Opportunity to do medical degree at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

If you are looking for a place which offer a reasonable or maybe affordable rate to do medical degree, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman is the one that you should consider. In May 2010, they will start its first batch of medical students in new Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Sungai Long, Selangor.

The course is about RM50,000  a year, or RM250,000 over 5 years (duration of the course).

UNIVERSITI Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) will take in its first batch of medical students at its new Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Sungai Long, Selangor in May.

The 50 students who will be pursuing its Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree will each pay about RM250,000 for the course, which is supposedly the most affordable for a medical degree in the country.

The institution’s long-standing reputation in producing quality graduates, will certainly be an advantage in attracting students to pursue the MBBS programme, said Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Dr David K L Quek.

“Utar has always been solid in producing good graduates, and I hope that the new medical school will prove itself as a part of that,” he added.

Joanne Wee, 20, from Sabah, who is currently awaiting her STPM results said that she had looked into the various options available.

The MBBS programme offered by Utar was “affordable”, she said as it worked out to about RM50,000 per year.

“After taking into consideration the cost for food, transport and accommodation, it is still within my budget.

I would definitely consider the option of studying there,” she said.

She added that while there were other private universities in the country that offered lower or comparable fees to that of Utar’s MBBS programme, she would still consider Utar as it had firmly established itself in the field of higher education.

M. Shobana, 20, who also recently completed her STPM said she was still deciding between Medicine and Psychology.

“They are both good fields to be in, but I am still undecided about which course to take.”

Coming from a middle-income family, the Malacca-born student said that she was looking out for scholarships or loans because that would take a load off her parents financially.

While she might consider enrolling in another university in Kedah, because of the lower fees, Shobana said she also was keen on Utar.

“My older siblings live in Kuala Lumpur which makes it convenient for me to study at its (Utar’s) Sungai Long campus,” she said.

Established last year, Utar’s faculty of medicine and health sciences also plans to offer three more degree programmes in Nursing, Physiotherapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Via TheStar

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