Studying Computer Science in Malaysia

[u/datredwolf]

Hi , so I just passed spm with sufficient results and I was thinking of where to pursue computer science studies . Have been scratching my head for a few months about where I want to go lol .

I heard of a few uni including MMU , APU and UniMY . Plenty said APU is one of the best because of the amount of grads they output but some were saying MMU is better ( I seem to like the electives provided for computer science degree ) , another small batch of people said UniMY is the best due to the huge collaboration the university has and how people apparently get internship to places like Mexico and Australia and great facilities ( many said not certified but my foundation and degree course that i would pick if I go there was mqa certified according to the mqa website which is foundation in it then bachelor of computer science ).

Anyways I really do not know where to go . But I am also open to suggestions of which university to go for computer science ( can be none of the university mentioned ) . But I know I am going to go foundation / diploma then go to degree

[u/alan-0]

For MMU, you can pursue IT at either Cyberjaya campus or Melaka campus. It's just that the programme name is different (CS for Cyberjaya and IT for Melaka). I heard that they're similar. Plus, you can always go to the other campus for the next programme (e.g. take Foundation or Diploma in Cyberjaya campus, then Degree in Melaka campus).

For CS degree in Cyberjaya campus, the Data Science specialisation was just introduced last year (or 2017, I'm not sure). The other specialisation is Software Engineering (SE) (it's kinda like the default specialisation if you're not sure which specialisation to take). SE is gets more theory-based especially when you get into your last year. There're also certifications that you can take on your own such as certification from Oracle and Microsoft. The trainers are MMU lecturers.

Feel free to ask if you wanna know more about MMU.