<p>The Manipal International University (MIU) in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur would cater to Malaysian students, as well as international ones coming from other regions of Asia, its CEO & Managing Director Anand Sudarshan said today.<br /><br />MIU expects to enroll 15,000 to 20,000 students in the next seven years, Sudarshan told reporters here, in the presence of Malaysia's Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.<br /><br />The University will provide both undergraduate (bachelor's) and post-graduate programmes in engineering streams, management studies, business and commerce, law, animation and design and hospitality and tourism.<br /><br />Sudarshan said MIU has identified four-five locations to set up a 100-acre campus and would finalise one. The first phase of the campus would be ready in 2012. Till then MIU would operate from an interim campus.<br /><br />Nordin said Malaysia's vision is to make the country a regional hub for higher education, as also expand access to such institutions for domestic students. There are already 80,000-85,000 international students studying in Malaysia. "Our aim is to take it to 1,50,000 by 2015", he said.<br /><br />Sudarshan said Manipal Education would invest up RM 650 million (USD 180 million) for fully setting up the university, at the invitation of the Malaysian government, over four-five years.<br /><br />Funds for it would be raised through a combination of internal accruals and debt. MIU would recruit nearly 1,000 academic staff.<br /><br />Programmes offered at the University would be designed and developed in close partnership with various industries to enable students graduating out of MIU to become sought-after professionals.<br /><br />Over a period of time, MIU expects up to 50 per cent of its students to be from outside Malaysia</p>
<p>The Manipal International University (MIU) in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur would cater to Malaysian students, as well as international ones coming from other regions of Asia, its CEO & Managing Director Anand Sudarshan said today.<br /><br />MIU expects to enroll 15,000 to 20,000 students in the next seven years, Sudarshan told reporters here, in the presence of Malaysia's Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.<br /><br />The University will provide both undergraduate (bachelor's) and post-graduate programmes in engineering streams, management studies, business and commerce, law, animation and design and hospitality and tourism.<br /><br />Sudarshan said MIU has identified four-five locations to set up a 100-acre campus and would finalise one. The first phase of the campus would be ready in 2012. Till then MIU would operate from an interim campus.<br /><br />Nordin said Malaysia's vision is to make the country a regional hub for higher education, as also expand access to such institutions for domestic students. There are already 80,000-85,000 international students studying in Malaysia. "Our aim is to take it to 1,50,000 by 2015", he said.<br /><br />Sudarshan said Manipal Education would invest up RM 650 million (USD 180 million) for fully setting up the university, at the invitation of the Malaysian government, over four-five years.<br /><br />Funds for it would be raised through a combination of internal accruals and debt. MIU would recruit nearly 1,000 academic staff.<br /><br />Programmes offered at the University would be designed and developed in close partnership with various industries to enable students graduating out of MIU to become sought-after professionals.<br /><br />Over a period of time, MIU expects up to 50 per cent of its students to be from outside Malaysia</p>