ASIAN International Mobility For Students (AIMS)

Overview

The Asian International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Programme is SEAMEO RIHED’s regional initiative to support the mobility of students and enhance cooperation in higher education among countries in Asia. Connecting governments, universities and students, the AIMS Programme provides a multilateral platform for academic exchange and collaboration to strengthen regional integration and community building. It provides students with opportunities to study abroad within selected disciplines and advance their learning and intercultural skills as confident global citizens.

Source: Quoted from AIMS main website.

AIMS Disciplines @UM

AIMS Programme promotes mobility in 10 different disciplines. One of the unique features of AIMS is that it offers exchange opportunities to students within specific disciplines.

Under the AIMS Programme, incoming & outgoing students will be able to take modules in the following disciplines:

Biodiversity	Environmental Management and Science	International Business	Language and Culture

AIMS Destinations

For UM students, you may explore countries and participating universities that are matching to the 4 mentioned AIMS disciplines. Whereas for students from participating universities, you may reach out to your International Office to be nominated under the AIMS programme based on disciplines offered. UM's students under the AIMS disciplines are those coming from Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Creative Arts, Faculty of Business and Economics and Faculty of Science.

Application for AIMS Programme @UM

There are two semesters offering for an academic session at UM. The application timeline is as follows:

• Semester 1 (Fall Intake): Application commences from 1 January - 31 March each year.
• Semester 2 (Spring Intake): Application commences from 1 August - 31 October each year.

For UM students who are interested to apply, you may email studyabroad@um.edu.my.

For Participating Universities' students, click here to find out more!