PETALING JAYA: 27% of students at Malaysia’s five leading public universities are foreign nationals, says a Kedah exco member.
Dr Hain Hilman Abdullah said Higher Education Ministry data shows that out of about 180,000 students enrolled at Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), some 38,000 or 27% are from abroad.
