UK University's Iskandar cCmpus Eyes More Students

The University of Southampton has successfully opened its first-ever international campus in Educity, Iskandar Malaysia in October last year. “Our ambition is to have a similar status within Malaysia as being a premier university for engineering education and engineering research,” said Prof John McBride, Chief Executive Officer of USMC. Aside from being listed among the world’s top 100 universities, University of Southampton is also regarded as one of the top two universities for engineering research and education in the UK. The University of Southampton Malaysia Campus (USMC) eyes “to attract about 3,000 local and international students once our main campus is complete in the next eight years,” said McBride. Since it opened in October 2012, the campus saw “22 students currently pursuing the Masters of Mechanical Engineering programme and we hope to increase the number to 150 by introducing the Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) programme in September.” Students would have to stay for two years in USMC before they can complete their studies at the UK main campus for another two years. McBride said graduates of the university were most sought-after by multi-national firms such as Google, Apple, Rolls Royce and Airbus.