This document provides an overview of the Malaysian higher education system, its internationalization efforts, and the cooperation between Taylor's University and Toulouse University. The key points are: 1) The Malaysian higher education system includes both public and private institutions, with the private sector making up 53% of institutions and 41% of enrollments. Internationalization is a national priority. 2) Malaysian higher education has seen increasing internationalization through programs like the Malaysia France University Center, as well as foreign branch campuses and students studying abroad or in Malaysia. 3) Taylor's University and Toulouse University have engaged in educational cooperation since 1986, evolving from knowledge transfer to jointly administered degree programs and research collaboration,

1. « Panorama de l’enseignement supérieur malaisien :
données chiffrées, transformations récentes
et nouvelles tendances »
Prof. Jean-Pierre Poulain
sociologist
Dean of ISTHIA Université of Toulouse
Chair od Food Studies: Food, Cultures and Health
CERTOP UMR-CNRS 5044

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3. Plan
 Malaysian higher education
system
 Internationalisation
 Malaysian students going out of Malaysia
 Foreign students coming in Malaysia
 Branch campus of foreign universities in Malaysia
 Others forms of cooperation
 Taylor’s Toulouse University Centre: from knowhow
transfer to cooperation higher education and research
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4. Higher Education a National Priority
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6. 4 dates to understand Malaysian context
 13 May 1969: Racial Riots
 1971: New Economic Policy (NEP) “Affirmative Action”
 1996: Private Higher Education Act permitted domestic private for-
profit degree-granting universities,
 2002: Switch to Meritocracy. But Bumiputera enrolment continues
hovering above 60 per cent.
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7. New Economic Policy & Affirmative action
« NEP provides affirmative action to
the majority because in general, the
Malays have lower income than the
Chinese who have traditionally been
involved in businesses and
industries ».
« During more than 100 years of
British colonization, the Malays were
discriminated against employment
because the British preferred to
bring in influx of migrant workers
from China and India ».
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9. Not to apply the French categories « Private »
and « Public » to the Malaysian Situation
 In Public Sector the « Religious Fact » is present in:
 Enrolment,
 Every day life and
 Science itself.
 Evaluation Bodies
 (SETARA) for both public and private sectors
 (MyQUEST) quality in private universities
 (MyRA) for research both public and private sectors
 Prof Dato’ Dr. Hassan Said former DG becoming the
president of Taylor’s University (Private)
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10. Cross-border Research Collaboration
a national initiative to develop partnerships
between public and private sectors
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Prof Dato’ Dr. Hassan Said former DG leading the working group

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Taylor’s University = 17,700
Fees: 11,000
Coast of living: 6,600

12. Higher education system
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Private sector:
• 53 % of institutions and
• 41 % of enrolment

13. Publics universities
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Table: 4 Students Enrolled Higher Education Institutions’ in
Different Course Levels
No Course Level Category
1 PhD.
Public Institutions 29,280
Private Institutions 4,362
Public Polytechnics NA
Public Community
Colleges
NA
2 Master Degree
Public Institutions 63,463
Private Institutions 20,456
Public Polytechnics NA
Public Community
Colleges NA
3 Bachelor Degree
Public Institutions 331,410
Private Institutions 198,653
Public Polytechnics 93
Public Community
Colleges NA
4 Diploma
Public Institutions 104,928
Private Institutions 200,503
Public Polytechnics 88, 588
Public Community
Colleges 29
Source: National Education Statistic: Higher Education Sector 2013

16. Plan
 Malaysian higher education
system
 Internationalisation
 Malaysian students going out of Malaysia
 Foreign students coming in Malaysia
 Branch campus of foreign universities in Malaysia
 Others forms of cooperation
 Taylor’s Toulouse University Centre: from knowhow
transfer to cooperation higher education and research
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17. Internationalisation of malaysian
higher education
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2
Foreigner students
studying in Malaysia
1
Malaysian students
studying oversee
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Foreign universities
opening a branch campus
Or developing co-department
Or double award

18. Malaysian students
studying oversee
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78 000 students

19. Foreigner Students
in Malaysia
 Total international student
enrolment:
 81, 282 (2013)
 86,923 (2010)
 Public: 24,218 (27.86%)
 Private: 62,705 (77.14 %)
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20. Foreign Universities in Malaysia:
Branch campus, Co-departments, and double awards
 16 259 students in 2013
in Branch campus
 Mainly at Bachelor level
 588 PhD
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21. 21Cross-Border Education Research Team (update year, month date). C-BERT Branch Campus Listing. [Data originally collected by Kevin Kinser and Jason E.
Lane]. Available: http://globalhighered.org/branchcampuses.php Albany, NY: Author.

22. Malaysian French University Center
 2006, setting up of the Malaysia
France University Center (MFUC)
 Now it facilitate the relations
between:
 25 Malaysian Universities (13 public
and 12 private) and
 36 French Institutions (22 public and
14 private).
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23. Plan
 Malaysian higher education
system
 Internationalisation
 Malaysian students going out of Malaysia
 Foreign students coming in Malaysia
 Branch campus of foreign universities in Malaysia
 Others forms of cooperation
 Taylor’s Toulouse University Centre: from knowhow
transfer to cooperation higher education and research
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24. The cooperation between
Taylor’s University and Toulouse University

25. Renewal 2015-2020

26. How did it survive for 28 years?
 Public / Private
 Full university / University college
 Research / teaching university
 European / Asian perspective
 Cultural differences
 Language barriers
 Economic models (market driven
versus public policies driven)
Failure should be the agenda

27. Taylor’s Toulouse University Center
 TCHT 2400 students
 3 BTS
 5 Bachelors
 2 Masters
 600 students in Toulouse for
residential seminar
 Chair of « Food Studies »
 22 Scientifics events
 Project of LIA-CNRS

28. 5 phases of developmental cooperation
1999 2007 2009 2012
- Program
transfer (L3)
- Training for
trainer
- Teaching
- Audit
- Jury
- Graduation
ceremony
- Program (L3
& Master)
- Teachers
training
- Staff mobility
- Student
mobility
- Research
program
- Chair of Food
studies, Food,
Cultures & Health
-Research grants
-Lecturer mobility
program
-PhD
-Publications
- Program (L3 &
Master)
- Setting up
Research policy
- Creation of
TTUC a co-
administration
department
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UTMUTM TUTU
- Program
transfer (BT &
BTS)
- Training for
trainer
- Teaching
- Audit
- Jury
- Graduation
ceremony

29. 1986-1998
Setting up an
Hotel-School

30. 1999
University level

31. 2005
• 1st Master in hospitality in Malaysia
• Setting up co-administered
department the Taylor’s Toulouse
University Centre
• Creation of a Joined Research
Team ERITA-Asia
• CERTOP-CNRS, 2007

32. ERITA-Asia Research Seminar

33. 2012
• Focusing on Research
• Chair of « Food Studies:
Food, Cultures and Health »
• Malaysian Food Barometer

34. Lieux
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35. Malaysian students in Toulouse

38. Chair of Food Studies:
Food, Cultures and Health
Created in 2012, by the two
Universities with the mission to
foster research in partnership
with the Center for Research
and Innovation on Tourism and
Food Studies (CRIT), the
Cluster for Research Initiative in
Food, Nutrition and Public
Health (CRI- FNPH) and “Santé
alimentation” axis of CERTOP
UMR-CNRS 5044.
The chair develop research programs:
 Malaysian Food Barometer (MFB), a follow up survey that study
evolution of Malaysian eating habits and its socio-cultural
determinants.
 Hong-Kong Food Barometer (HKFB). Using the model of the
MFB, this survey studies the transformation of the Hong-Kong
people’s Eating habits. Partnership with the Chinese University of
Hong Kong.
 Studies related to Taste and Obesity, Sensorial and Sociological
Analysis, Ethnicity and Food Pattern with Nutritional Education.
 Conceptualization of new generation of experimental platform to
study eating behaviors…
The chair organize international seminars
 “Gastronomy as UNESCO World Intangible Heritage”, Kuala
Lumpur (Nov 2012)
 “Towards an International Network for Studying Food Habits”,
Kuala Lumpur, (Mai 2014)
 “Food security, the Asian perspective” (in partnership with Hong
Kong Poly Technic University, department of applied social
science), Hong Kong, July 2015.
 “Gastronomy, Arts and Medias”, Toulouse, October 2015
 “Experimental restaurant of the future”, Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2015
 “Facing obesity in a multicultural modernizing society”, 2016
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39. PhD Summer
School
 5 European Universities
and 3 Asian Universities
Danish University of Copenhagen (Prof. L. Holm),
Swedish University of Uppsala (Prof. J. Gronow),
Norwegian University of SIFO (Prof. U. Kjaernes),
Manchester University (Prof. A. Warde),
University of Toulouse (Prof. JP Poulain)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Prof. A.B Shamsul) and
National University of Singapore (Prof. V. V. Sinha)
 Guest of honour: Prof. Dr. Gilles Boëtsch,
president of the scientific board of CNRS

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41. Research in food studies:
Towards an International Network for Studying Food
Habits Transformations
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42. 2014
Master of Food
Studies

43. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Hassan Said
Doctorate Honoris Causa from Toulouse University

44. Admistration baord of 2012
From left to right first rauw: Prof. Dr. Daniel Filatre, President of University of Toulouse 2, President of TTUC, Prof.
Dato Dr. Hassan Said, President of Taylor’s University, Co-president of TTUC, Prof. Dr. Rector of Academie of
Toulouse,
Second Rauw: Prof. Dr. Jean Pierre Poulain, University of Toulouse, co-director of TTUC Prof. Dr Pradeep Nair,
Prof. Dr. Vicky Nair, Prof. Dr. Jens Thoemes, Director of CNRS, Prof. Dr, Pierre Yves Boiseau, vice president of
Toulouse University, Dr. Cyrille Laporte, deputy dean ISTHIA Toulouse University, Neethiananta Ariragavan, Dean
of TCHT, Codirector of TTUC, Timo Giotto, Taylors University

45. In 2006 the 20th anniversary

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