Malaysia’s HELP University was founded in 1986 to provide affordable quality educational opportunities for many Malaysians unable to access tertiary education at the very few local universities then and could not afford the high cost of studies abroad.
HELP became popular because of the distance learning centre for MBA studies and approved offshore delivery centre for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of well-known UK and Australian universities such as The University of Hull, University of London LSE and Charles Sturt University.
It offers a wide and diverse range of programmes covering business, accounting and finance, psychology, law, management, economics, social sciences, IT, and the humanities at undergraduate and graduate levels.
HELP enjoys strong collaborative relationships with top universities across the world such as LSE, Imperial College London, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford, Cambridge, The University of Queensland and the Australian National University.
The ELM Graduate School has grown from being a reliable School to a postgraduate centre for HELP’s own MBA, and a spread of programmes that include, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Accounting and Finance, and Human Resource Development, the DBA by coursework and research, research-based MPhil and PhD.
HELP University has two campuses: HELP Damansara Heights campus and HELP Subang 2 campus.
The main campus is situated in multiple blocks in Damansara Heights in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur (KL), centrally located in the Klang Valley.
All learning, teaching, and assessments are conducted in English.
Damansara campus is also near to trendy F&B facilities in the vicinity. The other purpose-built 23-acre Subang 2 “Green and Energy-efficient” campus in Selangor, at the doorstep of KL, – in the Subang Bestari and the upcoming Kwasa Damansara commercial transformation neighbourhoods – houses the Psychology, Business, Education, Early Childhood Education, IT faculties, and the HELP Matriculation Centre, and accommodates up to 2,500 students. Both campuses are within walking distance of and interconnected by MRT, (the Mass Rapid Transit rail system).
HELP’s Subang 2 campus is a 23-acre site located on the doorstep of the upcoming Kwasa Damansara, which is undergoing a massive commercial transformation and supported by substantial infrastructure development such as the MRT Sungai Buloh station.
The Student Placement Centre (SPC) helps students access universities to transfer to:
Application fees to universities may be waived if applications are made through the SPC.
HELP University boasts a large international student population of 2,100 students from 76 countries. These students contribute to a rich and fascinating cultural mix on campus and help foster an open and global frame of mind for all students.
There are a number of clubs & societies at HELP through the Department of Student Affairs (DSA). Clubs include:
SUKIPT or Sukan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi is a competition whereby public and private universities boasted by national athletes compete. HELP University was placed in the Top 10 overall standings in 2018 out of 84 Institutions, thus achieving the best result in SUKIPT. National and state athletes studying in HELP University are currently on scholarships awarded to them for their sports achievements.
HELP Damansara campus has D28 Residence and it offers a purpose-built student residential facility. The student hostel occupies 11 floors and has a capacity to house 264 students. Located in the centre of Bukit Damansara township, the hostel has easy access to public transportation, supermarkets, shopping complexes, banks, restaurants, postal and courier services, and other public amenities.
The building has a 24-hour security system and CCTV on every floor, drinks, and food, laundry service vending machines, micro-ovens on the ground floor, a gym on Level 1, and private car parks.
HELP Subang 2 campus’s hostel provider HostelPro helped the university to manage more than 300 beds around campus, spread across five properties comprising apartments, condominiums, landed houses, and shop lots.
Information about HELP’s accommodation can be found here.
Admission to pre-university, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses of study are regulated by the governmental Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA). All prospective students need an MQA minimum qualification or equivalent.
There is financial assistance including scholarships and bursaries available for students.
HELP University offers a career empowerment service CAREERSense which is a career support and development centre ensuring graduates are prepared for the working world.
It also has the Centre for Psychological and Counselling Services (CPCS) which also serves as a practicum site for graduate students in Counselling and Clinical Psychology.
There were 1037 graduates in 2021, of which 65 per cent were employed and nine per cent were pursuing advanced studies.
HELP large student and graduate population makes it difficult to accommodate a comprehensive university-wide alumni network especially among individuals with time challenges and interest conflicts. There is however much resident alumni networking in all the faculties in terms of many interest groups that several graduates participate in through sharing of useful advice and camaraderie.
Alumni success stories for both undergrad and postgraduates can be found in the HELP Achievements section which celebrates professional and academic achievements from the last two decades.
HELP’s Alumni Office website is being developed to encourage alumni participation in seminars/webinars/events too.
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