THE BEST AMONG THE BEST ? : SWANSEA OR UTP

                What would you do if you had a genie lamp and you were given a chance to pick where to study ? Which would you prefer ? Where would you go ? Studying abroad in SWANSEA or studying locally here in UTP ? If i was asked a few hundred times, i would still choose to go UTP or anywhere located in my beloved country, Malaysia.

            My choice of studies would be in University of Technology Petronas, UTP, Tronoh, Perak located somewhere at north of Malaysia. It is one of the best private university in Malaysia after University of Nottingham. UTP is also well-known in collaborating in one of the top companies in oils and gases, PETRONAS.  Overall, UTP is ranked at number 17 in the whole Malaysia and that for me is a good number.

            Withal, studying in local university is also low cost compared to studying somewhere abroad. There will be no need in exchange money rates. Nevertheless, most people who goes abroad to further their studies is under scholarships. Anyhow, they also have to work there to maintain thir life with a high living cost. Plus, only a few numbers of students who are sent to study abroad.

            Besides that, opportunities not only  provided by studying overseas but also provided by local universities for their students. UTP now is very well-known by top companies all over Malaysia and their graduates usually gets a job quicker than other graduates. True, some companies to take graduates from overseas university because the misconception of having more experience there. Local universities are now providing extra-time internship so that students are more prepared when they are exposed in a real world. Furthermore, some of the graduates from overseas gets culture shock when they are abroad and when they are return back to Malaysia, they are not much good to their country.

            In a nutshell, studying locally will not only help students financially with low price compared studying abroad but in fact provide us with good job opportunities. In addition, UTP is also very well known and good enough to produce a well rounded graduates. I hope Malaysian students will not have a bad mind set on local universities because nowadays local universities are producing more quality students every year.