1. Can I change my major when studying in Malaysia?
In fact, many students did not have a thorough understanding of what their major needed to learn and how difficult it was to graduate when they chose their major. These all need to be thoroughly understood from the beginning. Don't wait for a few months of professional courses to find that you are not suitable for changing majors. Although it is not impossible to change majors, it will be more troublesome to change majors and will face certain risk of refusal. Therefore, I also suggest that students learn about relevant professional information at the beginning of application, and then make the next plan and preparation.
Second, Malaysia's professional exchanges with the West.
Situation 1:
Some students' academic performance is still good, at least CGPA reaches 2.0, but they feel that this major is not their ideal major, and they want to change their favorite major as soon as possible, so they apply to the school to change their major. Generally speaking, the possibility of success in changing majors is still relatively large. After all, students change their majors not because they fail or CGPA is not renewed enough. Well-prepared materials can prove that you have the academic background and ability to study this major, and the probability of success is still relatively large.
But before you apply, you still need to know some basic requirements. If your previous major was liberal arts, it may be more difficult for you to choose a science major again. On the other hand, if you studied science before and want to choose liberal arts such as sociology, history, literature, philosophy, media and news, translation, education and management, there is generally no problem. But it is not absolute, because different schools have different policies on relevant academic background. For example, non-mining students who have studied mathematics and physics can also apply.
Situation 2:
Some students have poor academic performance, the attendance rate is less than 80%, and CGPA is less than 2.0. At this time, students are at risk of refusing visas and want to change their majors or schools for new visas to meet the conditions of continuing to study in Malaysia. If students continue to choose to study this major in our school, they can generally write a letter of guarantee to the Immigration Bureau to improve their grades and meet the basic requirements of the next exam CGPA2.0. They can also continue to study this major at school.
However, if students do decide to change majors, it is generally feasible, but often at this time, the Immigration Bureau will pay more attention to your grades. It is very likely that you need to write a clear statement explaining why you want to change majors, which is often much more risky. I have also seen students who changed schools and were refused visas when they were finally examined by the Immigration Bureau. So generally speaking, if you change your major when your grades are not up to standard, you should explain the situation to the school first, and then do the next step under the teacher's suggestion. Don't change your major blindly. )
Second, the professional conditions for studying in Malaysia
1, the best general process
Put forward your own ideas to the school teacher (usually to the department head)-subject teacher support-consult the school visa office related matters-get permission-understand the risks-little or no risks-implement the plan.
2. If the major span is large, the application materials need to be more sufficient.
If students want to change majors, especially those with a large professional span, they should try to provide the most detailed auxiliary materials as support in addition to the main academic background materials. Combined with their own willingness to learn, motivation, ideological changes in changing majors, their actual contact, work, internship and so on in the new major. Even with the recommendation of some professionals and your family background, the more the better, so that the auditing teacher can realize that you really like and have the ability to learn this major well.
Step 3: Schedule
Pay attention to the schedule when applying for major changes. Generally, when preparing and applying for freshmen's admission in advance, the conditions for transfer will be indicated on the visa, so you can read it carefully. When choosing a major, you must choose carefully according to your actual situation. If you have to transfer to another school or major, you should pay attention to the schedule. Malaysian universities require freshmen to transfer for four natural months.
4, the school allows
If you change your major at a university, as long as there are still places in related majors, then the school agrees that you can directly change your major without telling the Immigration Bureau.