UK universities programs are very popular with both local Malaysian students as well as international students. There programs are either offered as twinning i.e. program that allows students to complete the first part of their studies in Malaysia before transferring to the twinning partner university overseas to complete the remaining duration of their degree program. Another example of partnerships program are the 3+0 programs. These programs allow students to complete all 3 years of their degree studies in Malaysia. The degree is offered by the partner university.
Under this arrangement, international and local students can save substantially on fees and living expenses. Malaysia living expenses with its low currency exchange rates compared to that of UK makes Malaysia a popular destination for obtaining a UK degree with significantly lower cost.
To ensure that quality is not compromised, the course structure, subjects and syllabi are exactly the same as those offered to on-campus students at the partner university. The examination is set and marked by the partner university thus ensuring the same high standard of the partner university.
There twinning 2+1 and 3+0 programs are constantly under the scrutiny of the Malaysia? quality assurance agency, MQA (Malaysian Qualifications Agency) as well as regularly audited by the partner University.
Below is a list of some Universities in United Kingdom that have formed partnership with local universities and colleges in providing degree courses on Malaysian soil:
- University of Southampton
- University of Hertfordshire
- Coventry University
- University of leeds
- University of Sheffield
- University of the west of England
- The University of Hull
- University of Bradford
- University of Reading
- University of Aberdeen
- Middlesex University
- University of Nottingham
- Staffordshire University
- University of Abertay Dundee
- University of Greenwich
- University of Teesside
- University of London
- Cardiff University
- University of Birmingham
- University of Exeter
- University of Liverpool
- Loughborough University
- Heriot-Watt university
- Glamorgan University
- Robert Gordan university
- University of Portsmouth
- University of Sunderland
- University of Wolverhamton
- University of Central Lancashire
- Anglia Ruskin University
- Nottingham Trent University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of East London
- Huron University
- Lancaster University
- Manchester Business School
- Derbyshire Business School
- Keele University
- Northumbria University
- University of Manchester
- Newcastle university
- University of Strathclyde
- York St John University
- University of St Mark & St John
- University of Plymouth
- Oxford Brookes University
- Liverpool Hope University
- Queens University of Belfast
- university of Warwick