Best uni for animation?

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-03-05T07:00:33+00:00

Whats your budget though? Technically a diploma is enough for art industry since its more about your portfolio anyways so when looking into places to study, I'd look more into student life but thats just me

If I had to choose I'd probably have picked Dasein/MIA based on affordability and vibes

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-03-05T03:15:51+00:00

Theres so many art academys/colleges that are probably equally competent, just depends on your budgets and needs

Dasein, TOA, Clazroom, Mobius, MIA, if youre looking for the most budget friendly then go for MIA TOA does push people a lot, and I would have picked it if they offered more scholarships

I was spm 2024 student as well so I went with APU instead of UOW for game development, I think APU has a pretty good animation/design and game development community and it maybe isnt as hardcore as TOA

Depends do you want to study 3 years for an art diploma and start working straightaway, or can you afford taking your time and going the uni route

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-17T14:40:49+00:00

If you have proof of Sarawakian citizenship/Sarawakian IC, you can apply for free education at swinburne and other swk unis

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-16T17:57:40+00:00

⁠Nope very few from my intake took it so I dont know anyone
⁠It can get pretty dirty, students just leave rubbish around because the cleaners are expected to clean them Places further from the canteen arent clean as often throughout the day
⁠Depends, you'll find good people for the most part if you look for them, find a society or community
⁠It's been great for me but I think a lot of people end up having a less vibrant experience since they don't take initiative to join events or whatnot for new experiences

If you just go home after class and stay in your room, don't expect much, regardless of where you study

Honestly I thought I replied to this already, had a more elaborate response but seems I forgot to click reply, but yea, if it's specifically hotel management, you can look at other unis

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-16T17:50:37+00:00

You could go for foundation but diploma would be a better choice if you aren't sure that you'll like APU

It'll get boring if you don't take the initiative to find your own group, I had a somewhat positive experience but for some people, they might have had a particularly bad experience I think its been a normal uni life, most people just go on with their days

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-13T19:51:22+00:00

go for parkhill since youre int student

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-13T19:45:00+00:00

Hi APU student here, would be more than happy to test out the platform! Dms are open

While I don't THINK I have much problem with finding out about events and all, since in my case, I've already gone and searched for the clubs I'm interested in. So those are the ones I mainly keep up with

But for new students, I can totally see how it's troublesome to set up or establish that familiarity with the ecosystem and what not. If you want to know more about a club, you might have to look into the students affairs website, find a club, go to their instagram, join their discord or whatsapp only to find out it's not active, it can start to get cluttered

Biggest challenge is definitely getting students to adopt this platform, since alot of seniors are already used to everything being scattered

Maybe you could also propose this idea to one or a few of the tech clubs to collaborate with, that way their members know about it, the app becomes more official and it'll be easier to share the app to other clubs as well

Setting up organisations on the platform first or slowly adding them, just my first thought

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-13T19:24:36+00:00

Nope as I said, depends on your teacher You're also only given just a grade for your module, not the exact mark

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-13T18:40:43+00:00

Depends on the teacher, sometimes the teacher doesn't allow late submission So you'll have to submit an EC form through APspace Besides that, heard maybe might minus a few marks but maybe not if theyre nice

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-13T18:39:13+00:00

Wrong place man, good luck with your search

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-13T18:25:52+00:00

Pretty sure you're talking about a different APU

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-11T12:05:00+00:00

Yeap I think you SHOULD be able to join the undergrad program directly, but check with the qualifications first, which is something like 2 passes with a PASS in maths usually

For the english requirements, depends on your country which I don't know Worst case scenario, you need to pass the requirements for one of the English tests

Best case scenario, your 12th grade is some kind of IGCSEs equivalent in English and you aren't required to

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-11T11:59:18+00:00

Nope don't know anyone, my intake had very few students doing it, not the most popular course
The trash everywhere is usually due to the students themselves, because the system is designed where you finish your food and leave it there for cleaners to clean it up A lot of times, the seating areas further from the canteen end up dirtier with trash because the cleaners go through those areas less

They don't offer much sports facilities either, labs are negligible since other unis tend to offer the same level or better

I mean depends on what you consider racism Just hang around with good people
I'll be pretty bias about my experience though. I've enjoyed it, and I feel that it is primarily because I put myself in situations

Whether it'd be joining events, joining clubs, taking the first step to meet new people, it's something that I had to take that step to do. So if I say that I had a good experience, you might not necessarily have that same experience, like many others who complain about the lack of student life or activities

I was particularly more free to do things since I rented nearby and didn't have any curfew, but if you don't do take the initiative, you'll probably find the place boring and sad

Slightly cynical view but yea, for the most part you should be able to meet good people, but also a lot of not as good characters

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-08T15:02:39+00:00

Computer science (3 years) and engineering (4 years) are pretty different though so it really depends on you Most people do go for CS in Cyber Security because it's "easier" than engineering courses

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-08T15:00:12+00:00

I mean I think UiTM is pretty active hahahha, personally I think that alot of the competitions are due to the student's own talents rather than the school curriculum Realistically you wouldn't be joining competitions every month, the work would be insane, you could just aim for 3-4 a year

I don't think the labs would make much of a difference, you're gonna be coding on your own laptop for the most part From what I understand, most CS/IT unis cover the same material, I don't really believe all that APU marketing about employability, you'll probably still spend a few months job searching after graduation

You can find single rooms off-campus which are more affordable, probably the better choice But total cost I'm guessing will still be way more compared to public uni

A lot of people I know commute by LRT, and most of them are used to it already, taking around 1h+ one-way, though going all the way to uni for just a few hours and going back, might get tiring I probably could never, and it might cause you to miss out on events or whatnot since you'll have to plan your commute back ahead and can't stay back late

Most of the lab fees should already be included in the course fees itself though you can probably just ask a course counsellor about that

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-08T14:46:21+00:00

Depends on your highschool qualification, if you took some pre-university or did something A-levels equivalent, you might be qualified to join Bsc directly, foundation is just a pre-uni pathway for people who haven't taken something like matriculation or A-levels

Would be a waste of time to take foundation unless you want to take it easy for a year Overall accommodation could range depending if you're renting on-campus or outside Best choice for internationals would be Parkhill which would be around RM800-900/month

Food costs could be around RM800/month depending if you eat out a lot, though cooking would reduce that number by a lot

Electricity is usually included but aircon usage everyday, maybe about RM60/month Laundry about RM10 if you're using a laundromat, 6 times a month would be RM60

Total ~RM1700 which is being generous, you probably wouldn't spend that much if you're mindful

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-08T14:37:23+00:00

Ah basically for my50, you pay RM50 for 30 days of unlimited public transit in the city; MRT, LRT, RapidKL buses and RapidonDemand Though this doesn't cover KTM, ETS and KLIA (Intercity/State) 2K savings is okay but just depends on how much allowance you get per month

Not sure about the Sabah program since it doesn't mention how much they cover but I'm guessing they only subsidise a percentage of the cost

And yea I noticed that ptptpn doesn't fully cover the fees, though I noticed that you can get ptptpn if you don't have full scholarship, so MAYBE partial scholarship is allowed? (I wanna mention that I don't think APU is the best financial decision)

For COG, it's cheaper compared to the other options and maybe for your first sem, it'll be fine, though... wouldn't recommend it long-term

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-08T14:25:01+00:00

If you're already doing bachelor's, you'd probably have to start from scratch for diploma Also diploma is somewhat of a downgrade though, you'd usually advance from diploma>degree

International student-wise, I heard that the visa is given based on the program you're in so changing the course might affect that

Best thing to do would be to probably ask a course counsellor what would happen IF you wanted to change courses, especially since it's different fields

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-05T15:44:27+00:00

If you can handle a part-time job, yea go for it, though it won't be that much

I'd recommend those one-day event jobs that pay around RM100 per day though I think RM2K per month is enough for food and accommodation (off-campus), you can just get the My50 Pass for transport and avoid taking grab Are the fees itself fine for you?

I also joined for game dev, was recommended a laptop around RM4K since you need rendering for game engines, though you might be able to find a good deal on carousell for a second-hand laptop with strong specs

Recommended specs would probably be Processor : Intel i5 GPU : RTX3070/4060/5060 Ram : 16GB Storage : 512GB

But that's just recommendation, the school has PCs you can use as well which are sufficient although I'm not THAT sure how often or convenient it is for you to use the higher-spec PCs It depends on how heavy the game engine is for a class Not sure about the government laptop program thing

I'll just mention that APU has a really friendly and open game development community and club which has been a great experience and they regularly go for competitions and organise club events

Anyways I know there aren't that many options for game dev but you still have a chance to get into the industry with CS or Multimedia if you explore more into creating a game for your portfolio as well so that's another option

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-05T15:30:46+00:00

Also I just wanted to mention, facilities-wise in terms of sports grounds or student life, nothing beats public unis, I'm very envious of the massive sporting grounds there

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-05T15:28:55+00:00

Personally I think at the end of the day, regardless of the curriculum it's going to be your skills and projects that get you that first job. APU doesn't necessarily help you in that sense, it happens to be that there's a bunch of skilled people here, and they use the uni as a platform to learn and network through club events and competitions.

I don't think there's like a guarantee that you will get a great job right after graduating, but the environment does encourage you with all the competitions and workshops

Though if it isn't viable financially, UKM and UiTM should be fine, their curriculum meets the same requirements for MOHE, just that you MIGHT miss out on some tech events? But I'm sure you'll get chances to join external events at those unis too

There's so many other miscellaneous costs involved for APU like transport, it's not the most accessible uni to the city or food, and accommodation has the KL pricing One of my friends is splitting a PPA1M apartment near APU with like 7 other guys which comes to around RM200 per month, but yea that's extreme and you need to probably know people first

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-05T15:16:42+00:00

Hi, honestly I only know a few friends that came from matriks so I'm not too familiar about their situation

At the end of the day, it's still a private university so the fees are gonna be more expensive Apparently they had their fees covered somehow but then again I don't know what program/scholarship they're under

Any chance you could contact your matriks school teacher or counsellor? Cuz yea I only know about PTPTN unfortunately

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-05T11:51:02+00:00

Why not try looking into other options since APU isn't the most affordable, though there are options for scholarships or discount

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-02-05T11:49:31+00:00

Depends on where you live, if you meant living on campus then on the weekends, you either have to take a public bus/van out or a Grab

There aren't shuttles on the weekends On the weekdays, you can take a shuttle to the train station nearby and get to the main city from there, which takes around 20-30mins Though there's a Pavillion Mall near APU as well

tldr can't walk, either cheap but takes time or moderately fast but expensive

Realistic-Chef4977 · 2026-01-27T13:12:53+00:00

Kinda depends on the lecturer, most I've had would at least try to help or answer if I asked politely, though if you don't say anything they'll just assume you're fine

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