Preparing grads for successful careers
ALMOST five years ago, Shivank Sharma moved across the continent from his home in India to Malaysia. Shivank begun his new life as a student at University of Southampton Malaysia (UoSM). He had enrolled in the MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering programme and remembered feeling anxious about moving to Malaysia.
He soon realised, however, that the transition was smooth as can be thanks to the friendly and helpful staff and lecturers who had taken him under their wing. In no time at all, Shivank found himself fully immersed in an amazing learning experience. Today, he serves as a data science consultant under Deloitte’s risk analytics division in the United Kingdom.
The University of Southampton is a worldclass British university that is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2019.
With a rich history spanning 150 years, the university has seen more than 200,000 graduates achieve their dreams. The Malaysia campus is tucked away in the state-of-theart Educity Iskandar complex in Johor. With more than 92% of its students attaining jobs or enrolling in further study within six months of graduation, success stories such as Shivank’s are far from rare.
Jeremy Fong, who is a control engineer with Rolls-Royce in the UK, remembers the key role University of Southampton played with his application.
“I found out about Rolls-Royce through the IT, Science and Engineering Fair held by the university’s Careers and Employability Service. Also, I had my curriculum vitae examined by a practitioner at the university’s drop-in service and attended a mock assessment centre to help me in my preparation for Rolls-Royce’s assessment centre.”
Fong had pursued an MEng in Mechanical Engineering, graduating in 2016. Just like Shivank, Fong spent the first two years of his degree at UoSM before completing the remaining two years in the UK. UoSM’s programmes run on a 2+2 basis, with students receiving a top-notch British education at only 60% of the cost. Stephanie Sook Fung Teow, who
also graduated with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering, says, “I chose UoSM as it was affordable compared with direct admissions to the UK campus, and UoSM provides the same quality of education as the UK campus. Besides, the student-teacher ratio was outstanding.”
Sook, who is a design engineer for CCW Associates Pte Ltd in Singapore, fondly recalls how the culture and environment between both campuses were incredibly similar. In fact, adapting was so easy for her that she ended up in the top 10% of her cohort.
UoSM offers a range of engineering programmes, including Engineering Foundation Year, MEng in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and MEng in Mechanical Engineering. Each undergraduate programme offers a variety of specialisations that were designed to meet the demands of various industries and trends for future development.
To join the ranks of these successful graduates and learn more about UoSM’s programmes and scholarships, visit the campus. Applications for all programmes are free of charge, so take the opportunity to experience an education unlike any other. Students who register before Mar 29 get an early bird discount.