Accredited by the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council under the Ministry of Education, Findlay (B) Sdn Bhd provides a range of services through the entire journey in pursuing higher education overseas.
The agency’s services include reviewing personal statements, assisting with university applications, running pre-departure briefings, making language test arrangements and making housing applications. Findlay also offers consultation to walk students through their needs, goals, visa applications and budget. Using its comprehensive and up-todate research databases, Findlay helps find suitable universities, colleges and programmes for students.
Another long established agency is the HRDS Education Services. As a Bruneian agency established in 1997, HRDS Education Services started by managing several projects to bridge connections between local institutions and overseas partners.
Initially starting with Australian universities, HRDS Education Services grew to cover the United Kingdom (UK), Malaysia and Singapore universities, all of which are now part of their diverse client list of institutions to choose from. The agency works to meet the institution standards and deliver quality counselling to place students into their ideal university. HRDS Education Services offers their service for free for the universities they promote.
In terms of scholarship opportunities, apart from the Brunei Government, students may obtain scholarships from other sources to study abroad. Many Bruneians continue their studies in other countries such as the UK, US and Australia, to name a few.
Awarded by the British High Commission in Brunei Darussalam, the renowned Chevening Scholarship is for individuals who demonstrate leadership potential and strong academic backgrounds. The scholarship offers full financial support for future leaders to study for an eligible Master’s degree at any UK university while also gaining access to a range of exclusive academic, professional and cultural experiences.
The name Management and Science University (MSU) has become synonymous with quality education that is both transformative and enriching. Making an impact in Malaysia, Asia, as well as globally, MSU focusses on developing and delivering quality human capital in criticalneed areas; among these are medicine, health sciences, pharmacy, information sciences, and engineering, besides business management and professional studies, education and social sciences, hospitality and culinary, and music and fashion.
The university’s award-winning academic programmes meet stringent standards of local and international bodies. MSU accreditors include Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), United Kingdom’s Accreditation Services for International Schools, Colleges & Universities (ASIC), Japan’s Alliance on Business Education and Scholarship for Tomorrow (ABEST21), Netherland’s Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial & Engaged Universities (ACEEU), United Kingdom’s Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) as well as Sri Lanka’s University Grant Commission (UGC).
MSU currently ranks in the top 100 among the world’s top young universities, top 150 among Asia’s best universities, top 301+ for Graduate Employability Ranking and top 601+ for University Impact. Ranked by both Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE), MSU’s world rankings place it in the top 47 per cent of the world’s best universities in the QS WUR 2022 and top 200 for impact on gender equality and no poverty in THE University Impact Rankings 2021.
In QS WUR by Subject 2021, MSU emerged first place in Malaysia for Subject’s Art and Design category, at world top 151-200 list. MSU also ranked world top 51-100 and top two among Malaysia’s institutions of higher education offering hospitality and leisure management programmes. Another new entrant securing a QS WUR by Subject 2021 is business and management studies, placing MSU at Malaysia top 11 and world top 451-500.
The Asia-Pacific Triple-E Awards 2020 by the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities shortlisted MSU as a finalist for both the category of Entrepreneur University of the Year and Student-Driven Sustainability Project of the Year.
MSU is Asia’s first to be recognised by Netherlands-based ACEEU as an Entrepreneurial and Engaged University and is the Most Valuable Brand Education – Leadership and Human Capital Management 2021 for The World Brands Foundation.
MSU has also been awarded Platinum 5 Crowns by the UK’s Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC); and QS-rated five Stars on the metrics of Overall as well as individually across Teaching, Graduate Employability, Academic Development, Internationalisation, Online Learning, Social Responsibility, Inclusiveness, and Hospitality and Leisure Management.
As an applied and enterprise university focussed to enhance graduate employability, MSU is ranked by the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) as first for graduate employability in Malaysia, with 98.7 per cent of its graduates successfully securing employment within six months of their graduation. MSU is also rated by MoHE as SETARA Rating exercise Tier-5 Excellent Status University as well as ranked the Most Entrepreneurial Private University in Malaysia.
MSU is also the first university recognised outside of Japan by ABEST21 and the first to be recognised by the UK’s ASIC as a Global TVET Model University with Outstanding Leadership in International TVET Education as well as Fellowship Award for Leadership.
MSU received the ASIC double awards of Excellence in Quality International Education and Outstanding Contribution to International Education.
MSU International Medical School Bangalore campus is Malaysia’s first offshore medical school to be granted the full five-year accreditation by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC), and MSU’s MBBS programme is recognised by India’s National Medical Commission (NMC), Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) and Maldives Medical and Dental Council (MMDC). The opening of the MSU Medical Centre (MSUMC) has put MSU as the first private university in Malaysia that has its own private specialist hospital.
Besides internationalisation, the MSU mission for excellence in human capital development is benchmarked by industry employability, entrepreneurship, and community sustainability; supported by research, lifelong learning, and flexible education.
Its highly qualified academics and international visiting professors support a holistic curricular framework that delivers compelling learning experiences. Blending technical vocational education and training (TVET) with traditional academic curricula, MSU enhances competencies with industry internship, community and creative entrepreneurship, as well as global exposure, empowering MSU graduates with the well-roundedness desired and sought after by employers.
Extensive partnerships and collaborations with institutions in over 40 countries provide comprehensive mobility opportunities for all MSU students, enhancing their graduate employability through global exposures by studies and internships abroad.
MSU houses the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, the Faculty of Business Management and Professional Studies, the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering, the International Medical School, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Education and Social Sciences, the School of Hospitality and Creative Arts, the School of Graduate Studies, the Graduate School of Management, and the Centre for Fundamental Studies.
As an applied, enterprise, holistic and international university, MSU offers foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and flexible programmes through an entry system that facilitates admission of students from all walks of life with the aim of transforming lives and enriching future.
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