You've got another step more (A-levels/STPM/Matric/etc) before getting into any degree program...~
Consider this step first...

The difference between MUFY and FIS as far as I know is this -

FIS is run by only one college under one roof. They cant play around with the syllabus since it's scrutinised by MQA but they can play around with marks in case they need to fill in seats in their programs, say MBBS. It's only valid at the same uni only and if you want to transfer to another uni, it's done on case by case basis.

MUFY is taken at 5 centres around the world - Sri Lanka, Jakarta, Sunway, JB and Melbourne and the examiners are from Monash U. It's on par with VCE syllabus and the marking is done internally and externally, so lecturers cant really help to cook up the marks much. Not a lot of Sunway MUFY students manage to get in MBBS program in Monash this year, at least.. most became casualty of the killer Chemistry paper (even after repeating), so they end up doing biomed instead.

If you're looking to enter Monash or IMU, then MUFY is an ok choice if you have the money. The lectuerers were beyond awesome. But if I were to do pre-u again, I'd go for Ausmat instead due to wider recognition.

A few of the MUFY students who got into mbbs Clayton, had already done A levels. They did a shorter intensive MUFY program in Taylor's Melbourne.

In terms of recognition and standard, the programs to take into account would be AUSMAT, SAM and VCE. The former two can be done locally.

You should be able to use MUFY to apply to IMU. I know of a couple of MUFY students who were accepted into IMU. Give them a call to get first hand information.

I waited one whole year before getting into my course too.

You're planning to do MBBS local or partner medical school (PMS) ?

MUFY is under 'Australian University Foundation Programmes'. 80% average

Btw there's nothing wrong with taking A-Levels for 1 1/2 year and wait another 1/2 year to do MBBS. One should not rush into medical school, it can be overwhelming at times

Why should you be sorry? I gained one year of working experience in that year.. not time wasting at all...

By the time you reach age 40,you will start complaining that it's too stressful n you want to quit n retire! You hv plenty of years ahead n opportunities are plenty so don't worry abt that one year or so.

I know you guys are really sick of people asking the same questions over and over (lol), but I would be extremely grateful if anyone could just help shed some light on a few issues.

First of all, well I was wondering about the local IMU degree. As in the one where you do all 5 years at IMU. Is this degree recognized worldwide? As in can you actually work in another country like the UK and etc. with an IMU MBBS degree? And well, besides that, can you apply for postgraduate in another country like, again, the UK? For example if I wanted to specialize in ENT or rheumatology or something like that. Would I be able to use my IMU degree to apply for these postgraduate courses?

1) IMU local degree NOT recognised worldwide, as far as I know only Malaysia, at the moment.
2) You do NOT go back to uni for specialization. You apply to be in the specialty program WHILE working in in the hospital.
Since your degree will not be recognised in "UK and etc" you will not be able to work there, hence you will not be able to do postgraduate courses there.

That is my understanding, and will want to be corrected if my understanding is wrong.

Right yeah. Thanks a lot guys for all your help. I really do appreciate it. So doing the MBBS course there means that your career prospects only exist in Malaysia then I guess? Thanks again podrunner and ABMKA!

imu mbbs is recognised only in msia and sri lanka....

non-recognised degree means one cannot register to work....

there are alternate pathways for registrations, ie exams you can sit for....

post-graduate training means working....therefore, cannot do training in uk etc...

some postgraduate qualifications on the other hand, needs no onshore training, and one can work in msia and sit for the exams.....

basically, if one gets a local msian medical degree, it basically means one will NOT be able to work in other countries without sitting for some sort of qualifying exams...

the only local msian degrees recognised elsewhere are:
um/ukm (spore)
monash sunway (australia/nz)
pmc irish degrees (ireland)
presumably the irish degrees with perdana and allianz will also be recognised in ireland.....

like i said, some postgraduate exams are open exams, and still recognised in msia......

this will be in the medical specialities.....

surgical postgraduate exams are closed to non-uk residents....(mrcs is open, but not recognised by msia, frcs is recognised, but needs uk work/training to be allow to sit).....the last 15 years, there has hardly been any more new frcs surgeons in msia.....almost all new surgeons goes through the local masters pathway.....with it's bottle neck and affirmative action policy.....