Malaysia Logistics Higher Education:Past, Present and Future

Abstract

Presently, there are 20 public universities, a total of 44 private universities and university colleges, 5 foreign university branch campuses and more than 300 private colleges in Malaysia. In addition, logistics programs in colleges and universities around the world are upward trends and increasing in demand. Lists of all public and private higher learning institutions are obtained from Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, which then data are collected through series of telephone desktop research, conversations to respective schools, visits to education fairs or open days, and collection of broaches and prospectus. There are 26 higher learning institutions that offer logistics programs which consists of 15 bachelor degree programs, 23 diploma programs and only one professional program. Finally the study managed to introduce a Career Path for Logistics Students and provides several recommendations for logistics higher education in Malaysia.