost more than 10k, when doing the practical, practical lecturer demand the student to buy a lab manual for themselve, and told them, refer to lab manual. ( this is very common )

But half of the semester have pass thru, and the practical lecturer havent teach anything yet. One student pass the lab manual to lecturer ( cause lecturer don't have lab manual ) and ask him to explain for them.
Studnet : Sir, i know you don't have lab manual, you also nonid to do the practical, we only nid you to explain how to do.
Sir : Erm, ( reading and reading ) this practical thing, u refer to lab manual la. all is inside.

Studnet all conclusion : the lecturer is scare the machine will break down and nid to pay for it? or the lecturer duno do it at all?

This is one of the incident, so i hope this is not the whole of UTAR.

By the way, find more mechanical enginering studnet in UTAR to ask, it would be the best.
But if you want  me to introduce some, better don't, cause all my fren in UTAR is "anti utar" juz like me.

Please dont be immature and merajuk ppl say you seem to be anti-UTAR la. We are just asking you to see things as a whole and not focus only on the bad side, or based on limited views.

I will try and find out if i have friends studying ME to confirm this. However, as far as i know, based on bioscience courses, the part of the lecturer being afraid that the machine will break down and need to pay for the repairs are baseless. Lecturers are humans too, they do understand that there is no point purchasing expensive equipment and not using it. Most machines used in bioscience courses dont come cheap either. They do allow the students to use the machines, but of course, telling them to use it carefully according to the manual/instructions.

So one thing that i can confirm, this doesnt happen to the whole of UTAR.

hey..
dont think UTAR as a place for STPM drop out..
xpensive?
i highly doubt it because of d facility they provide in the university is high class
the degree is depending on what course u take..not all course is 3years as u noe..

yes i can say its xpensive for renting a room near the university BUT u must noe..its including security,laundry,electric bill,water bill,internet bill..
rm 190 for twin sharing is perfectly fine compare2 kl..right?

the degree graduate is up2 standard with other university's available..
so pls...dont judge a book by its cover..
dont blive come n 2 UTAR KAMPAR,PERAK open day then u will noe..
btw im a student of UTAR KAMPAR PERAK
pls feel free 2 pm about anyth...
i have pics to prove UTAR KAMPAR is a gd place

I just came back from Kampar.

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I HATE KAMPAR!!!!!!

why do you hate it?
i went there yesterday..campus is pretty new.. didnt have the chance to go round it..it was so HOT...(temperature )

he hates it because it's a boring town. with nearly no entertainment like KL, for sure Kampar is a terrible place especially for those who've already get used to the lifestyle in big cities.

halo! I'm a girl!

I complain!

I went to westlake. they told me that i can't pay for the deposit anymore. 'coz they dun have enough rooms now. so building them 24/7 now. and I have to stay in classic house. means the hostel at ktar for at least 3 months! Rm140 for 1 single room. Then now the distance is far more worst than from utar itself.

The room's price gone up. The single room is RM295 now. And the room is so god damn small!

I don't care about the view, i Don't care about the mountain and tasik. I just hate that place!

Hi everyone here.
I can see there is a big fight(ok, I mean debate.  ) happening here but please allow me to ask some questions. 

One of my friends has applied for the May 2008 intake and he is offered to enrol in Computer Engineering degree course at Kampar campus. From the information I get, the course belongs to FICT (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology) instead of FES (Faculty of Engineering and Science).

May I know why is it so? I thought Computer Engineering is something similiar to Electrical/Electronice Engineering but it focus more on computer systems? My friend feels worry about that because he didn't know the course is about IT instead of Engineering.

He also heard some rumors saying the courses in FICT are some "not so popular" courses, can anyone clarify this? I doubt it is true but I can't confirm it.

And also,

He plans to apply for course change to Electronic Engineering, will there be any minor/major problem? His main concern is about PTPTN loan, time needed for the process and the success rate.)

I hope I can get some replies from UTAR students soon as my friend is like... over-nervous? lol~
Thank you~ 

halo! I'm a girl!

I complain!

I went to westlake. they told me that i can't pay for the deposit anymore. 'coz they dun have enough rooms now. so building them 24/7 now. and I have to stay in classic house. means the hostel at ktar for at least 3 months! Rm140 for 1 single room. Then now the distance is far more worst than from utar itself.

The room's price gone up. The single room is RM295 now. And the room is so god damn small!

I don't care about the view, i Don't care about the mountain and tasik. I just hate that place!

Hi everyone here.
I can see there is a big fight(ok, I mean debate.  ) happening here but please allow me to ask some questions. 

One of my friends has applied for the May 2008 intake and he is offered to enrol in Computer Engineering degree course at Kampar campus. From the information I get, the course belongs to FICT (Faculty of Information and Communication Technology) instead of FES (Faculty of Engineering and Science).

May I know why is it so? I thought Computer Engineering is something similiar to Electrical/Electronice Engineering but it focus more on computer systems? My friend feels worry about that because he didn't know the course is about IT instead of Engineering.

He also heard some rumors saying the courses in FICT are some "not so popular" courses, can anyone clarify this? I doubt it is true but I can't confirm it.

And also,

He plans to apply for course change to Electronic Engineering, will there be any minor/major problem? His main concern is about PTPTN loan, time needed for the process and the success rate.)

I hope I can get some replies from UTAR students soon as my friend is like... over-nervous? lol~
Thank you~ 

ok. the rental has gone up since January of this year. this is inevitable since demand is more than supply now. i'm also complaining too but no point, we have no choice unless you stay outside.
Computer Engineering is under FICT. for course transfer, the success rate is quite high indeed and it usually takes less than 1 month to process.

I can get a house with 1 HUGE master room attached with bathroom, 1 medium room, 2 single room all attached with bathroom and 1 HUGE living room and a BIG kitchen for RM400 through an agent.

Then my friend found the exact same type of house for RM250 only. Just that without ceiling fans. Haiya. But my mum insisted that I should stay in Westlake. Westlake is such a rip off! Expensive and We can only wash our clothes  once per week? Absurd!

And not to forget about the parking space in UTAR Kampar! I heard that we have to pay RM300 per year and Rm200 Per year in Westlake. Though I don't have a car, just find it ridiculous!

The distance to school, the westlake homes, the far away from town issue, the management and the stupid guards which wouldn't let us in even we have our student id. They say there will be more bus but I doubt. Even in PJ area, we don't have much bus anyway. I doubt there will be 20 buses as people claims as it should be.

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Added on April 11, 2008, 10:46 pmSo sad lah, at the same time unhappy with UTAR, but no other choices. I know many people will say, you don't like UTAR then go to LKW, INTI, Taylors, Sunway etc. etc. lah!

If i got the money I will be there lah. KDU foundation course is Rm14,000 overall. But UTAR is RM7000. BUT! UTAR increase from RM4000 to RM7000. You Judge.

I even have a lecturer who claims that UTAR foundation course is there for a 'good will'. She say she don't earn much and UTAR don't earn much from Foundation studies. But they still have this course because they want to 'help' students out.

By looking at the calculation above, I see they do earn very very much. From PA, PB, PC, PD and added a new PE. Actually we have 2 PE, but now they rent a new one beside PD block.

Where all the money comes from lah?

Yes, I do admit I dislike Kampar because it's a kampung place. You can say I am selfish and I wanna play around in city places instead of really studying in Kampar.

Hello, don't gimme such bullsh-t ok? Study for degree doesn't mean have to turn yourself into jailbird and pay unnecessary price for such outcome.

I am just unhappy, that's all.

halo! I'm a girl!

I complain!

I went to westlake. they told me that i can't pay for the deposit anymore. 'coz they dun have enough rooms now. so building them 24/7 now. and I have to stay in classic house. means the hostel at ktar for at least 3 months! Rm140 for 1 single room. Then now the distance is far more worst than from utar itself.

The room's price gone up. The single room is RM295 now. And the room is so god damn small!

I don't care about the view, i Don't care about the mountain and tasik. I just hate that place!

they told me the same thing. I have to go to classic house at ktar side. for at least 3 months! say got utar bus but I am still skeptical.

Still have to pay deposit after they informed you. Now the single room is RM295! such a rip off! sign contract for 1 year at that time. And they do not provide internet connection for half year. They say the moment you move in, half year don't have streamyx. do the math yourself.

shit place.

ok. the rental has gone up since January of this year. this is inevitable since demand is more than supply now. i'm also complaining too but no point, we have no choice unless you stay outside.
Computer Engineering is under FICT. for course transfer, the success rate is quite high indeed and it usually takes less than 1 month to process.

If you have good grades, and have taken subjects related to EE, of course you can get the course relatively easily.
There is always a very tight competition for places in FES as there is a limited number for the number of students for each course.

Oh, thanks for the info.
So that means course transfer shouldn't be a problem.
How about the rumors of the courses in FICT are non-popular courses, i.e. courses for science students who can't enter FES?