Welcome to Quantity Surveying and Construction Procurement

Assalamualaikum and dear all,

This blog compliments teaching and learning for courses that I facilitate at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The contents serve to further 'connect' students to the 'real world' (quantity surveying, construction procurement and others). In trying to provide current information to students, I will be quoting or reproducing works of others and for this I am grateful. I will indicate clearly the source(s). I hope I will not offend anyone; and many will frequent this blog and benefit from its contents.

Thank you and wassalam.

Prof. Sr. Dr. Khairuddin Abdul Rashid

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Paying for your graduate studies at IIUM

Salam and dear all,

Tuition fee for graduate studies at IIUM is considered to be affordable. Go to http://www.iiu.edu.my/finance/fee_struc.php?nav=2 for detailed fee structure for graduate studies at IIUM. In addition to tuition and other university fees, potential students must also be able to afford living and other expenses (food, accommodation, books, traveling, clothing, communications, medical, insurance, entertainment, etc and to those already married, expenses for their dependents).

A prospective student (Malaysian) may look at the following options on how to fund for his/her graduate studies at IIUM.

  1. Self- funding, i.e. through personal savings or funded by parents/close relatives.
  2. Those in employment may look at the various options such as the in-service training scheme for graduate studies offered by the Public Services Department for civil servants; lecturers' scheme for university/polytechnic lecturers; companies' in-service training schemes that may include financial assistance and study loans; etc.
  3. Those in employment may consider withdrawing money for the purpose of financing their graduate studies from their EPF Account 2 (for details go to http://www.kwsp.gov.my). In addition, they could also claim for income tax relief and purchase of book tax relief (http://www.hasil.gov.my/lhdnv3e/individuIndex.jsp?process=21000&menu=13&expandable=1).
  4. Study loan under the government's Higher Education Student Loan Scheme (PTPTN at http://www.ptptn.gov.my/web/guest/pinjaman/onlineapps).
  5. Study loans offered by banks and other financial institutions.
  6. Organizations such as MARA, Bank Negara, Petronas, Pusat Pungutan Zakat and other corporations and organizations etc do offer scholarships/grant for graduate studies. These are normally advertised in the major newspapers.
  7. In addition to the above, a student may be employed by IIUM or his/her supervisor as a part-time research assistant, part-time teaching assistant, etc.
  8. A student may continue to work full-time and pursue his/her studies on a part-time basis.

For details on admission go to http://www.iiu.edu.my/admission/admission.shtml?id=prepg.

Wassalam.

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