ASIA is Earth’s largest continent with cities such as Singapore and Malaysia which are famous for not only being popular tourist and shopping destinations, but, even for pursuing of higher education.
Below are some of the key details about Asia that one needs to be aware about before looking for opportunities in higher education here:
Name of the City Population Capital
Singapore 5,622,455 Singapore
Malaysia 31,187,265 Kuala Lumpur
SINGAPORE, which is the Southeast Asia’s financial centre, is popularly known as the Garden City as its reputation of being obsessively clean city also precedes itself. It has a diverse population and different culture than any other European nation. The management programmes at Singapore are very popular and preferred by many international students. Global education often sees many student exchange programs as an integral process. Such is the case even at most Singapore universities.
The courses that attract the highest number of students are:
MALAYSIA which is in the south-east part of Asia can satiate the wanderlust inherent in any student who wishes to explore the diverse fauna and flora of the land while pursuing good quality education at feasible expenditures. The national language of Malaysia is Malay (or Bahasa Melayu), but English is also widely spoken. The higher education is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) which receives the highest national development budget.
The MOHE comprises of the following departments:
Some significant facts about education in Malaysia are:
The Higher Education Enrolment Rate: 27%
Education expense of the total expenses: 20%
Of this Education Expense%, percentage spent on Higher Education: 28%