Hi TOA student/ soon-to-be graduate here, studying diploma in digital media from the KL (Sunway) campus, just want to leave a few notes about the school itself. First of all, lecturers, throughout my 3 years in TOA I personally think that the lecturers are pretty great (at least for digital media course). Most of the lecturers i met are actually quite young and are pretty understanding of mental health issues that students go through as some of them are also TOA alumni, although most of them are quite young, TOA actually requires the lecturers to have 3-5 years of industry experience after graduation as well as a good portfolio that the lecturers have to show before getting hired. In my opinion, they teach pretty well and honestly have helped me and my friends improve a lot, sometimes even helping us after class hours and also gave us a lot of insights into the industry. As for the review at 5:05 I've definitely heard rumours about some course lecturers having favouritism, especially from the Penang campus, though they mainly stem from illustration or animation courses, but speaking as a person with friends from those courses, some of the lecturers are pretty friendly and i know one of them invited students on podcasts to discuss animation stuff there. Secondly, difference between diploma and degree, in TOA there is an option to take degree but so far, it's only for graphic design and digital media. Note, I'm from a digital media course and so I'm only talking about experience from my course.The main difference is that degree is has much longer semesters as well as different classes to take (eg. digital media degree has classes for sound design vs diploma that doesn't have that class) Another difference is that diploma is much more industry focused than degree as a lot of our assignments are based around branding whereas degree has a more free option to choose themes or brands. As far as assignments goes, most of our assignments are similar except degree has a higher expectation from lecturers due to the longer semester and the fact that degree students learn more in depth compared to diploma students. Degree also requires you to write essays and reports about your assignments whereas diploma mostly does powerpoint slides ( I say that but we mostly just use Google slides) on our progress. Thirdly, culture, most people in TOA are chinese, including lecturers, however the lecturers mainly teach in english but if you want to talk to them in chinese, they will explain to you in chinese but I am a banana so they talk to me in English haha. About international students, I mainly know there is an Indonesian community as well as an Indonesian TOA whatsapp group where all of them gather and juniors can ask seniors on advice, housing, shopping, tourism, work and such. Overall, i'd say most seniors in general are willing to help out juniors and a lot of people are introverted, but friendly introverts. The rest are just side notes from here but I just felt like saying them, no hate or anything just me rambling lol Fourth, yes the TOA website is old and i dislike it very much, they need to change it (it's not just you, a lot of other students agree). Ironically this is coming from a student who learnt web design in this school. Fifth, 3:35 that's the outside of the library, most people gather there during their free time or during lunch to do work/hangout together. Pretty cool place to work there, also the illustrations on the wall are done by alumni from our school and occasionally they replace it with new illustrations/fine art work from other alumni which i find pretty neat. Inside the library there are bean bags where most students work ( *cough* sleep *cough* ) and it's a pretty nice thing to have but since COVID bean bags have been kept in storage :( Also the picture was maybe staged because I've mostly seen people with hoodies and eyebags haha. Sorry for the long essay but this is just my personal thoughts and experience throughout 3 years of being in TOA, hope this helps someone :)
omg first of all, thank you for your input, i really appreciate it, you are helping a lot of people who are thinking of applying! second of all, i didn't know you can eat at 3:35 haha, that is really awesome to know, and honestly TOA is really cool, i've always liked it and the artists who came out of it, but yeah good luck on your graduation!
@@vii.f9347 fees would depend on the course you're taking, I'd say the most expensive course would be animation diploma which is abt 100k total for 3 years or so if I'm not mistaken.. (note that animation tends to me wayy more expensive due to the amount of equipment (eg pc rendering and animation software like maya) that you need to use from the school student accounts/ school pc).. However if you want to take fine arts, which is the cheapest, it's about 50 - 60k in total of 3 years Diploma. I'm going off of memory so take this with a grain of salt. It's better to find out by the school itself because I've already graduated so I'm not to sure if prices has risen. If you're talking about graphic design or digital media, they're both roughly the same price, abt 80k in total though graphic design is cheaper .. If I'm not mistaken I believe penang campuses have different prices because they have less equipment
Also after reading some other comments I feel the need to clarify this.. Even though I've stated a lot of positives in my comment, I was definitely burnout at some point during my college life. Though my course compared to others is actually way more relaxed, it actually still made me burnout and at one point, super depressed to the point I couldn't get out of bed (I'd say the COVID situation also contributed to this). There's a sort of hidden culture in TOA where whatever your seniors or classmates did, you need to try and top it or match the quality of it, which causes a lot of indirect and unspoken competition, insecurities and burnout among classmates, I have never seen any classmate of mine NOT go through this stage before. Because of this, a lot of people will sacrifice sleep or social lives or both which creates a toxic culture around TOA or just any college in general. Eventually, you gotta just accept that you are still learning and that you should go at your own pace in terms of learning and skill. I personally know that some people tend to give up and accept that their design is lacking and won't improve but I feel like TOA is the type of school that will push you to improve even though you're tired and need to take a break.. and I will say this... There is a fine line between being toxic and pushing limits and in some cases, lecturers will become toxic while teaching in hopes of making you push limits. I personally had about 1 lecturer like this and they essentially said "you're classmate can do, why can't you?" which does the complete opposite of pushing limits, instead, most of the time, it demotivates people to learn. Lecturers like that will break a class and destroy students self esteem however, there are some who considers mental health much more important than assignment quality and sometimes those lecturers will tell you to take a break, but you can't help but keep working because you don't want to be left behind and seem lazy sometimes to other lecturers and classmates. I've also complained about the toxic lecturer in a student survey that's conducted every semester and I was pretty lucky that the lecturer actually changed ways (I guess a lot of students complained) and they started to become more supportive than demotivating. Friends are also a key factor (and honestly the most important factor) for surviving, the amount of late night 3am discord calls I have with my friends to do assignments were helpful because if I do get distracted, my friends kinda just acted like a mom and scolded me. If you have a lot of friends, there is a better chance of improving your mental health, unless you get toxic ones (in that case, I hope you find better ones) plus it's kind of a thing where a class stays together, clowns together. And by that I mean, procrastinate together, complain together, cry together, it genuinely helps more than you think since people are in the same learning boat. But even with friends, I had to learn how to discipline myself in my studies and how to keep my passion at the same time and I only somewhat learned how to do this during my final year. A lot of people go to TOA thinking that they're passionate enough to handle the assignments but once the culture comes in, a lot of them lose their passion to continue, especially during first year. However some that stay eventually learn how to cope with it and learn how to balance it but at the same time there are those who stay burnout throughout their time in TOA. All I can say is that, at the end of the day, sometimes TOAs culture isn't for everyone but it is sort of a russian roulette kinda thing where you kinda just have to go for it to figure out if it's meant for you, if it isn't, I've heard Sunway courses are a lot more lenient but I've only heard that about the graphic design course. Sorry for the long comment again but I do hope this puts some insight into what its like in TOA...
hello Shroom Shroom! I would like to ask what's the name of the podcast that the lecturer conducted with his students? I would really love to hear it :PP
Would like to input my bit, as I don't think reviewing colleges from their websites or Facebook page is a very progressive way of picking ur college/uni of choice. I'm a Malaysian Institute of Art Illustration alumni myself, and MIA really did help me in terms of growth for me and my art. I'm not sure what OP means when they ask about "anime" being in the website/pages because Illustration ≠ anime (just fyi)
At MIA: - The fees are one of the cheapest in MY, considering it is half government. There are many financial aids and scholarships you can apply for. - You are not always asked to work on things that suits the taste of your lecturers, your peers or your audience. You are encouraged to pursue the style you enjoy the most. - You are supported through your journey by inspiring and encouraging lecturers (the Illust ones at least. They're by far the best) - You get trained with critical thinking, how to give meaning to your work, and how to convey it the best you can. - The pictures shown in the video are either incredibly old or inaccurate, because thats not how our campus looks like. Its not very flashy, its cute, humble, but does its job. - The illustration lecturers and department are great people. - MIA is also a majorly Chinese community, so if you are not Chinese/a Mandarin speaker (like myself) it could be hard at first. - The community at MIA is very small. But this is great because you get alot of one on one bonding and feedback from your lecturers and peers, its a very healthy environment for growing artists. Theres lots lots more that I can tell you, but would rather not write too much here (i mightve already did..) but if anyone is interested in purusing Illustration at MIA, feel free to hit me up :) I'm always willing to help out wherever I can, when I was a freshie, I didnt really have anyone to ask! Peace and love!
this is really insightful and i appreciate your input for MIA, regrettably i feel the school does not represent itself well (with old pictures and old student works even on their website/google) all these colleges (except dasein), i don't have hands-on experience, so i rely heavily on how they represent themselves on websites, fb, google etc. but at the end of the day this video should only be a reference and not a deal breaker for someone choosing a college, clearly they are required to do their research, i am just doing the introductions, also creating a space in the comments for students to talk about their experiences.
@@yuuning This is true! When I first started at MIA, there were no student showcases or student life, I couldnt even find reviews or alumni to contact to ask about :( I literally just threw caution to the wind when applying to MIA. Had absolutely no idea what was in it for me. But currently, we have an Illust department that is pretty active on social media now though, showcasing alot of student assignments and experiences!
thank you for this i was planning to go to clazroom but they are not recognized overseas so I might consider dasein or MIA. I thought the syllabus of MIA was so outdated that i didnt even want to look into it :///. They do not have much student artwork of illustration course, all i see are from fine arts course. Where can i see more illustration course artworks ?
I'm currently studying in my second year in the one academy, and I'm taking Animation. Is really expensive, people talk about burnout and that can definitely happen unless you are free to do work the whole day. Managing your time and being quick at work is important to take any of these courses they provide. Currently. I'm following the, once given work, finish on that day and that definitely helps me. The lecturers in Sunway anyway are mostly all very friendly, they care and I can feel their passion seeping out of their body. One of my lecturers are my favourite and he's SUPER good at critiquing and when you don't focus, he genuinely cares and get really upset. Animation is indeed very expensive. Is it worth it? Hmm... in my opinion, they teach you a lot of stuff, they mainly focus on 3D Animation but they do give you a course on 2D Animation, and you can learn tons of different stuff, including photography. Is up to people's opinions. I have yet to graduate and applying my skills in the real world, maybe I'll update on it when I do graduate.
As a illustration diploma graduate from the one academy, I can agree that the website is fkin cluttered LOL 😂 i never like it either, and the whole diploma is actually pretty good with the connection and education. But its expensive and the toxic overwork culture, so it depends on your preference! ❤️
I went to MIA open day on Saturday, and they seems to encourage personal style and creativity , and during the presentation they showed a lot of students arts. I don't think they discouraged anime art style but rather the kind of students who went there recently maybe weren't into it ?Like I saw way more bizarre art styles and it was encouraged by the lecturers . I'm guessing most anime people went to clazroom or undo .
Aurora Poy, how much did you pay per semester? In the video yuuning stated that it is 45k, is that per year? Im really interested in applying to this school it seems to be a really good art college
@@j0hn00arthur I actually ended up applying and enrolling to TARUC KL diploma in graphic design course. Buts anyways , 45k is the estimate for the whole 2 years of the course . You can get a discount scholarship based on the number if As you have . Mia is pretty loose on this as they accept A- as well . The lowest discount is 20% for 3 to 4 As . If you got 9As you can get a 70% scholarship or 100% based on extracurricular activities. Keep in mind these only apply for tuition fees and "other fees" are not included in this discount . Other fees like application/registration fee(RM 25p), orientation fee(rm 100,only charge on semester 1 usually) , school insurance, caution money , and resource fee . Other fees can add up to RM 1230 in semester 1 . And up to 880 for others semesters.
This is actually really helpful for someone who searching for animation/illustration college. I'm pretty interested in Undo and Clazroom although I do like The One but is pretty expensive for me. Can anyone tell me if Undo and Clazroom friendly to international student? I have no clue how to speak mandarin at all ;w;
Omg hi I am also trying to figure out which one is better cuz I’m also interested in taking an animation course. One academy is like super expensive. My focus is for 2d animation and cartoonish art so even I’m having a hard time figuring out. Hope you find something though!
thank you so much, if it wasnt you, i would have chosen graphic design or something that i dont like to study. i didnt know there was a school that is fine with anime or game stuff, and i never knew illustrators have such decently high salaries (did some research after knowing clazroom exists), im aiming to study 2d illustration at clazroom after i graduate, thank you so much!!!
As a Certificate student of the one academy, please do not go to the one academy because of how stressful and no matter you reduce subject that you choose you will still can feel the stress of the assignment/homework and no available free time for weekends. Even if you do have free time your mood has destroy because tired than working.
Im starting my first semester this year (September 18 2023) at TOA 1.)TOA that I'm going is at Penang, for the cost mine is around 68k for three years (3D animation). People saying it cost 100k because this are the cost for the place u gonna rent to stay, eat, art supplies and etc...And because they are moving next year around April or Mei the cost will become higher.(The reason why they are moving because they want to create a much more student friendly environment😂) 2)I have been to TOA for an interview, although I didn't get the chance to look around the whole school, but I still got to see a few places and its pretty nice.(They have a wall full of students art work) 3)For the minimum score to get in to 3D animation is 5 credit and ofc BM and Sejarah must pass.(I heard that if your SPM fail but u still want to study they'll accept but gonnna study for extra 1 year) Thats all information that I got hope it helps :D
i really love to continue study here are you 18 years old?.. and btw how to get an interview?? did they accept 21 years old for new students bcz im thinking to get some money first
@@88Expert oh of course, how much did you pay per semester? Do u recommend studying there also? Are u from Malasya? I tried studying animation in Canada but I came back to Brazil, its too f***king expensive there
@@j0hn00arthur is about 10K in the very first semester and will increase to 50K at the end of the semester. I am malaysian and i don't recommend it too expensive and the teacher are pricks
@@88Expert thats very unfortunate to hear, do you know if there is another renounced art college in Malaysia that would be worth our time and money? Im looking for other options since the price you said is indeed too expensive and if the teachers are assholes that wouldn’t be worth it either
I will target my SPM to go to art college. Maybe I will choose the field of graphic or animation but it depends on the interests of each bruh. Pray that I teach to pass all subjects and get 4A maybee huaa (｡ŏ_ŏ) just to enter the university that I like very much ..
Any Clazroom alumni here? My friends and I have like 12 (maybe more) question to ask because we will be graduating next year 😭 (Batch 07 spm) and are very anxious about uni and college stuff. :'33
Hey you all! Hope this comment finds you well. I'm not from malaysia and hence an international student, I've been wanting to study 3d animation at a college. And the one academy from what I've heard seems well suited for an international student, however, because of recent economic situation globally that's way out of budget for me now. Undo academy(where I want to study), clazroom college and dasein( they don't respond to calls, texts and emails) are affordable but they don't provide any assistance in visa but I have figured a way for that as well. Now I wanted to know from you that if these colleges would be accommodating for an international student, do you know any international student studying at the college, can you survive in the college if you only spoke English(willing to learn malay), do they take classes in English and would you recommend me to enroll there?
This may be a bit late but I'm currently studying at Undo, on my second sem now. I would like to say that eventhough their lecturers are able to explain in english, few are fluent while most are not but u are able to learn just fine. The only con would be if u wanted to make tons of friends in ur batch, it would be pretty difficult depending on ur batch as well. For mine, majority speak mandarin/chinese and aren't able to speak english, unless you'll meet a few that's able too, which is always possible! I believe Undo accepts international students, as they do not need to see any credits, only that you're a school leaver.
I see mah name at 11:08! Ok mah bad, besides the usual stuff said, and im not sure if youve said this in the more recent videos (i JUST came across this channel, good stuff btw) Rn Clazroom revently upped their fees to like 52,000 to 53,000 MYR, and they extended their course to 2 years and 8 months. Regarding the place being compact, theyre planning to move their campus nearby and improve their facilities in the near future! Either way the college id recommend if you can handle the assignment work and manage your time (be weary of some drama here and there though, coming from a student thats just 4 months in 😂)
hi yuuning, i just finished my SPM test a weeks ago. May i ask you a question? is MIA actually the only government art college? as what i have researched about it, some website says it's a private art college. i know that this video is just 2 years old, so...
Thank u so much for sharing this this was very helpful . I'm a Moroccan high school student and I'm planning to apply to some Malaysian art school I'm planning to get a degree in graphic design . And I would like to know what studying in malaysia is like
studying in malaysia means you might need to learn a bit of malay when you order mamak food haha, if you are going to live on a budget, the restaurants may not speak english, so it's good to know a local who can help with the language barrier
@@lemraabby8265 ofc,you need to plan your plans,the location,watch the local news that happens to Malaysia (you can watch TV3 on RUclips)maybe it can be helpful for you specially about the quarantine and weather,the transportation,fyi they separate the pork foods into different sections when it comes to shopping mall,The weather can be rainy or sunny asf,people can be so salty about the work or anything,lgbtq is not really welcome in Malaysia I don't really know about the peninsular Malaysia because i live in Borneo and it's a chill place to live.but yeah,this is only I can share with you and hopefully this can be helpful.btw Im not really good in English (・_・;)
Hi, i want to ask your opinion about UCSI creative art and design major.. I actually already pass in UCSI but I'm still not sure if it's worth it for art and design major in Malaysia, I want to major in illustration btw
Is it possible to go to any one of these colleges without taking art classes in school? I took science stream and computer science therefore I think taking Art will drive me crazy with the portfolio's and all But I've been attending art classes outside of school ever since I was 9 So I was wondering if taking the art subject in school is necessary for these colleges applications?
Do you have any advice on how to decide between getting a diploma or degree, and which one do you think it more worth it? And was it difficult or challenging to find art related work in malaysia after you finished your diploma (assuming you started working afterwards)?
i think a diploma is sufficient, you get a degree if you want to teach. finding a job in illustration is hard because they pay little, i worked in design instead
@@yuuning well for me I think undo is prolly the one is prefer based on how many things they're offering ^^" I've attended their workshops and all so yeah
Hiiii! I’m from undo, I think you’ll be just fine speaking Chinese there, but art programs, must know English and later in jobs, it’s best to pick up English
@@lucifero9077 no no,malay straight up means "melayu",capital letter or small letter of first alphabet does not matter but the spelling is,jgn risau,most chinese akan pikir malay = melayu.
The currency for the budget chart i made in the video is in MYR!
Hi TOA student/ soon-to-be graduate here, studying diploma in digital media from the KL (Sunway) campus, just want to leave a few notes about the school itself.
First of all, lecturers, throughout my 3 years in TOA I personally think that the lecturers are pretty great (at least for digital media course). Most of the lecturers i met are actually quite young and are pretty understanding of mental health issues that students go through as some of them are also TOA alumni, although most of them are quite young, TOA actually requires the lecturers to have 3-5 years of industry experience after graduation as well as a good portfolio that the lecturers have to show before getting hired. In my opinion, they teach pretty well and honestly have helped me and my friends improve a lot, sometimes even helping us after class hours and also gave us a lot of insights into the industry. As for the review at 5:05 I've definitely heard rumours about some course lecturers having favouritism, especially from the Penang campus, though they mainly stem from illustration or animation courses, but speaking as a person with friends from those courses, some of the lecturers are pretty friendly and i know one of them invited students on podcasts to discuss animation stuff there.
Secondly, difference between diploma and degree, in TOA there is an option to take degree but so far, it's only for graphic design and digital media. Note, I'm from a digital media course and so I'm only talking about experience from my course.The main difference is that degree is has much longer semesters as well as different classes to take (eg. digital media degree has classes for sound design vs diploma that doesn't have that class) Another difference is that diploma is much more industry focused than degree as a lot of our assignments are based around branding whereas degree has a more free option to choose themes or brands. As far as assignments goes, most of our assignments are similar except degree has a higher expectation from lecturers due to the longer semester and the fact that degree students learn more in depth compared to diploma students. Degree also requires you to write essays and reports about your assignments whereas diploma mostly does powerpoint slides ( I say that but we mostly just use Google slides) on our progress.
Thirdly, culture, most people in TOA are chinese, including lecturers, however the lecturers mainly teach in english but if you want to talk to them in chinese, they will explain to you in chinese but I am a banana so they talk to me in English haha. About international students, I mainly know there is an Indonesian community as well as an Indonesian TOA whatsapp group where all of them gather and juniors can ask seniors on advice, housing, shopping, tourism, work and such. Overall, i'd say most seniors in general are willing to help out juniors and a lot of people are introverted, but friendly introverts.
The rest are just side notes from here but I just felt like saying them, no hate or anything just me rambling lol
Fourth, yes the TOA website is old and i dislike it very much, they need to change it (it's not just you, a lot of other students agree). Ironically this is coming from a student who learnt web design in this school.
Fifth, 3:35 that's the outside of the library, most people gather there during their free time or during lunch to do work/hangout together. Pretty cool place to work there, also the illustrations on the wall are done by alumni from our school and occasionally they replace it with new illustrations/fine art work from other alumni which i find pretty neat. Inside the library there are bean bags where most students work ( *cough* sleep *cough* ) and it's a pretty nice thing to have but since COVID bean bags have been kept in storage :( Also the picture was maybe staged because I've mostly seen people with hoodies and eyebags haha.
Sorry for the long essay but this is just my personal thoughts and experience throughout 3 years of being in TOA, hope this helps someone :)
omg first of all, thank you for your input, i really appreciate it, you are helping a lot of people who are thinking of applying!
second of all, i didn't know you can eat at 3:35 haha, that is really awesome to know, and honestly TOA is really cool, i've always liked it and the artists who came out of it, but yeah good luck on your graduation!
how about fees?
@@vii.f9347 fees would depend on the course you're taking, I'd say the most expensive course would be animation diploma which is abt 100k total for 3 years or so if I'm not mistaken.. (note that animation tends to me wayy more expensive due to the amount of equipment (eg pc rendering and animation software like maya) that you need to use from the school student accounts/ school pc).. However if you want to take fine arts, which is the cheapest, it's about 50 - 60k in total of 3 years Diploma. I'm going off of memory so take this with a grain of salt. It's better to find out by the school itself because I've already graduated so I'm not to sure if prices has risen.
If you're talking about graphic design or digital media, they're both roughly the same price, abt 80k in total though graphic design is cheaper ..
If I'm not mistaken I believe penang campuses have different prices because they have less equipment
Also after reading some other comments I feel the need to clarify this.. Even though I've stated a lot of positives in my comment, I was definitely burnout at some point during my college life. Though my course compared to others is actually way more relaxed, it actually still made me burnout and at one point, super depressed to the point I couldn't get out of bed (I'd say the COVID situation also contributed to this). There's a sort of hidden culture in TOA where whatever your seniors or classmates did, you need to try and top it or match the quality of it, which causes a lot of indirect and unspoken competition, insecurities and burnout among classmates, I have never seen any classmate of mine NOT go through this stage before. Because of this, a lot of people will sacrifice sleep or social lives or both which creates a toxic culture around TOA or just any college in general. Eventually, you gotta just accept that you are still learning and that you should go at your own pace in terms of learning and skill.
I personally know that some people tend to give up and accept that their design is lacking and won't improve but I feel like TOA is the type of school that will push you to improve even though you're tired and need to take a break.. and I will say this... There is a fine line between being toxic and pushing limits and in some cases, lecturers will become toxic while teaching in hopes of making you push limits. I personally had about 1 lecturer like this and they essentially said "you're classmate can do, why can't you?" which does the complete opposite of pushing limits, instead, most of the time, it demotivates people to learn. Lecturers like that will break a class and destroy students self esteem however, there are some who considers mental health much more important than assignment quality and sometimes those lecturers will tell you to take a break, but you can't help but keep working because you don't want to be left behind and seem lazy sometimes to other lecturers and classmates. I've also complained about the toxic lecturer in a student survey that's conducted every semester and I was pretty lucky that the lecturer actually changed ways (I guess a lot of students complained) and they started to become more supportive than demotivating.
Friends are also a key factor (and honestly the most important factor) for surviving, the amount of late night 3am discord calls I have with my friends to do assignments were helpful because if I do get distracted, my friends kinda just acted like a mom and scolded me. If you have a lot of friends, there is a better chance of improving your mental health, unless you get toxic ones (in that case, I hope you find better ones) plus it's kind of a thing where a class stays together, clowns together. And by that I mean, procrastinate together, complain together, cry together, it genuinely helps more than you think since people are in the same learning boat.
But even with friends, I had to learn how to discipline myself in my studies and how to keep my passion at the same time and I only somewhat learned how to do this during my final year. A lot of people go to TOA thinking that they're passionate enough to handle the assignments but once the culture comes in, a lot of them lose their passion to continue, especially during first year. However some that stay eventually learn how to cope with it and learn how to balance it but at the same time there are those who stay burnout throughout their time in TOA. All I can say is that, at the end of the day, sometimes TOAs culture isn't for everyone but it is sort of a russian roulette kinda thing where you kinda just have to go for it to figure out if it's meant for you, if it isn't, I've heard Sunway courses are a lot more lenient but I've only heard that about the graphic design course.
Sorry for the long comment again but I do hope this puts some insight into what its like in TOA...
hello Shroom Shroom! I would like to ask what's the name of the podcast that the lecturer conducted with his students? I would really love to hear it :PP
The One Academy's total fee is about RM91k this year for illustration diploma btw, they answered through email
ahh thank you for this!
Is it worth it?
@@lucifero9077 I'm not from there, better to ask someone else
The one academy in KL will be 190k with living expenses and accommodation and all just for anyone who need it!
@@xuen6202 thanks for the input!
Would like to input my bit, as I don't think reviewing colleges from their websites or Facebook page is a very progressive way of picking ur college/uni of choice. I'm a Malaysian Institute of Art Illustration alumni myself, and MIA really did help me in terms of growth for me and my art. I'm not sure what OP means when they ask about "anime" being in the website/pages because Illustration ≠ anime (just fyi)
At MIA:
- The fees are one of the cheapest in MY, considering it is half government. There are many financial aids and scholarships you can apply for.
- You are not always asked to work on things that suits the taste of your lecturers, your peers or your audience. You are encouraged to pursue the style you enjoy the most.
- You are supported through your journey by inspiring and encouraging lecturers (the Illust ones at least. They're by far the best)
- You get trained with critical thinking, how to give meaning to your work, and how to convey it the best you can.
- The pictures shown in the video are either incredibly old or inaccurate, because thats not how our campus looks like. Its not very flashy, its cute, humble, but does its job.
- The illustration lecturers and department are great people.
- MIA is also a majorly Chinese community, so if you are not Chinese/a Mandarin speaker (like myself) it could be hard at first.
- The community at MIA is very small. But this is great because you get alot of one on one bonding and feedback from your lecturers and peers, its a very healthy environment for growing artists.
Theres lots lots more that I can tell you, but would rather not write too much here (i mightve already did..) but if anyone is interested in purusing Illustration at MIA, feel free to hit me up :) I'm always willing to help out wherever I can, when I was a freshie, I didnt really have anyone to ask! Peace and love!
this is really insightful and i appreciate your input for MIA, regrettably i feel the school does not represent itself well (with old pictures and old student works even on their website/google) all these colleges (except dasein), i don't have hands-on experience, so i rely heavily on how they represent themselves on websites, fb, google etc. but at the end of the day this video should only be a reference and not a deal breaker for someone choosing a college, clearly they are required to do their research, i am just doing the introductions, also creating a space in the comments for students to talk about their experiences.
@@yuuning This is true! When I first started at MIA, there were no student showcases or student life, I couldnt even find reviews or alumni to contact to ask about :( I literally just threw caution to the wind when applying to MIA. Had absolutely no idea what was in it for me. But currently, we have an Illust department that is pretty active on social media now though, showcasing alot of student assignments and experiences!
@@sherylv may the illus department continue to thrive
thank you for this i was planning to go to clazroom but they are not recognized overseas so I might consider dasein or MIA. I thought the syllabus of MIA was so outdated that i didnt even want to look into it :///. They do not have much student artwork of illustration course, all i see are from fine arts course. Where can i see more illustration course artworks ?
Hey! Just wondering what kind of career are you doing now? Is it going well?
I'm currently studying in my second year in the one academy, and I'm taking Animation. Is really expensive, people talk about burnout and that can definitely happen unless you are free to do work the whole day. Managing your time and being quick at work is important to take any of these courses they provide. Currently. I'm following the, once given work, finish on that day and that definitely helps me. The lecturers in Sunway anyway are mostly all very friendly, they care and I can feel their passion seeping out of their body. One of my lecturers are my favourite and he's SUPER good at critiquing and when you don't focus, he genuinely cares and get really upset. Animation is indeed very expensive. Is it worth it? Hmm... in my opinion, they teach you a lot of stuff, they mainly focus on 3D Animation but they do give you a course on 2D Animation, and you can learn tons of different stuff, including photography. Is up to people's opinions. I have yet to graduate and applying my skills in the real world, maybe I'll update on it when I do graduate.
I'm looking forward for your upload...I'm trying to motivate myself by learning people experience and this recent encourage me a bit..👍
As a illustration diploma graduate from the one academy, I can agree that the website is fkin cluttered LOL 😂 i never like it either, and the whole diploma is actually pretty good with the connection and education. But its expensive and the toxic overwork culture, so it depends on your preference! ❤️
heyy thanks for the input! i always admire toa students work ethic but i understand it can get toxic too
hi，can l ask Toa diploma course have include intern？
I went to MIA open day on Saturday, and they seems to encourage personal style and creativity , and during the presentation they showed a lot of students arts. I don't think they discouraged anime art style but rather the kind of students who went there recently maybe weren't into it ?Like I saw way more bizarre art styles and it was encouraged by the lecturers . I'm guessing most anime people went to clazroom or undo .
hey thanks for the input, i appreciate it, hopefully this will help ppl who are considering mia
Aurora Poy, how much did you pay per semester? In the video yuuning stated that it is 45k, is that per year? Im really interested in applying to this school it seems to be a really good art college
@@j0hn00arthur I actually ended up applying and enrolling to TARUC KL diploma in graphic design course. Buts anyways , 45k is the estimate for the whole 2 years of the course . You can get a discount scholarship based on the number if As you have . Mia is pretty loose on this as they accept A- as well . The lowest discount is 20% for 3 to 4 As . If you got 9As you can get a 70% scholarship or 100% based on extracurricular activities. Keep in mind these only apply for tuition fees and "other fees" are not included in this discount . Other fees like application/registration fee(RM 25p), orientation fee(rm 100,only charge on semester 1 usually) , school insurance, caution money , and resource fee . Other fees can add up to RM 1230 in semester 1 . And up to 880 for others semesters.
@@j0hn00arthur also I think MIA hasn't started the course yet , I think it's September this year .
brother.. im 18 and thinking about MIA but my grades weren't very good.. only got 4 credit.. is there's a chance for me to continue my study at MIA??
Thank you so much for making this video X'00000 I feel I've been blessed by an angel :')))
glad it helped lol
If you get reject from art school it would be better to start a new life as a politician
This is actually really helpful for someone who searching for animation/illustration college. I'm pretty interested in Undo and Clazroom although I do like The One but is pretty expensive for me. Can anyone tell me if Undo and Clazroom friendly to international student? I have no clue how to speak mandarin at all ;w;
Omg hi I am also trying to figure out which one is better cuz I’m also interested in taking an animation course. One academy is like super expensive. My focus is for 2d animation and cartoonish art so even I’m having a hard time figuring out. Hope you find something though!
thank you so much, if it wasnt you, i would have chosen graphic design or something that i dont like to study. i didnt know there was a school that is fine with anime or game stuff, and i never knew illustrators have such decently high salaries (did some research after knowing clazroom exists), im aiming to study 2d illustration at clazroom after i graduate, thank you so much!!!
no problem! glad it helped you :")
How r u doing now in Clazroom? Interested in joining one day
in my opinion, a diploma is enough, if your port folio is good you'll get hired
silver knows what's up
As a Certificate student of the one academy, please do not go to the one academy because of how stressful and no matter you reduce subject that you choose you will still can feel the stress of the assignment/homework and no available free time for weekends. Even if you do have free time your mood has destroy because tired than working.
I really want to apply to TOA but 2k a month....
Im starting my first semester this year (September 18 2023) at TOA
1.)TOA that I'm going is at Penang, for the cost mine is around 68k for three years (3D animation). People saying it cost 100k because this are the cost for the place u gonna rent to stay, eat, art supplies and etc...And because they are moving next year around April or Mei the cost will become higher.(The reason why they are moving because they want to create a much more student friendly environment😂)
2)I have been to TOA for an interview, although I didn't get the chance to look around the whole school, but I still got to see a few places and its pretty nice.(They have a wall full of students art work)
3)For the minimum score to get in to 3D animation is 5 credit and ofc BM and Sejarah must pass.(I heard that if your SPM fail but u still want to study they'll accept but gonnna study for extra 1 year)
Thats all information that I got hope it helps :D
goodluck with your studies!
i really love to continue study here are you 18 years old?.. and btw how to get an interview?? did they accept 21 years old for new students bcz im thinking to get some money first
the one academy is around 100K for around 3 years I know I been there
How much did you ended up paying per month?
@@j0hn00arthur I know per semester cause that's how we pay them.
@@88Expert oh of course, how much did you pay per semester? Do u recommend studying there also? Are u from Malasya? I tried studying animation in Canada but I came back to Brazil, its too f***king expensive there
@@j0hn00arthur is about 10K in the very first semester and will increase to 50K at the end of the semester. I am malaysian and i don't recommend it too expensive and the teacher are pricks
@@88Expert thats very unfortunate to hear, do you know if there is another renounced art college in Malaysia that would be worth our time and money? Im looking for other options since the price you said is indeed too expensive and if the teachers are assholes that wouldn’t be worth it either
I will target my SPM to go to art college. Maybe I will choose the field of graphic or animation but it depends on the interests of each bruh. Pray that I teach to pass all subjects and get 4A maybee huaa (｡ŏ_ŏ) just to enter the university that I like very much ..
goodluck!
same
@@spark3341 same?
Now that its been a year, how did it go?
@@__frootloops good i now at form 6 i mean collage form 6 and i learn for art subject overall this year is my last sem then i go for degree tx
Any Clazroom alumni here? My friends and I have like 12 (maybe more) question to ask because we will be graduating next year 😭 (Batch 07 spm) and are very anxious about uni and college stuff. :'33
eyy thank you so much for making this video
glad it helped :)
Hey you all!
Hope this comment finds you well.
I'm not from malaysia and hence an international student, I've been wanting to study 3d animation at a college. And the one academy from what I've heard seems well suited for an international student, however, because of recent economic situation globally that's way out of budget for me now. Undo academy(where I want to study), clazroom college and dasein( they don't respond to calls, texts and emails) are affordable but they don't provide any assistance in visa but I have figured a way for that as well. Now I wanted to know from you that if these colleges would be accommodating for an international student, do you know any international student studying at the college, can you survive in the college if you only spoke English(willing to learn malay), do they take classes in English and would you recommend me to enroll there?
This may be a bit late but I'm currently studying at Undo, on my second sem now. I would like to say that eventhough their lecturers are able to explain in english, few are fluent while most are not but u are able to learn just fine. The only con would be if u wanted to make tons of friends in ur batch, it would be pretty difficult depending on ur batch as well. For mine, majority speak mandarin/chinese and aren't able to speak english, unless you'll meet a few that's able too, which is always possible! I believe Undo accepts international students, as they do not need to see any credits, only that you're a school leaver.
@@LadyCallow school leaver? Does it mean they don't accept people who didnt get a high school cert?
I see mah name at 11:08! Ok mah bad, besides the usual stuff said, and im not sure if youve said this in the more recent videos (i JUST came across this channel, good stuff btw) Rn Clazroom revently upped their fees to like 52,000 to 53,000 MYR, and they extended their course to 2 years and 8 months. Regarding the place being compact, theyre planning to move their campus nearby and improve their facilities in the near future! Either way the college id recommend if you can handle the assignment work and manage your time (be weary of some drama here and there though, coming from a student thats just 4 months in 😂)
appreciate the update!
hi yuuning, i just finished my SPM test a weeks ago. May i ask you a question? is MIA actually the only government art college? as what i have researched about it, some website says it's a private art college. i know that this video is just 2 years old, so...
its a private art college yep
@@imcookit8242 ouh ok
Thank u so much for sharing this this was very helpful . I'm a Moroccan high school student and I'm planning to apply to some Malaysian art school I'm planning to get a degree in graphic design . And I would like to know what studying in malaysia is like
studying in malaysia means you might need to learn a bit of malay when you order mamak food haha, if you are going to live on a budget, the restaurants may not speak english, so it's good to know a local who can help with the language barrier
@@yuuning I don't mind learning Malay since it would be helpful. Thank u sm is there something else I should know. ?
@@lemraabby8265 ofc,you need to plan your plans,the location,watch the local news that happens to Malaysia (you can watch TV3 on RUclips)maybe it can be helpful for you specially about the quarantine and weather,the transportation,fyi they separate the pork foods into different sections when it comes to shopping mall,The weather can be rainy or sunny asf,people can be so salty about the work or anything,lgbtq is not really welcome in Malaysia
I don't really know about the peninsular Malaysia because i live in Borneo and it's a chill place to live.but yeah,this is only I can share with you and hopefully this can be helpful.btw Im not really good in English (・_・;)
@@satan8350 this was really helpful thank u for sharing this:)
Hi, i want to ask your opinion about UCSI creative art and design major.. I actually already pass in UCSI but I'm still not sure if it's worth it for art and design major in Malaysia, I want to major in illustration btw
Can you also include kan University Kerajaan maybe on your next videos?, so I can compare which one is more budget friendly to continue my study 🤣
uni kerajaan is almost always the cheaper option hahah
@@softnpure jauh beza course structure ipts and ipta
Which one is the most suitable for animation in your opinion? If more specifically, 2d animation?
No review is red flag for me ...
Can i get a permanent full time job after graduating from art school? Like i can work until i retire or something x)
that really depends on how hardworking and good you are haha
I finished my spm and I'm autistic. Do there's art college with online class
also the one lecturer are past graduated student.... tell you much about what they are doing if they can't find a job in the industry😂😂😂
Is it possible to go to any one of these colleges without taking art classes in school? I took science stream and computer science therefore I think taking Art will drive me crazy with the portfolio's and all
But I've been attending art classes outside of school ever since I was 9
So I was wondering if taking the art subject in school is necessary for these colleges applications?
honestly it doesn't matter, as long as you can draw decently you will be fine
The one academy college budget is around RM 64k
I already asked counselor
people in the comments are saying illustration is 91k, which course is the 64k?
In Penang, and is illustration art
Guys im confused, is this value corresponding to the entire 3 year course? How much is it per month then?
Can I still go to MIA after taking STPM(Form6) ? Could there be requirements for that?
you can study in any art schools at any age
Can speaking about much 3d program and video game digital to make franchise after learn in school?
Do you have any advice on how to decide between getting a diploma or degree, and which one do you think it more worth it? And was it difficult or challenging to find art related work in malaysia after you finished your diploma (assuming you started working afterwards)?
i think a diploma is sufficient, you get a degree if you want to teach. finding a job in illustration is hard because they pay little, i worked in design instead
Ayee undo is there the one I wanted to attend contacted em before and all
what did you think of them?
@@yuuning well for me I think undo is prolly the one is prefer based on how many things they're offering ^^" I've attended their workshops and all so yeah
if in undo can speak with Chinese? Because my English is very bad like that can survive in there?😢
Hiiii! I’m from undo, I think you’ll be just fine speaking Chinese there, but art programs, must know English and later in jobs, it’s best to pick up English
hello, i want to know that does dasein has twinning programme?
Does anyone know how many subjects i have to take and the bare minimum score for those taking igcse to enter TOA??
check their website, but ik that illustration minimum 3 igcse C, fine arts min 5 igcse
hello, in your opinion which school is best for international student?
the one academy is probably the best but most expensive
how much dasein animation course cost? and where can i survey their course and fees?
you should email them, they will help you out with everything on email
100k for visual effects
This per year? Or the total 2 year course?
hi have a question is there any malaysia art college that offer a short course for lepasan spm
short course im not too sure, most of the colleges i reviewed requires at least 2 years of studies, maybe you can consider online courses instead?
@@yuuning i see thank you for replying! all the best wishes !
im so Torn beTween mia and dasein , any advice
usually when i make big decisions like this, i make a pros and cons list haha, hope you figure it out though!
@@yuuning ok thx
@@yuuning I'm so lost I have bare minimum art skills but will I get accept to mia or dasein
Blender Gang! 😎
As Melayu student doesn't know speak Chinese should i apply to dasein academy?
😂 I also considering that
you both can consider it, go to their open day and ask as many questions as you can about how their teachings will be conducted
As a malay bang😭
@@user-pp5nv3np8m If I used Malay, they thought Malay mean Malaysia, so I use Melayu to mention Melayu students
@@lucifero9077 no no,malay straight up means "melayu",capital letter or small letter of first alphabet does not matter but the spelling is,jgn risau,most chinese akan pikir malay = melayu.
Hi do you know any school that offers illustration degree in Malaysia or online?
honestly not that i know of, most of them provide degree overseas but not in malaysia