Mahsa (Malaysian Allied Health Sciences Academy) was established in 2004 to create a centre of healthcare and academic excellence in South-East Asia. By 2013, it had become Mahsa University.
The private university＊s growth has been rapid. In 2007, the student population was 7,000. Today, more than 10,000 students are enrolled in over 70 programmes ranging from certificates and diplomas to bachelor＊s, master＊s and doctoral degrees over its multiple campuses and its international college in Kuala Lumpur.
Mahsa has diversified its offering beyond medicine into other fields such as business, accounting, IT and multimedia, engineering, arts and design. It also has programmes in sectors including healthcare, retail, IT and hospitality. To support its entrepreneurial students, the university has an incubation hub.
The student population is diverse, with students from 75 countries, many from the Asian region but also some from as far away as Australia, the UK, the US and Canada.
Mahsa has a one-stop student mobility hub that assists students with numerous global mobility options such as study abroad schemes, and student, internship and research exchanges.
With the University of East London, Mahsa has a dual-award partnership in which students who successfully complete the requirements of the course are awarded a degree from both Mahsa and UEL.
