KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN SELANGOR

KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA

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STUDENT’S
CLASS : SM1K4T5

GROUP : 3

PREAPARED BY :

MOHAMAD SHAMSUL BIN SA’ADAAN MS1323544737

MUHAMMAD ALIF HAFIZI BIN JASMANI MS1323544036
MUHAMMAD HAZIQ BIN HAMZAH MS1323544330
NUR FAZREENA ARINA BINTI ZUL HISHAM MS1323544182
NUR LINA BINTI MUHD YUSOF MS1323542558

PREPARED FOR :

MR. RAMESHEN MAHAMUNI

SUBMISSION DATE :

12 FEBRUARY 2014

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 CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Acknowledgements 3
1.0 INTRODUCTION 4–6
1.1 Introduction of mini research
1.2 Objectives of the research
1.3 Statement of problems
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 7 – 10

3.0 METHODOLOGY 11
3.1 Questionnaire
3.2 Interview
4.0 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION 12 – 24
4.1 Whether students prefer to enrol in public university
or private university
4.2 Student prefer to study local or abroad
4.3 The factors that influenced the choice of university
5.0 CONCLUSION 25 – 26
5.1 Summary of the findings
5.2 Recommendation for further studies
5.3 Concluding remarks
BIBLIOGRAPHY 27
APPENDICES 28 – 36

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 Acknowledgements
First of all, we would like to thank Sir Rameshen Mahamuni for giving us chances to

do this mini research which will help us in the university later on which will involve more

complicated research. Moreover, we appreciated all the guidance that Sir Rameshen had

given to us. Without his guidance, we would be lost and we cannot complete this research

within the time given.

Next, we would like to express our gratitude towards our classmates for their ideas

and opinions for our research. Their contribution has meant a lot to our group as we can fixed

our weakness.

Lastly, our biggest appreciation goes to all of our respondents and interviewees who

have been spending their time to answer our questionnaire which has helped us in completing

our analysis. We were really thankful for their cooperation and their willingness to response

to our questionnaire and our interview.

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 INTRODUCTION OF MINI RESEARCH

The Ministry of Education Matriculation Programme is a preparatory programme for

students with Malaysian Certificate of Education to qualify them for degree courses in

science, technology and the professional arts in public and private universities. Pre-university

studies take two semesters. The Ministry of Education Matriculation Programme offers three

areas of study which are science, accountancy and technical. Science stream can be divided

into three modules. Module I, module II and module III.

The pros and cons of local universities are affordable tuition. Next, have many

knowledgeable instructors. The cons of local universities are availability of classes and the

accessibility of the professors may be limited, since each professor have hundreds of

students. The pro of private universities is academic excellence where learning is the

emphasis more than the curriculum itself. The cons are demanding schedule make it difficult

to balance extra curriculum activities and social life. Furthermore, cost of tuition is high.

The advantages of studying in Malaysia are ability to get foreign degrees qualification

while fully studying in Malaysia from countries like UK, US, Australia, Canada and etc at a

much lower cost. Next, the education is established and high quality of education system and

standard. The disadvantage is not as many choices and in the manner of ranking. The benefits

of studying abroad are can rapidly advance your language skill. Next, it can advance your

academic and career trajectory. The weaknesses are expensive especially when dealing with

currency exchange and prone to homesickness which can potentially spiral into something

negative such as depression.

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 Furthermore, there are also many factors that affect the student choices. One of the

factors is programme offered. The programme must be interested by the students. Next, is

about the facilities of the university. Of course, university with the poor facilities will be less

popular among students. The ranking of the university is also important, since everyone now

looking at the ranking of the university to determine the excellent level of the university.

Lastly is about the position of the university. The university at urban area will always become

the best option compared to university in rural area.

The right choice is must in choosing university because it would effects our future.

Imagine that we choose the right university, it will guide us in achieve a flying colours result

and then bright our future, but if not, you will be on the wrong path in achieving your dream.

So, the big question here is ‘What is the choice of university after graduated from

matriculation programme’?

1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH

The research is to find out whether students prefer to enrol in public university or

private university. Other than that, the researchers also like to find out where KMS students

prefer to study, local or abroad. The last objective is to find out the factors that influenced the

choice of university.

1.3 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS

Choice of university is very important for students. University with good facilities,

good environment, excellent lectures and others will really help students to study in a

comfortable condition thus will lead to achievement of good results. But, how many of us

really know how to choose the most suitable university for ourselves? As our group are

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concerned about our future, we are finding out about the pros and cons of the local

universities and abroad universities. We are wondering, how students in KMS choose their

university after graduated from matriculation programme. Therefore, we conducted a

research to find out whether students prefer to enrol in public university or private university,

local or abroad and the factors that influenced the choice of university.

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2.0 Literature Review

Malaysia is one of the countries that offered high level studying for students. It is shown

by many foreign students from abroad studying in Malaysia. They are interested to study in

Malaysia because of several reasons. Furthermore, Malaysia has many public and private

universities. State universities, unlike the private counterparts, are funded completely by the

public. Since the health of the universities is depend to state support, it is strictly run

according to state regulation. Most of the coursework is fairly standardised among state

universities. It also promotes collaborative learning in classroom rather than independent

studies. Hence, there are pros and cons of state universities.

According to the article entitled “The Pros and Cons of State Universities” (no

date). One of the pros of state universities is affordable tuition. It is no doubt the cheapest

path to a diploma or degree. Next, the campus is bustling at all hour, offering many social

opportunities and a varied selection of extracurricular activities. There are also on-campus

employment opportunities. These are for those who want to earn extra money for degree. One

of the cons of state universities is difficulty in finding information. This is due to large size of

universities. Next, classes available are limited. Class may fill quickly, so, chances to get the

class that you desired decrease. Furthermore, access to the professors may be limited, since

each professor has hundreds of students. Lastly, students may loss in the crowd. Students at a

larger school run a higher risk of feeling lonely and isolated. We chose this article because it

provided us with useful information about the pros and cons of state universities.

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 According to the article entitled, “Top 10 Benefits of Studying in Malaysia” (no

date). Many students prefer study in Malaysia because of the 10 reasons. The first reason is

established and high quality education system and standard. The Malaysian Qualification

Agency (MQA) under Ministry of Higher Education responsible for monitoring and

overseeing the quality assurance practices and accreditation of national higher education.

Next, the article claimed that students choose to study in Malaysia because has ability to get

foreign degree qualification studying fully in Malaysia from countries like UK, US and

Australia at a much lower cost through twinning and 3+0 degrees, as foreign university

campuses that are already setup in Malaysia. Malaysia recently have been considered as one

of the countries that are widely chosen as the country for foreign and local students to

continue their studies. This is obviously because of the numerous advantages of studying in

Malaysia. We chose this article because it gives us enough information about pros of

studying in Malaysia.

According to the article entitled “Why Study in Malaysia?”(no date) in choosing

Malaysia as a study destination, students benefits from competitive course fees and an

extensive selection of popular courses and a wide range of study options and universities and

colleges to choose from. Moreover, Malaysia has a wide usage of English, which makes

living and studying easy for students who are proficient in English while at the same time

creating an environment for those who want to pick up the language. Other than that,

Malaysia is an economically sound and socially safe country, which has a stable government

and a low serious crime rate and a geographically safe environment, with Malaysia situated in

a zone free from most natural disasters. Malaysia has many universities but there only have

some private university in our country. Private university was the right chosen private

university are each intensely unique from public university. We chose this article, because it

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helped us in finding the needed information about the benefits of studying in Malaysia that

can help us to design our questionnaire.

According to the article entitled “The Pros and Cons of Private Universities”(no

date) One of the pros of private universities is has academic excellent. At the private

university learning is the emphasis more than the curriculum itself. The curriculum is

rigorous and the course-work is unending, but learning is the central focus at such school.

Next, it involved students. Most students are committed to their academic success. They

participate actively in classroom discussions, complete course-work and fully engaged in

classroom culture. There also have top-notch professors. One of the cons is have homogenous

populations. Next, it demanding schedule. Last but not least, tuition’s fees are expensive.

Tuition is high, even for a good education. If you think money is no objects, then go to

private university. Everyone wants to further their study after SPM, STPM or Matriculation

Programme. Whether they want to study locally or abroad? It depend on several factors,

some people want to study abroad because they want to have an experienced on expose to

diverse culture but some prefer to study locally for some reasons. We chose this article,

because it enables us to know more about the pros and cons of private universities.

According to the article entitled “Benefits of Studying Abroad”,(2013) one of the

benefit studying abroad is one can form valuable new contacts and lasting connection.

Students can make a large network of contact that includes the faculties, local academics,

program staff, and homestay families of the university. Many students draw upon the in-

country academic and professional contacts, they acquire during study abroad following their

program’s conclusion. Others stay in touch with homestay families for decade. We selected

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these articles because it helps us to design our questionnaires. Besides that, this article also

gives some insights how to deal with the issues found in our research topic.

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3.0 METHODOLOGY
The data for the study was obtained through a set of questionnaire and interview

sessions.

3.1 QUESTIONNAIRE
For our research, we have used the questionnaire to enquire students views on their

choice of university and the factors that influenced them. There were altogether 12 questions

in the questionnaire. Then 30 students of KMS were selected to be our respondents to

complete the questionnaire and the respondents consist of different modules in science

students and accounts students. The respondents were one day to answer all the questions.

Lastly, the researchers started to analyse the raw data once all the questionnaire sets were

collected back. All the respondents gave us good cooperation in our research.

3.2 INTERVIEW

Conducting an interview, was chosen as our second instrument to gain information

about the choice of university after graduated from matriculation programme. 6 structured

questions were prepared for interview respectively but during the interview sessions, we

would ask extra spontaneous questions if necessary. We have interview two students for our

research and we choose according to gender in KMS which is male and female. By then we

could get some different views and different opinions from different gender. We could share

information about others choice of university. Our interviewees are Jayanthi A/P Peryasamy

from module 1 and Fahmi Che Lah from module 1. An appointment was made and the date

was fixed for each interview. All the interviews were recorded and the transcript of every

interview was made after the interview sessions completed.

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4.0 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
The results of the research would be first presented in the non-linear forms before

discussing them in details. The data from the interview sessions would also be included in the

discussion.

4.1 KMS’s students prefer to enroll in public or private university

Do You Like Private Or Public University ?

Private
13%

Public
87%

Everyone have their own opinion whether they want to further their studies at public

university or private university. From our research, we found out that 87% of our respondents

chose public university as their destination to further their studies while the other 13% chose

private university. We can conclude that, majority of KMS’s student interested to enrol in

public university.

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 Percentage of Reason Why Student Prefer Public University

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Each person has their own reason in choosing their choice of university. Our research

revealed that the first ranking of most preferred reason why student choose public university

is affordable tuition fees with 40% respondents. Provide career that relevant with the course

has been ranked second with 37% respondents. The third reason being choose is recognition

in the country and abroad by 13% respondents. The last choice is special incentives from

government that is 10%. Based from data, we can conclude that a lot of KMS students prefer

to enter public university because of the cheaper tuition fees and small amount of student

choose public university because they can get special incentives from government

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Recently, private universities have becoming popular for students to pursue their

studies. This is due to some reasons. Our research showed that high career opportunities

have been put as top reason by 43% of the respondents. Second reason is highly qualified

lectures chosen by 23% of the respondents. The third reason that is entrance requirement

more flexible and the fourth reason that is offer very competitive facilities have the same

percentage that is 17% each. We can conclude that most of KMS students choose private

university because it can offer high career opportunities.

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 Do You Prefer Local Or Abroad University ?

Abroad
43%

Local
57%

After graduated students have been given choice whether they want to study local or

if they can, they can study abroad. We found out that 57% of the respondents chose local

university while the other 43% chose university abroad. We can conclude that majority of

KMS students prefer to study locally.

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Usually Malaysian students more preferred to study locally because of several

reasons. The top priority for are given to cheaper tuition fees by 53% of the respondents

while the least priority are given to easy get loans from government by 10% of the

respondent. On the other hand, for the least reasons why they are choosing to study locally is

because of cheaper tuition fees and more selective subject selection by 33% and 30% of the

respondent. So, we can conclude that KMS students are preferred to study locally because of

the cheaper tuition fees.

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Some of the students graduated from matriculation tend to choose university abroad to

pursue their study. The most important reason is because of the opportunity to travel by 43%

of the respondent whereby 7% of the respondents want to learn to be independent. While, the

least reason why they choose to study abroad because it can advance their language skills and

advance academic and career trajectory by 13% of the respondents each. We can conclude

that KMS students select to study abroad because of the opportunity to travel.

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Students nowadays more selective than before to further their study after graduated

from matriculation programme. The factor that students ranked them as first is the courses

offered by the university by 70% of the respondents while 20% of the respondent claimed

that academic ranking is one the factor. On the other hand, the least considered factor by the

students is having friends there and strategically positioned by 40% and 26% of the

respondents. We can conclude that, most of the students considered the courses offered by the

university as the main factor.

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 Do You Think Ranking Of University Important ?
No
10%

Yes
90%

In the world of technology nowadays, the universities are competing to get top

ranking in the world. As a result, most of the respondents which is 90% of them agreed that

the ranking of the university is important while 10% of the respondents claimed that the

ranking of the university is not important. So, we can conclude that most of the KMS students

think that the ranking of the university is important.

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 Why Ranking Of University Is Important ?
Symbol Of Prestigious Proof On How Good The University Are
Professional Lectures Involved In International Events

3%
7%

37%

53%

Most of KMS students claimed that the ranking of the university is important. The top

priority why the ranking of the university is important is proof on how good the universities

are by 53% of the respondents while 3% of the respondents think that the university will

involve in international events. Other than that, ranking represent symbol of prestigious and

professional lectures by 37% and 7% of the respondents respectively. We can conclude that

the ranking is important to proof on how the good university are.

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 Do You Need to Have Someone That You Know In The
University ?
Yes No

47%
53%

Do you need to have someone that you know in the university? 53% of the

respondents disagreed about this question, they claimed that they do not need someone they

know in the university because they want to be independent, meet new friends and learn new

things. On the other hands, 47% of the respondent agreed that having someone they know in

the university is needed because they do not want to feel lonely, easy to adapt to the new

environment, get more information about the university and can guide them there. So, we can

conclude that KMS students do not need someone that they know in the university.

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 Do You Accept The Offer That Doesn't Match With The
Course That You Applied ?
Yes No

33%

67%

Everyone has their own choice in choosing course in university to further their study

but not everyone has good luck to achieve their dream. From the research, we found that 33%

of respondent claimed yes while 67% claimed no when they are offered courses that does not

match with courses that applied for. Student will accept the offer because they want to learn

new thing and do not have another choice. While student not accept the offer because it do

not suitable with them, they afraid they cannot perform well in study and do not have interest

to study the course. In conclusion, most of KMS students do not accept the courses offered

that do not match with the courses they applied for.

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 Do You Prefer To Study At Research University ?
Yes No

13%

87%

Malaysia has four research universities which are University of Malaya, Universiti

Putra Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and National University of Malaysia. 87% of

the respondents chose to study at research university while 13% of the respondents does not

prefer to study at research. Based on our research, we can conclude that majority of KMS

students prefer research university.

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One of the advantages of studying at research university is easier to get job after

graduated. 50% of the respondents chose possibility of internship and collaborative research

with experts. While, get an advantage for admission to graduate and professional school and

network with distinguished and well-placed people in the field share the same percentages

which are 20% each. The last reason chosen is courses often incorporate the latest research

with 10%. We can conclude that half of KMS students prefer research university because of

the possibility of internship and collaborative research with experts.

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5.0 CONCLUSION
5.1 SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS
Malaysia has many public and private universities. The findings of the study have

revealed the most preferred university among KMS students. The research has shown that

most students prefer public university because of the affordable tuition fees. Some of the

students chose private universities because of high career opportunities. Other than that,

majority of the students prefer local universities than universities abroad because of the

cheaper tuition fees and no franchise fees. There are many factors of why students tend to

choose the certain universities. The most popular factor is courses offered. Most of KMS

students claimed that the ranking of the universities is important because it prove how good

the universities are. Majority of the students said that they do not need to have a person they

know in the university that they are going to because they want to meet new friend and be

independent. Besides that, more than half of KMS students will not accept the course offered

that does not match with the course that they apply for because it does not suitable with them

and they have no interest to study the courses. Finally, majority of the KMS students prefer to

study at research university because it has possibility of internship and collaborative research

with experts.

5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES

It is recommended that future research should have a long duration so that researchers

have a lot of time to do research at least 3 months or the whole of semester. Now, we do not

have sufficient time to gather all the data and information for our data analysis and

discussion. Apart from that, the researchers can do some observations by snapping some

pictures. The researchers will take photos that can be used as a clearer evidence to prove the

respondents.
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 Besides, we should add some questions to get a clearer data and information at least

25 questions for the research because we think that the questionnaire for our research is

insufficient. Then, the future researchers can increase their number of respondents in about

one sixth from the whole KMS students. The feedback that we may get will give us high

satisfaction and worth it for our effort if we have more number of respondents.

On the other hand, we have fewer numbers of people to interview. So, we should have

more people to interview from different categories for instance from different courses or

modules. Next, we also do not have enough questions for interview. For future researchers

can ask extra, spontaneous questions during the interview.

5.3 CONCLUDING REMARKS

First of all, we feel so glad because we successfully finish this research within the

time given. This research benefits students who are graduated from matriculation programme.

The research will help students to choose the university that suited best for them. They will

also well-aware about what factors should be considered in choosing university.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kenya Alum (2013), Benefit of Studying Abroad

http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/1050.htm

Scholarships.com LLC (1998-2014), The Pros & Cons Of State University

https://www.scholarships.com/resources/college-prep/choosing-the-right-school/the-
pros-and-cons-of-state-universities

Campus Malaysia Online Sdn. Bhd (2011), Top 10 Benefits of Studying in Malaysia

http://www.campusmalaysia.com/studying-malaysia/why-study-malaysia

Ministry of Higher Education (2009), Malaysian Education Why Study in Malaysia?

http://www.mohe.gov.my/educationmsia/education.php?article=why

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APPENDICES
TRANSCRIPT 1
INTERVIEWEE NAME : JAYANTHI A/P PERYASAMY(2014)
Interviewer : Good morning miss. I am here to interview you according to our research

topic that is ‘Choice Of University After Graduating From Matriculation

Programme’. Have you decided whether you want to study in public university

or private university?

Jayanthi : Yes, i have made my choice. I have decided to further my study in public

university.

Interviewer : Why do you choose to study in local university?

Jayanthi : I preferred to study in public university because it’s much cheaper when

compared to private university.

Interviewer : Which one you choose, to study abroad or local? Why?

Jayanthi: I preferred to study abroad because of the quality of the education is much

better than local university.

Interviewer : What are the factors in choosing the university?

Jayanthi : The main factor in choosing university is because the public university offer

the course that I want. Other than that, I will choose university with higher

ranking.

Interviewer : If you get an offer from university but the course offered is not match with

what you applied. Will you accept? Why?

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Jayanthi : No, I will not accept it because I don’t think I can score when I study about a

course which don’t suite myself unless I don’t have other choice.

Interviewer : Based on my previous question, you said that you will choose university with

higher ranking, why is it so?

Jayanthi : Oh, because it somehow shows the quality of education provided.

Interviewer : Ok. We have done for our interview. Thank you for you good cooperation and

for spending your time to answer my questions.

Jayanthi : I’m most welcome.

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TRANSCRIPT 2
INTERVIEWEE NAME : FAHMI CHE LAH (2014)
Interviewer : Good afternoon Mister Fahim. Sorry for disturbing, actually I want to ask you

something regarding our research project entitled ‘The Choice Of University

After Graduated From Matriculation Programme’. So, may I ask you some

questions?

Fahmi : Yes, you may. I will answer if I can.

Interviewer : Firstly, what is the university that you much prefer, whether it is

abroad or local? And why would you choose that?

Fahmi : For me, I more prefer abroad university. This is because I have an

ambition to further my studies in overseas since I was a child. Other than that,

I think there are more advantages if I further my studies abroad when

compared to local.

Interviewer : What are the advantages that you can get when studying in overseas?

Fahmi : One of the advantages is I can be more independent since I should manage

life by myself, without my parents’ interference. I also can learn other

cultures. Thus, boost my knowledge about something that cannot be found in

our land. Furthermore, I can improve my language skills since we are speaking

other language that we are often use in Malaysia.

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Interviewer : My next question is will you prefer public or private university and why?

Fahmi : Of course, I will prefer public university. This is because the cost when

studying here is affordable and much cheaper than private universities. This

can reduce my parents’ burden. Public universities are always well-known

universities. Other than that, when studying in public university, you can get

benefits from the government. It is due to that public university is under

government control. Government will give support to the students and support

given is basically a financial support.

Interviewer : That is some good points. What factors that you think that can influence the

university chosen by students? And why that factor can be influence the

students’ choices?

Fahmi : I think what students really consider are the facilities, the ranking of

universities, the course offered and some may consider distance from house.

As we know, universities that have more facilities such as swimming pool,

gymnasium and many more is more preferred by students. The ranking is

important because it is a proof to show that the university is completely

excellent. The university also must have some popular costs in order to attract

more students come to the universities. Some that consider distance maybe

because they cannot be afar from their family.

Interviewer : It is such a brilliant points. So, what can you conclude about our topic?

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Fahmi : Students should be able to determine their universities by considering the

factors in choosing it in order to get the best and suitable university for them.

Interviewer : Thank you for your cooperation that can help me to finish this research by

answering this interview question. See you later.

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CHOICE OF UNIVERSITY AFTER GRADUATED FROM MATRICULATION PROGRAMME

We are conducting a research on choice of university after graduating from matriculation

programme. We hope you will answer the questions sincerely. Thank you for your
cooperation
Gender : Male ( ) Female ( )

Race : Malay ( ) Chinese ( ) Indian ( ) Others ( )

Module : Module I ( ) Module II ( ) Module III ( )

1. Have you decided where do you want to further your study after the matriculation
programme?

Public university Private university

2. If you prefer to study in public university, what would be the reasons are?
Rank them, 1 (Most), 4 (Least)

Affordable tuition fees

Provide career that relevant with the course

Special incentives from government [Eg : 1 Malaysia book voucher]

Recognition in the country and abroad

3. If you prefer to study in private university, what would be the reasons are?
Rank them, 1 (Most), 4 (Least)
Entrance requirement more flexible

Offer very competitive facilities

High career opportunities

Highly qualified lectures

4. Which one do you prefer to study, local university or university abroad?

Local university University abroad

5. If you prefer to study in local university, what would be the reason are?
Rank them, 1(Most), 4(Least)

Cheaper tuition fees, no franchise fees

Fully recognised by the government

More elective subjects selection from various facilities

Easy to get loans from state government [Eg : PTPTN]

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6. If you prefer to study in abroad university, what would be the reasons are?
Rank them, 1(Most), 4(Least)

Golden opportunity to travel

Advance your language skill

Advance your academic and career trajectory

Learn to be independent

7. Which factor would you consider in choosing a university?

Rank them, 1(Most), 5(Least)

Academic ranking

Facilities

Strategically positioned [Eg : urban]

Having friends there

Course offered

8. Do you think ranking of university is important?

Yes No

Why?

Symbol of prestigious of the university

Proof on how good the university are

Professional lectures

Involved in international events

9. Do you need to have a person you know in the university that you are going to?

Yes No

Please state your reason

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10. If you get an offer from university, but the course offered does not match with the course
that you apply for, will you accept the offer?

Yes No

Please state your reason?

11. Do you prefer to study at research university?

Yes No

12. If you prefer research university, what would be the reasons are?

Courses often incorporate the latest research.

Possibility of internship and collaborative research with experts

Get an advantage for admission to graduate and professional school

Network with distinguished and well-placed people in the field

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INTERVIEW’S QUESTIONS
INTERVIEW 1
1. Have you decided whether you want to study in public university or private
university?
2. Why do you choose to study in local university?
3. Which one you choose, to study abroad or local? Why?
4. What are the factors in choosing the university?
5. If you get an offer from university but the course offered is not match with what you
applied. Will you accept? Why?
6. Based on my previous question, you said that you will choose university with higher
ranking, why is it so?

INTERVIEW 2
1. Firstly, what is the university that you much prefer, whether it is
abroad or local? And why would you choose that?
2. What are the advantages that you can get when studying in overseas?
3. Will you prefer public or private university and why?
4. What factors that you think that can influence the university chosen by students? And
why that factor can be influence the students’ choices?
5. What can you conclude about our topic?

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