Malaysia is a South East Asian country separated by the South China Sea into two geographical regions – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo’s East Malaysia. It is a young industrialised federation comprising of thirteen states and three territories with the country’s political system, a federal constitutional elected monarchy. The country’s land and maritime borders include Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand and shared maritime borders with Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. With population of over 32 million, it is one of the world’s populous country with its capital located at Kuala Lumpur, the country’s largest city. However, the city of Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government with the head of government being the Prime Minister, who is elected every five years. Malaysia is one of the world’s mega diverse countries with the country’s environment featuring extensive mountains, rainforests, sandy beaches, mangrove swamps and low plains.It is a tropical country with generous monsoon season and warm weather throughout the year.

Although half the country is ethnically Malay, it is a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic with minorities of Chinese, Indian and indigenous ethnicities. Islam is the country’s established religion although the constitution grants freedom of religion to non-Muslims practicing Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism and other minority religions.

In recent years, Malaysia has been steadily emerging as one of the hot spots of study abroad destinations for international students. Besides its very own top-notch educational institutions, many renowned global universities and colleges have their offshore campuses at Malaysia. A recent survey showed that Malaysia is home to over 100 recognised universities with several counted within the top 200 universities in the world.