100 scholarships on offer for UAE students in Malaysia
dubai — If you’re looking to study abroad here’s your chance: Over 100 scholarships have been allocated to UAE students to pursue their bachelor and graduate studies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
INTI International University and Colleges, part of US-based Laureate International Universities network, on Monday announced 100 scholarships to UAE schools, enabling their students an opportunity to pursue their higher studies in any of the six INTI campuses in Malaysia.
Eligible for scholarship are students with a minimum cumulative average grade score of 70 per cent. Excellent Scholarships or up to 35 per cent discount will be given to students with grade average of 70-89 per cent while Outstanding Scholarships or 45 per cent discount will be given to those with grade average of 90 per cent and above.
Students can enrol in various programmes, including business, accounting and finance, computer and information technology, engineering and quantity surveying, hotel management and culinary
Malaysia is not much different from the UAE. We may not be a young country but we developed very fast.”
Yubazlan Yusof, Malaysian Consul-General in Dubai
arts, mass communication, art and design, physiotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine, law, biotechnology and life sciences. There is also an American degree transfer programme and overseas degree transfer programmes in UK and Australia, plus pre-university foundation programme.
Malaysian Consul-General in Dubai Yubazlan Yusof told Khaleej Times that the scholarship is in line with the UAE’s Year of Giving. “This scholarship programme is part of the CSR (corporate social responsibility) of the private sector and also in line with our agenda of coming up as an international hub for education,” he said.
“Malaysia is not much different from the UAE. We may not be a young country but we developed very fast. What we can offer to students is high quality of life — the cost of living is minimal but the quality is high. Students will feel at home in Malaysia. Cost the standard of education is another advantage,” Yusof assured.
“It should be noted that in 2015, Malaysia landed in ninth place in Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) rankings as one of the top 10 preferred destinations of international students,” he added.
Owais Mohamed Aslam Kazi, marketing manager at Education Malaysia under the consulate-general of Malaysia, said the average fee structure for a three-year business degree in Malaysia is roughly 80,000 Malaysian ringgit or Dh68,000 and the average living cost per student is around 1,500 ringgit or Dh1,280 per month.”
Michael Chan, INTI assistant vice-president, said around 30 per cent of the total 16,000 student population of INTI are international students.
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