I'm currently studying Mechanical Engineering in MMU, and as far as I know there aren't any plans to abolish the course. However there certainly is a shortage of lecturers at the moment, I've noticed quite a few good ones, such as the Faculty of Engineering vice-dean (whose name escapes me at the moment...) leaving for other universities in my time here.

I've not been to other universities, but if MMU is ranked as one of the best private universities in the country I'll be quite worried about the state of education in the country. Many many lecturers here cannot speak good English, including the foreign ones. The presentation of the subject material is also shoddy. Maybe I'm unlucky, or maybe it's because of the staff shortage, but I've got the same useless lecturer for some incredibly tough subjects like Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics for a few years running now. As tough as the subject is, a lecturer who can't teach makes it so much worse.

I'm not unintelligent, but I've had my interest in the course degrade while studying here.

As for tips, I haven't gotten many reliable ones, and a lot of the lecturers seem reluctant in giving them out.

Overall I can't make an educated comparison between MMU and other universities, but from what I've seen I'd be willing to give other institutes a try.