School of The Arts (SOTA), USM – Malaysia
Education has been evolving since the birth of civilization. It is a university that has kept very powerful impact to bring about a revolution in the field of knowledge and arts. Human beings made it the holly place for exploring the branches of universal knowledge to deep dive into the ocean of creativities, discovery, and innovation. In the history of university education, the influence of Muslims was very much noticeable. Even the first university in world history was established by a renowned Muslim woman. Nowadays, among all the Asian countries Malaysia has proven again the importance of Muslim history and culture in the higher education system in the world. Students from around the world are making their destination to Malaysia to achieve their tertiary level education to prepare them for the demand of the market at a very low budget. Malaysia is the best choice for Bangladesh students because it costs an equal price as Bangladeshi private universities but with providing quality education with precise certificate values same as the UK, Australia, and Canada. Malaysian government/public universities have proven outstanding success among all other universities in their own land. School of The Arts (SOTA), USM known also as Pusat Pengajian Seni (SOTA), USM is one of the top-quality universities in Malaysia. Once upon a time, part of the School of Humanities in 1999 gained its complete independence with the full setup of USM. The location of this renowned university is 11800 USM, 11800, Penang, a beautiful island of Malaysia famous for festivals year long. Available Programs and Courses This beautiful university has been working with students to build up creative mindsets with enriched experiences gathered from the world’s culture and diversified student communities. It provides 2 programmes for the students- Undergraduate programme Postgraduate programme Undergraduate programme Students who have completed HSC can participate in the undergraduate programme at this art university. Basically, the degrees under this programme are of 3 to 4 years duration. The degrees are: Degree years tuition fee per year Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) Acting and Directing 4 years About 4,000$ Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) Graphic Communication 4 years About 4,000$ Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) New Media Design and Technology 4 years About 4,000$ Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Fine Arts 4 years About 4,000$ Bachelor of Music (Hons) (Performance & Pedagogy 3 years About 4,000$ Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) Product Design 3 years About 4,000$ Postgraduate programme For doing postgraduate degree students need to have a bachelor degree completed. Under postgraduate degree programme students enroll themselves in master’s programmes. Students take this degree as a part of a professional programme to enrich their both knowledge and skills in the area they intend to work in. This university has so many courses to provide to the students to help them pursue their master’s degrees. The list of the degree has been given below: Fine Arts Graphic Communication Design Drama and Theatre Music New Media Design & Technology Product Design Master of Design in Creative Industry International Creative Arts and Design Programme Costing We already know how cheap these degrees can be. So having a world-class degree from this university at a very affordable price can be the finest achievement for any student from anywhere in the world. For a bachelor/undergraduate programme in arts, this university costs about 12,000$ to 16,000$, and for the post-graduate degree, it costs 3,000$ to 7,000$. Requirements To be able to be admitted into this university a student needs to meet some requirements. These are divided into 2 parts: 1) Academic For a bachelor’s degree student needs to have an HSC (Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination) certificate or A-Level or International Baccalaureate. If a student has a diploma in the relevant field he/she can apply for this programme. A student just having SSC certification or a Dakhil (from Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board) certification can also apply for a bachelor programme here but the student needs to participate in a Foundation programme in Malaysia. Even if a student is from vocational (SSC) he/she will be able to do a bachelor’s degree but before that he/she has to have a foundation programme from Malaysia. For a Master’s degree, a student needs to have a 2.75 minimum CGPA out of 4, 1-year research experience or professional experience of 1 year or 1 academic publication in a related field or a Grade B for the major course or if having a grade of B+ in the final projects 2) English language proficiency The requirement for language proficiency has been given below: If a student does not have any IELTS or TOEFL, he/she can also apply for this university if the medium of the language is English. If a student has one of the following tests, the minimum requirement for IELTS is Band 5.0, TOEFL iBT score is 40, TOEFL Essentials Online is 7.5, Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) is 154, Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) is 154 How to apply For applying to the university a student needs to prepare all required documents. The list of these documents are: all academic transcripts English language proficiency testcertificate a valid passport photocopy passport size picture Medical examination report Financial solvency proof Students will have to choose the appropriate degree and courses. They then can apply online. After applying students will have to wait for an offer letter. The student will have to pay some fees for EMGS. Though the process seems very easy, students always mess up everything which is the main reason for them being rejected for visa or admission applications. In this case, taking the help of professionals is very necessary. Because they can give a good direction to the student for securing admission and the visa 100 percent. Career paths (102 Park Rd, Mohakhali DOHS, Dhaka) is a consultancy firm in this industry to assist the student to gain their dream to be true. It is an official partner of EMGS (Education Malaysia Global Services). 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