Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Malaysia

Internationalization plays an important role in the tertiary education sector. Internationalization of tertiary education will urge the society of a nation to form a "knowledge-based society" Internationalization process in tertiary education has allowed researchers and students to obtain...

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Main Author:	Kiew, Chia Meng
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2011
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2738/1/Kiew_Chia_Meng.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/2738/2/1.Kiew_Chia_Meng.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.27382016-04-19T01:27:01Z Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Malaysia 2011 Kiew, Chia Meng Saud, Mohammad Basir College of Business (COB) College of Business LB2300 Higher Education Internationalization plays an important role in the tertiary education sector. Internationalization of tertiary education will urge the society of a nation to form a "knowledge-based society" Internationalization process in tertiary education has allowed researchers and students to obtain information and knowledge even without have to travel abroad. Besides, it also bring opportunities for students to go overseas’ tertiary education institutions. Consequently, a nation tertiary education which internationalizes their operation will change it characteristics, products and services in order to meet the demand. The main purpose for this study is to explore the possible existence relationship between the independent variables (facility, quality, cost and image and prestige) and the dependent variables (international undergraduate students’ satisfaction) in University Utara Malaysia (UUM). The data used for this study is derived from the questionnaire survey conducted among the international undergraduate students in UUM randomly from who come from various countries. A total of 50 useable respondents were successfully obtained. The descriptive analysis, reliability analysis and correlation analysis were undertaken in this study. This research develops and evaluates a model of international undergraduate students’ satisfaction which related to the facility, quality, cost and image and prestige. Result shows that all of the factors have impact on international undergraduate student satisfaction. This study provide insight to the four important factors which are facility, quality, cost and image and prestige as perceived by international undergraduate student as important in affecting their satisfaction toward a tertiary education institution. Therefore, university should develop diversify marketing plan which meet the needs of international undergraduate student satisfaction as discovered in this study. 2011 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2738/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2738/1/Kiew_Chia_Meng.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/2738/2/1.Kiew_Chia_Meng.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection	UUM ETD
language	eng eng
advisor	Saud, Mohammad Basir
topic	LB2300 Higher Education
spellingShingle	LB2300 Higher Education Kiew, Chia Meng Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Malaysia
description	Internationalization plays an important role in the tertiary education sector. Internationalization of tertiary education will urge the society of a nation to form a "knowledge-based society" Internationalization process in tertiary education has allowed researchers and students to obtain information and knowledge even without have to travel abroad. Besides, it also bring opportunities for students to go overseas’ tertiary education institutions. Consequently, a nation tertiary education which internationalizes their operation will change it characteristics, products and services in order to meet the demand. The main purpose for this study is to explore the possible existence relationship between the independent variables (facility, quality, cost and image and prestige) and the dependent variables (international undergraduate students’ satisfaction) in University Utara Malaysia (UUM). The data used for this study is derived from the questionnaire survey conducted among the international undergraduate students in UUM randomly from who come from various countries. A total of 50 useable respondents were successfully obtained. The descriptive analysis, reliability analysis and correlation analysis were undertaken in this study. This research develops and evaluates a model of international undergraduate students’ satisfaction which related to the facility, quality, cost and image and prestige. Result shows that all of the factors have impact on international undergraduate student satisfaction. This study provide insight to the four important factors which are facility, quality, cost and image and prestige as perceived by international undergraduate student as important in affecting their satisfaction toward a tertiary education institution. Therefore, university should develop diversify marketing plan which meet the needs of international undergraduate student satisfaction as discovered in this study.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Kiew, Chia Meng
author_facet	Kiew, Chia Meng
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title	Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Malaysia
title_short	Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Malaysia
title_full	Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Malaysia
title_sort	internationalization of tertiary education in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	College of Business (COB)
publishDate	2011
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2738/1/Kiew_Chia_Meng.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/2738/2/1.Kiew_Chia_Meng.pdf
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Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Malaysia

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