Commerce and economics programs at The University of Queensland, Australia

More than 40 Malaysian students have begun studying commerce programs at The University of Queensland as part of an arrangement with the Higher Education Learning Programme Institute (HELP).

In 1999, The University of Queensland (UQ) and HELP introduced a scheme in which Malaysian students could spend their first two years studying in their own country and the third year in Australia.

The so-called 'two-plus-one' arrangement applies to UQ's Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Business Management and Bachelor of e-Commerce programs.

Head of Commerce at The University of Queensland, Professor Frank Finn, says 2001 is the first time a significant number of Malaysian students have come onto the St Lucia campus under the HELP 'two-plus-one' arrangement.

'We also have in place a number of formal credit transfer arrangements current with other Malaysian institutions - namely Prime and Nilai colleges, and we are progressing with arrangements with several other Malaysian institutions.

In recognition of the relationship between HELP and The University of Queensland, the UQ Business School granted two full scholarships to HELP students. The students were officially awarded the scholarships by the head of the UQ Malaysia Alumni Association, Tan Sri Dato Abdul Khalid bin Ibrahim.

The University of Queensland has more than 3000 international students from 129 different countries, representing more than 11 percent of the total student population.

There were nearly 200 Malaysian students enrolled at UQ in 2000, and this year the numbers is expected to increase. The most popular programs were in the disciplines of commerce and business management.

For more information contact Jan King at UQ Communications on 3365 1120 or email: communications@mailbox.uq.edu.au