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Explore nowIt’s essential to put an investment plan in place now, or as soon as you become parents.
You have less time to prepare (18 years at most) compared with other financial goals, such as retirement.
You may decide to have a larger family, so you should factor in the expenses of education for more than one child.
University costs are steadily rising1, so it’s vital that you can afford to pay tuition fees.
Country |
Annual tuition fees |
Malaysia local public universities |
RM 6,100 – 100,044 |
Malaysia local private universities |
RM 11,539 – 134,879 |
Australia |
RM 82,968 – 173,849 |
United Kingdom |
RM 101,311 – 303,835 |
United States |
RM 209,900 – 231,125 |
Country |
Annual tuition fees |
Malaysia local public universities |
MYR 2,080 – 4,620 |
Malaysia local private universities |
MYR 11,250 – 80,000 |
Australia |
MYR 82,968 - 173,849 |
United Kingdom |
MYR 101,311 - 303,835 |
United States |
MYR 209,900 - 231,125 |
Most popular study destinations for Malaysian students3
Country |
Number of students |
United Kingdom |
16,350 |
Australia |
15,113 |
United States |
8,469 |
Egypt |
4,556 |
Japan |
2,439 |
Russia |
1,838 |
Indonesia |
1,745 |
New Zealand |
1,730 |
Ireland |
1,397 |
India |
1,235 |
Total number of Malaysian students studying abroad in 2017 |
63,253 |
Scenario 1 – Studying locally:
Scenario 2 – Studying abroad:
Speak with a professional and review your plans regularly. It’s always a good idea to discuss your financial goals with a financial adviser.
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1 Malaysia: Datuk Mohd Ghazali Abas, Secretary-General of the Malaysian Education Ministry, noted that student living expenses and tuition fees were rising by 10% each year. Source: Malay Mail, 12 September 2019; UK: In June 2019, the University of Oxford planned to hike the tuition fees levied on international students by 10.2% for the 2018/2019 academic year. Source: The Oxford Student, 1 June 2019; US: A 2019 study showed that over the past decade, the total cost of further education in the US had grown by 25.3% at private colleges and 29.8% at public colleges. Source: CNBC, 13 December 2019; Australia: Tuition fees for international students in Australia had risen from AUD26,258 in 2015 to AUD30,840 in 2018 – a 17.5% increase. Source: Consultancy firm Studymove, International Tuition Fees Survey 2018
2 Malaysia local public university websites – Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and Universiti Sains Malaysia, as of 29 May 2020. The lower-range tuition fees refer to Bachelor of Education with Honours (Sports and Recreation), Bachelor of Education with Honours (Teaching English as Second Language (TESL)), and Bachelor of Education with Honours (Special Education). The upper-range tuition fees refer to a Dental Degree. Malaysia local private university websites – Management and Science University, HELP University, and Taylor’s University, as of 29 May 2020. The lower-range tuition fees refer to Bachelor in Accountancy (Honours), Bachelor in Computer Engineering (Honours), and Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Electrical and Electronic) (Honours). The upper-range tuition fees refer to Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. In some cases, the published tuition fee information covered either individual semesters or the entire length of the course. The annual tuition fees are calculated by multiplying individual semester costs by two, or dividing the entire course fees by the duration of the course (in years). Overseas university websites – Australia: University of Melbourne, Australian National University, and University of Sydney; United Kingdom: University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and University College London; US: California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Overseas data as of February 2020. For Australian and United Kingdom institutions, arts courses, such as English, philosophy, and history charged fees at the lower end of the scale, while medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science charged the most. In US, Massachusetts Institute of Technology charged at the lower end of the scale, while California Institute of Technology charged at the higher end of the scale. Overseas tuition fees are based on the top-ranking universities in the respective countries published by Times Higher Education in November 2019 and converted into Malaysian ringgits using the exchange rate as of 9 March 2020. Tuition fees vary depending on the chosen education programme. These numbers are for illustrative purposes only.
3 Source: Global Flow of Tertiary-Level Students, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2017