Students, parents and school leavers turned up in droves for the Star Education Fair 2024 at the IOI City Mall in Putrajaya on Saturday (May 4).
Organised by Star Media Group, the two-day fair till Sunday (May 5) offers various tertiary study options and financial assistance such as study loans and scholarships, with a total of 43 institutions, occupying 71 booths.
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Organised by Star Media Group, the two-day fair till Sunday (May 5) offers various tertiary study options and financial assistance such as study loans and scholarships, with a total of 43 institutions, occupying 71 booths.
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00:00Students, parents and school leavers turned up in droves for the Star Education Fair 2024
00:07at the IOI City Mall in Putrajaya on Saturday morning.
00:11Organized by Star Media Group, the two-day fair till Sunday offers various tertiary study
00:16options and financial assistance such as study loans and scholarships with a total of 43
00:21institutions occupying 71 booths.
00:25We are always present in the fairs itself so that we can actually help students and
00:29expose them to the different types of programs and careers and scholarships that's available
00:33with our university.
00:34Technology is advancing very, very rapidly so there's a huge demand in the IT sector
00:40as well as in the tech sector as well.
00:43But we can't always forget about the current jobs that's available.
00:47Business is still a very hot thing because when you study business programs, for example,
00:51you can virtually go into any industry.
00:53And not to mention, for Unitar itself, we are actually very strong in our education
00:57program.
00:58We offer a wide variety of scholarships, mainly from the academic side, for example,
01:01for all those SPM students.
01:03For those students who do well in SPM, we do have scholarships up to 100% full scholarships.
01:08We also do have scholarships that actually help the less fortunate, especially students
01:12in B40.
01:14We actually have waivers as well as support for this group of students.
01:18I think currently there are still a lot of inquiries related, for example, in business
01:23we have a high demand in the accounting program, which they are actually looking for all this
01:28program which is covered under the professional bodies, such as ACCA, ICW, CIMA, CPA Australia
01:35and such.
01:36So we have a lot of inquiries coming from students regarding all this special accounting
01:41program.
01:42And not just that, we do have a lot of engineering programs, inquiries, and also for the social
01:48sciences we do have it available for like the graphic designs, you know, and all this
01:53program available.
01:54We do have the Utah High Achievement Scholarship, for example, for foundation students, if you
01:59have a minimum of 5 As, you can get the 15% automatically discount in your tuition fee.
02:07As for the maximum 8 As and above, we do have 100% coverage, which is good news for SPM
02:12or O-level equivalent candidates.
02:14Most of our courses that we offer in MMU has got the digital element in it.
02:19So whatever course you do, name it, business, communication, or even the IT, we make sure
02:24that all our courses are incorporated with the digital element.
02:28That is one of our specialties.
02:30Actually, MMU, we are a government-linked university.
02:34So in terms of our fees, as well as in terms of our application and so on, it's all free.
02:42The fees is also very low.
02:43For example, for foundation, you only pay $6,500, which you will never get in many of
02:49the institutions, especially the private institutions.
02:51So I think it's very important for students to understand that whichever university that
02:56they go, they need to understand the career demand itself.
03:00So the program that is offered at University of Malaya, whatever that is being offered
03:04is actually in line with whatever that the industry needs, the demand itself.
03:09Every year, we're going to have to go a very rigorous curriculum, we call curriculum reviews.
03:14So in this curriculum review, we will bring in people from industry, people from the government
03:19sector, people from the faculty, the academics, to sit together and to discuss what are the
03:25programs that should be offered in the time being in order for us to supply to the workforce.
03:29So if let's say you graduated from, or you're pursuing your study in University of Malaya,
03:34we have an opportunity we call as, there's two options.
03:37One, either you go for a double degree, with UM, we have a double degree program and dual
03:41master's and dual PhD.
03:43So you'll be spending part of your study in Malaysia, part of your studies abroad.
03:48Another one would be the mobility program.
03:52So while you are pursuing your bachelor's degree or master's degree or PhD, you can
03:56spend your time abroad for two weeks, or one semester or two semester, be it anywhere in
04:02the world that you want to go.
04:04So we have that opportunity here with University of Malaya, where we have up to 1,000 global
04:09partners.
04:10So you just name it where you want to go.
04:12Most of our students would love to go to South Korea.
04:15We also have students going to the UK, Australia, and also other parts of the world as well.
04:20Besides local institutions, the fair also drew the participation of international institutions.
04:25The fair is open from 11am to 7pm, admission is free, and door gifts await the early birds.
04:33The Star Education Fair, which is in its 37th year, is one of the country's pioneer
04:38education exhibitions.
04:40It has continuously provided visitors with educational programs ranging from pre-university,
04:45diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate, to professional and vocational courses from various
04:52local and international institutions.
05:03www.stareducationfair.co.uk