Malaysia's interest in Indonesian universities

Malaysia students is interest of a number of universities (PT) in Indonesia, especially the department of medicine, pharmacy, and engineering. PT Indonesia has a number of advantages when compared to universities in the country as well as a number of other countries.

The interest of Malaysian students to school in Indonesia is quite high, "said Education Attache Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (embassy) in Kuala Lumpur, Rusdi MA, on Wednesday.

A number of PT that much addressed by the citizens of Malaysia of whom are University of Indonesia (UI), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Universitas Padjadjaran (Padjadjaran University), Institute of Technology Surabaya (ITS), University of Gadjah Mada (UGM), North Sumatra University (USU) and University of Andalas (Andalas).

"For example in the USU, many Malaysian students who went to medical school. Similarly with Andalas, is quite a lot. Indeed, during the earthquake of 2009, many who returned to his country. But right now, is back again," he said.

In the UI too many Malaysian students who went to medical school, while for many engineering majors at the ITB, or ITS, and for many the college faculties at UGM.

In 2005, the number of Malaysian students in Indonesia 2334, but in 2009 reached 5788 people, and 2010 (until May) the number 6086. Rusdi explain some of the factors that encourage students to continue education in Indonesia, Malaysia is a good quality, affordable cost of living, cultural and linguistic similarities, as well as the distance between the two countries are adjacent