Materia Medica Malaysiana

UMS waiting for word to recruit students

Universiti Malaysia Sabah is waiting for word on whether it will be required to enrol some of the 128 top students who want to study medicine but were not offered places to do so at public universities.
Its Vice-Chancellor, Tan Sri Prof Abu Hassan Othman, said UMS had already offered 42 applicants a chance to study medicine, two more than the planned enrolment of 40. They are expected to register with UMS for the 2004/2005 intake next week.

“We can still take in a few more but not many. In future, when we have more laboratories, facilities and lecturers, we can offer more places,” he said.

UMS enrolled its first batch of 32 undergraduates at the School of Medicine last year.