University Utara Malaysia (UUM) is located at Sintok, Kadah which is approximately 500 km away from my hometown, Serdang, Selangor. It is a long journey and it need to take about a minimum 6 hours driving to back home. Honestly, UPM is my first choice university instead of UUM. This is because UPM is nearby my house and it was recognized as the top 5 best universities in Malaysia 2012/2013 (QS World University Ranking 2012/13).
However, I had assigned to study at UUM for my study of degree level. And now, after about one semester at UUM, I had a depth perception about UUM and I realize that UUM is worth my time and money to study at here. The first advantage for me to study in UUM is UUM provides a sufficient accommodation for all its students. UUM is one the very few IPTAs that offer full accommodation to its students throughout the duration of their academic studies in UUM. Therefore, UUM’s students didn’t have to face with the renting a house or a room problem. To ensure there are enough accommodation and to cater to the housing needs of its ever glowing students population, UUM has built about 15 student residential halls that can accommodate approximately 20,000 students. The 15 residential halls are Proton, Tradewinds, TNB, Mas, Maybank, Petronas, Eon, Sime Darby, TM, MISC, BSN, Bank Muamalat, Yayasan Albukhary, SME Bank and Bank Rakyat.
I’m also proud of the facilities in the sport complex in UUM. The sport complex is well equipped with a gymnasium, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, nine-hole golf course, a badminton hall, tennis, squash, basketball ball, volleyball courts, hockey, softball, football fields and so on. Moreover, this sport complex is frequently used by outside institution, organization and primary and secondary school for their sporting events. Other recreational activities such as jogging, cycling, and go-cart runway also provided in sport complex in UUM. A camping ground,