nah...... dats my best post, dats alll
nothing great about it...

hm... bout the chemical stuff

is it good or not taking it in UTAR ??

u should know it rite now

Chemical engineering...wow. The head of the department is my former lecturer, Dr. Ooi. A very helpful and nice lecturer. He is currently doing a research on biodiesel; the results seem to be quite promising.

I don't think you'd go wrong by enrolling into UTAR for chem eng. Good luck.

ok, dats a nice comment!! no bad one ah ?

I am only a first sem ( second sem ) student soon in foundation in science...

But from my researches in UTAR, the engineering courses of UTAR will have bright future i think.. If you browse through other comments about UTAR, you can see seniors commenting about the facilities and equipments in UTAR, which are up to standard..

If you ask me why do i think that engineering courses in UTAR will have bright future.. Then my answer, is again.. We have a new president whom is also the vice president of IEM and he knows alot bout engineering...

Lol, seems like i am a die hard fan of the new UTAR president, but from other lecturer's comments, this president is really quite good.. and i am confident that he will bring UTAR's engineering courses to another level..

dat is a nice one too, bad one ?

u all should be lucky to have Prof Chuah as a new pres. he is a very knowledgeable and well respected person in the industry... used to be the Dean of Engineering Faculty in MMU.

Hmm, bad one?
I can't just "squeeze" one out for you..

But i can only say that there are good and bad lecturers in UTAR, and i think that applies to other unis too... and i'm sure that others will agree with me ...

I don't agree with UTAR having good facilities In fact, it's quite bare over here. For some of the researches, you still need to 'borrow' from IPTA; i had to run my XRD analyses in UPM.

And no sporting fields, pool, good food !!

But other than that, UTAR is well do, and like you said of the new president, he seems to know what he's doing.

Good thing to know that UTAR is now working on achieving the Washington Accord, this will help boost the quality of the education and the degree in the future job market also.

The facility of the UTAR setapak campus is not as good as other renown universities, but the basic stuff are there to meet with our necessary requirements.

Whether one is a good or bad lecturer, it's no longer a major issue like it was in the secondary education. Self-accessed learning is the key to success in UTAR and other institutions as well as the job market. Do not expect spoon-feeding from the lecturer any longer and you'll have to look for more reading materials yourself. Like what CaptWong has mentioned earlier, there's no good and bad lecturer. Only good and bad students.

As for Chemical Engineering courses, I believe that every engineering courses has its own difficulty and killer subjects. It's tough. However, what you need is the will to study.

Wao! You serious?! Washington Accord!! WOW, that's a big deal, BIG BIG DEAL....
UTAR - My Choice! HAHAHAHAHA..

But but but, good lecturers make a whole lot of difference to the learning process.

Don't be surprised that students do better in studies and exams of a certain subjects which have good lecturers.

And yes, UTAR have good lecturers in aplenty

Good lecturers and bad lecturers do make a difference. Students would be more interested in learning from a fun, supportive and friendly lecturer whilst students would feel bored/sleepy when attending classes conducted by lecturer who don't know the proper way of teaching, less friendly and dull.

lecturer with phd doesnt mean good.

i prefer lecturer which have not graduated yet, at least the way the teach make us understand better.

higher level of education doesnt he/she is good in teaching

Matt85??? UTAR Student? Chemistry?

sometime they give too much info, brain also burst. Lagi tak paham

but then utar lecturer's spoken english....................seriouslly need help......

Quite true, but there are still good lecturers like Dr Ooi, Mr Koay and Grace who speak good English. Others are still understandable, only a few are under satisfactory.

maybe ur talking about those in degree, i find that degree lecturers are far better in their spoken english, than foundation lecturers. The foundation lecturers, none of them have well spoken english except mr pek and mr wesley

Maybe because foundation lecturers are less qualified than those who are teaching degree?

Those who are teaching me are quite fluent in english, except for only a few.

i just finish my 3 years degree in utar pj. since ts wants some positive about utar, here are what i can think of ^^

- study in utar u got lots of free time. not compulsory to join any society, u can do anything u want after u finish class. do part time, do exercise, study etc. so lets say u got financial problem, after class u can go work, lots of time to work 1 dont worry. for my case, since year 1 sem 2 i work FULL TIME in a nutrition shop, 8 hours perday 6 days perweek, somemore that semester i got 5 subjects. my GPA for that sem is not very good but not too bad (3.XX).

- if u happen to stay in millennium court, if u r a dota player, i tell u that will be ur paradise, coz MC dota everynight @ pc block. u save a lot of money dont need to go cyber cafe, dont need go clubbing etc. stay at home play dota enuf, make frens.

- a lot of pretty girl. especially @ pc block pj campus. spend 1 or 2 day stand @ the entrance with security guard, see ppl walk in n out, u will find that utar got damn lots of pretty gal.

dont flame me but yes, im very happy with that 3 years in UTAR. 1 thing u hv to know, most of us here study for a degree for instrumental purpose. 1 thing for sure u know: how high a person can fly is depending on how much effort he/she put. so if u r worrying about ur future, prospect etc; even, lets say, UTAR is not as good as some other university, but thts not the end. as long as u work hard, ur future will still be bright. even if u r in oxford now, if u dont work hard oso wont success ga. so dont worry kawan, UTAR is good for u if thats ur only choice. enjoy it.

my economics lecturer who graduated from curtin university and also my english lecturer speak good english too XD

Maths lecturer also has a good basic of english~