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Developing Different Marketing Strategies For Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs Professor Dr. Rose Alinda Alias UTM Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International ) Mohd Ariffin bin Abu Hassan Deputy Director (Marketing) . 2 nd Annual Faculty Marketing Innovation Forum
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Developing Different Marketing Strategies For Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs Professor Dr. Rose Alinda Alias UTM Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International ) MohdAriffin bin Abu Hassan Deputy Director (Marketing) 2nd Annual Faculty Marketing Innovation Forum 18th of February 2014 Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore
Introducing universititeknologimalaysia (UTM)
One University, 2 Campuses • Johor Bahru Campus (1,148 hectares) • 15 minute from JB city and Singapore Kuala Lumpur Campus (35 hectares) 5 km from KLCC
UTM History 1946 1904 Treacher Technical School, KL Technical College, KL (1946) 1972 1975 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia National Institute of Technology, KL
2013 HIGHLIGHTS* (as at December 2013) 13,780 Postgraduate Students 8,640 Masters Students 5,140 PhD Students 56% Postgraduate (student population 24,742) 10,962undergraduate students 5,001 International Students
future university?critical success factors 5 Entrepreneurial sciences Academia- Industry partnership 4 University research focus 3 PG Advanced studies 2 1 UG & PG program establishment
DEFINING ACADEMIC MARKETING STRATEGY • A process that can allow an academic institution to concentrate its resources on the optimal opportunities with the goals of recruiting the targeted number and desired quality of students and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.
Global UTM Plan 2012-2020 PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 2011-2014 Alignment to be Global University 2018-2020 Strategic Transformation & Advanced Research 2015-2017 High impact programs PRICING QUALITY RECOGNITION UNIQUENESS STRATEGY 2012-2020
Strategic Priorities (PG) • Establish networking with ‘market intelligence’ (international agents); • Encouraging more of our own UG to remain at UTM (i.e. talk for final year students); • Incentivising of the application (discounts, scholarships and flexibility on the registration process);
Key Success Factors for effective student recruitment throughout the Student Life-Cycle
Key Success Factors for effective student recruitment throughout the Student Life-Cycle
UTM ACADEMIC MARKETING STRATEGIC PLAN Phase 1 : 2008-2013 Phase 2 : 2014-2020
OUTCOME OF PHASE 1 (2008-2013) UTM FACTS AND FIGURES
STRATEGY 1: Identify UTM competitors for student growth – consider domestic and international arena STRATEGY 2: Gather supporting data to ensure UTM success of marketing strategies • Where are students coming from and what are they studying? STRATEGY 3: Analyze the statistic of UTM student population (undergraduate & postgraduate)
ENROLMENT ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO REGION (DEVELOPED, DEVELOPING, THIRD) (2009 – 2013) * Most students from Developing Countries
PERCENTAGE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENROLMENT BREAKDOWN BY REGION
STRATEGY 4: Financial Aid? (i.e. Scholarships and/or Grants?)
STRATEGY 5: What programs can UTM successfully recruit? (i.e. for international students)SWOT ANALYSIS EXTERNAL INTERNAL
Developing UTM Student Marketing Plan UTM Marketing Strategies
NO OF STUDENTS GRADUATED BY UTM OVER A 41 YEAR PERIOD (1972-2013)
UTM ACADEMIC MARKETING STRATEGIC PLAN Phase 2 : 2014-2020
Global Universities Partnership with Reputable Universities Programme of engagement with international markets in support of UTM agreed academic strategy • Develop a new synergy and partnership framework • Partnership on academic programs • Joint supervision • Joint research • Joint publication • Summer Programs • Double Degree • Partnership on mobility • Students exchanges • Staff exchanges • Synergy on global partnership • Partnership on industrial internship “Bring UTM to the World Bring the World to UTM”
Global Student Mobility in UTM 2011 – 2013 Outbound Program Inbound Program
Global Strategic Partnership with MIT LINC (Learning Innovation Network Consortium) MIT-UTM on Sustainable Cities Research