Universiti HELP

I’ve been studying at HELP for the past 3 years now and in my honest opinion, I am not very happy to be studying here. First of all, its in the most un-​stratgeic location for university. Each department of studies is scattered everywhere and it is not a proper campus. Its all far from one another and it takes up a lot of time to get from one place to the other When I joined help in 2012, the students were promised a new campus and now, the new campus idea has been scraped off. Also, the management did not seem to be concerned about the welfare of the students because when i joined, the parking was at RM3 per day. Then it was increased to RM 5, then RM 8 and now RM 10 a day. This is a ridiculous amount for students to pay as we have classes almost every day. Thats close to RM160-​Rm200 a month just on parking. Besides that, the money collected from us is not put to proper use as we lack many resources such as proper computers in computer labs, and even student lounge for student. I honestly don’t enjoy studying here at all due to the unstable system all the time. If you’re considering on joining Help, do think properly and make your decisions :)

I’m a current student at HELP University so you can take my word very seriously. I’ve been here for 4 years now, did my foundation and now am in my final year of degree. HELP for me is a money sucking group of companies and they only perform at sub par standards.
For example we pay a resource fee of RM1000 and still we have no resources. Only now that HELP has moved to Wisma ELM, the students there which are only the business students have a student lounge and additional library.
Before this it was at KPDA which is an awful ancient building which has nothing. We would have to sit on the floors along the corridors in between classes cause there was just no where to be seated. Anyway the foundation students have been moved there now so good luck to them!
Tuition fee is also very expensive, RM1600 per subject for business degree. Lecturers are average and some are terrible. The worst thing about HELP? parking. ask any HELP student about parking and be ready to get an earful.

Spent the last 4 years of my life here and it has been a good one. The best thing about HELP University is how they incorporate so many extra-​curricular activities and how much they support this. I really liked this aspect of the Uni as it doesn’t just focus on academic performances which can be really dull for years. They also provide lots of sports scholarship, so if you excel in any sport, don’t worry about being unappreciated.
HELP used to be in a main building under Pusat Bandar Damansara, but recently moved to the ELM Business School (Amanahraya). Other programs are still in Wisma HELP as usual. See, this is the only thing I was so disappointed with throughout the years. The Uni is seperated into different buildings at different locations, forcing you to take the ever so crowded and slow moving bus provided. They also lack facilities that most campus-​based Uni have. Nevertheless, they’re opening their Subang Campus soon, which I believe will have better facilities than the one here.
For visitors and sometimes the students themselves, parking can be really tough here. In Wisma HELP, you can park in the building itself, but has limited spaces, or you can proceed to the open-​aired carpark further down, which will connect to the Lower Concourse of Wisma.
From my experience, HELP excels in having amazing faculties and activities and certainly have a pleasant experience, if you ignore the fact that you have to travel from building to building on a daily basis (you’ll get used to it).

Planning to further your studies? You can never say no to Help, but for me, no :(the location and the traffic also the parking rate is heck expensive for a day, plus you are paying so much by paying again and more and more :(
it’s located at bangsar area, mostly student who want to studies law and business would study Help. so mainly student is mass communication, laws and also business courses student. the building is old but their teaching quality is awesome :) i am a media graduate so I can never understand why people still choose to pay such high amount of college or uni fee’s to study at a very old building, I assume their lecturer is awesome and the cert is best :)
what you need to basically suffer is just when you woke up to college, TRAFFIC JAM, when you finish class mostly TRAFFIC JAM AGAIN. I can never want to deal with that, luckily my college wasn’t in the heart of the city.

It’s quite difficult to be neutral when it comes to reviewing HELP University, which was where I spent two years of my life and hence, has a lot of sentimental values and awesome memories. As with any university, your experience is quite dependent on the friends around you — and you can expect to find really awesome people in HELP, which is what I got.
I was doing the American Degree Program for 1 and a half years. I had some really good lecturers and some really bad ones — which I guess pretty much happens everywhere else. There weren’t many facilities available to us. Also, the buses that take you to and from different buildings are in a pretty bad condition. Oh, of course, parking is always difficult and illegal parking (which happens a lot) might result in getting towed or summoned.
As for the program itself, it’s quite a small department — so you will probably know most of the students there, which I like. Every long semester, they will invite speakers from US/​Canada universities to come and talk about why you should transfer there — which helps if you plan to transfer. However, due to financial reasons, I transferred to another private university in Malaysia — which was still possible with ADP.
Though, apart from all these complaints, I really enjoyed my time in HELP — even though I thought my university learning/​education experience wasn’t all that enriching. Some of my friends who transferred struggled within their first or for two semesters before they can adapt to the level in the US — so that’s another point to consider. But considering its fairly low (um, lowER) cost for a private «recognised» university, it’s not all that bad. They also offer many scholarships — so try and apply if you meet the requirements. It’s also accessible via public transport. See, that was neutral enough.
PS: My review is mostly based on my experience as an ADP student in HELP.

Studying here for almost 3 years, what I learned was priceless. Though the lecturers were good, notes were. effective and exams were tricky, the facilities of Help University never failed to dissappoint me. Well, Help as of now has shifted to Amanah raya, kpd blocks and wisma Help. All classes are now in those respective buildings.
The hostel on the other hand is located at the far end near to Pusat Bandar Damansara. The only convinient way to connect all of these places are by Help shuttle bus. Thought sometimes they are efficient, the traffic on the other hand could really be a stubborn one. For those who takes LRT, you can exit the Bangsar station at take the T634 bus to reach HELP. As for me, I took the U82 from 1 Utama to Jalan Semantan.
Though Help is located in one of the busiest place in the Klang Valley, it is just in a matter of time before they open their Subang campus!

Eventhough I went around in circles for about an hour and gave up, I finally managed to find the place I first came to on my 3^rd visit (2^nd was a failure, couldn’t remember the junction I took). Yes, as everyone is aware of it, HELP is yet to have their own campus and they are in the apparently perpetual process of completing it since 2012. Nonetheless, I visited the Wisma ELM office to inquire about their degree in Psychology.
Not knowing where to park, I left my car at the side of the road and thankfully it wasn’t towed away! So, do get into the proper carpark. I was assisted by the friendly guard on where to head and I finally went into this waiting area/​space come office where I sat down in front of Mr. Gregory’s desk.
Explaining to him on my case, I have a Diploma that is not under MQA standards and am in the midst of completing my practicum for my Advance Diploma in Counseling Psychology. I home schooled after PMR so I do not have SPM. Basically, my case is not ordinary. Nonetheless, Mr. Gregory was so very helpful, eventhough not being in the Psychology department himself, gave me practical opinions and I was lucky to have caught someone whom was in the department that came over to advise me. My current lecturer is a lecturer in HELP too hence my program is recognized just not under the government. Well, Mr. Gregory assured me that he will contact me within a week to update me on my application.
I did receive a call from the University and after one/​two more calls the University accepted my application! Such efficiency. I was really, really happy and I felt that I was taken seriously in comparison to IUMW. Yes I know the fees is a big difference but there is an IMMEDIATE distinction in quality and productiveness.
I am very much looking forward to my academic experience here.

It sounds crazy when I decided to review my own uni. Still, I think why not review and let all of you know; especially who want to further their studies in uni.
What’s the best course in HELP? I will say there are two: Psychology and Law. Not saying other courses are bad; but, every uni has its own «special». So, in HELP, Psychology and Law are the BEST! I was once in the mist of choosing which college/​uni I should join after completing my UEC exam. During education fair, I met an agent, who recommended me to join HELP. HELP provides 3 bachelor programs in Psychology; twinning course to Australia, New Zealand, US and UK, Flinders Joint Degree and HELP Bachelor’s Degree with Honors. Each has its advantage.
Apart from Psychology and Law, HELP also has courses of Business, Mass Communication and foundation courses. One thing I love about HELP is students are active in extra activities and the faculty will support a lot, at least I knew Psychology department support a lot. They encourage students to go for events. Tutors are helpful. Some of my friends are the tutors in Psychology program too! They encourage students to do more research.
Nonetheless, the most annoying thing is HELP doesn’t have its own campus. During the education fair, they said the campus in Subang 2 will be completed in 2012. Then, I joined in 2011, I see nothing but only the concept of campus. And then they said it will be completed in 2013, 2015, 2016. And guess what? I have 3 juniors joined after me every year, and they told me, that campus will be completed in 2017! To be honest, we all felt we were cheated. We see nothing on that «campus» till now. It was disappointing!
Overall, I quite enjoyed my study in HELP. But not the campus part. Everytime, my highschool friends told me their campus, I envy a lot. If you ask for my suggestion, I will still recommend you to take program in HELP, but if you want campus life, forgot about HELP then.