IMU Expands Credit Transfer Options for Biomedical Science Students 16 February 2011

International Medical University (IMU) recently provided another credit transfer

option for students who have applied for its biomedical science programme, giving

these students an exciting new option to continue their education in an overseas university.

Through this arrangement, credit transfer students from IMU will be required to complete

the first part of their studies in IMU before transferring to University of Strathclyde.

These students will receive academic credit for the subjects they have successfully

completed in IMU and use this towards the completion of their degree. The degree

will then be awarded by University of Strathclyde.

"We are pleased to be able to provide an additional credit transfer option for students

in the biomedical science programme. Providing students with this additional credit

transfer option is an affordable way for IMU students to gain access to a UK education

and towards obtaining an overseas degree," said A/Prof Chen Yu Sui, programme

coordinator of the biomedical science programme at IMU.

The University of Strathclyde was founded in 1796 and is Scotland"s third largest,

with some 14,000 students from more than 90 countries. The University is recognised

as a centre of teaching excellence in Scotland and stands among the best in the world.

A/Prof Chen Yu Sui added, "Without doubt, this arrangement would offer vast benefits

to them as it uniquely allows students to experience the learning environments

of two leading universities in Malaysia and the UK. Another benefit for the

students is the discovery and understanding of cultures from around the world

as this is a critical component for a

healthcare professional. This is certainly one of the reasons for us to continuously

look for additional transfer options for students and part of its ongoing mission to train

and promote excellence in the healthcare industry."

University of Strathclyde has been a member of IMU"s network of partner universities

for more than 10 years. Prior to this, the university has collaborative and

credit transfer arrangements with IMU for its pharmacy and psychology

programmes. With this

collaboration, University of Strathclyde will be expanding the number

of IMU

programmes that the university is having collaborative agreements.

In addition to the credit transfer option with the University of Strathclyde, students

applying for the biomedical science programme also have the opportunity to transfer

the credits that they have earned in IMU to the University of Otago in New Zealand or

University of Newcastle in Australia after successful completion of the first part of their

course in IMU. Students also have the option to complete the entire biomedical science

degree in IMU and obtain a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Biomedical Science from IMU.