How to apply Education Withdrawal from EPF Account 2?

Obtained the Surat Pengesahan Pendaftaran Pelajar and certified true copy MQA certificate from Pn. Zuraini today.
Directly went to EPF office at Jalan Gasing, PJ for the education withdrawal application from my EPF Account 2.

Surat Pengesahan Pendaftaran Pelajar

How to apply for Education Withdrawal from your EPF Account 2?

At first, of course; you need to have balance in your EPF Account 2 and does not reach 55 years old when applying for the withdrawal.

The following step(s) are meant for applicant who study in IPTS, since my institution UTAR is an IPTS; and first time withdrawal from same institution and programme.

There are some other requirements you need to check and verify from EPF website before you apply.


Step 1
Obtain the offer letter from your institution and make a photocopy. Bring along the original copy when you submit to EPF office for verification. Also, you need to obtain the student bill from your institution too.

Step 2
Request Surat Pengesahan Pendaftaran Pelajar and MQA certificate (certified true copy) from your institution, follow exactly the sample format provided by EPF office. The original copy of Surat Pengesahan Pendaftaran Pelajar must be submitted to EPF office.

Step 3
Download the form KWSP 9H (AHL) for free or collect them personally from any EPF office.
The form contain a lot of pages, but you only need to fill up two (2) pages. And, suprisingly they are quite straight forward.
You may choose to withdraw the fees for the whole year or per semester. Thats why you need your student bill from Step 1. And, the information/amount must be stated inside the Surat Pengesahan Pendaftaran Pelajar. Leave the cap jari field blank at this moment.

Step 4
Bring along every document(s) in original copy and photocopy, and of course your identity card (MyKad) when you go to EPF office. The EPF officer will check your document(s) and advise if incomplete. If everything OK, you may now print your fingerprints at the counter.

The is another form called Borang Temuduga you need to fill up. It will be given by the EPF officer at the counter. No worry.

After completed everything, the EPF officer issued a receipt to me. And, I can call up the number given after ten (10) working days to enquire the withdrawal status. Done!

Notis Akuan Penerimaan Permohonan

For my case, the EPF office will issue the cheque/payment directly to UTAR.

Letter of Offer and 1st Student Bill

Received email and sms from UTAR stating that my application is success.

Quickly went to UTAR (PD Block) to meet Pn. Zuraini for the collection of my Offer Letter:

 

Letter of Offer

Commencement date of the programme is 27 May 2013 (Monday).

Also, accompanied with the offer letter is my very first (1st) Student Bill.

Student Bill

You can see that the three (3) pre-registered subjects are:
1. Managerial Economics
2. Quantitative Methods
3. Marketing Management

The total subject fees (9 credit hours) are RM3,645.
Miscellaneous fees are RM1,009.
Giving a total of RM4,654 which need to pay before the due date of 26 April 2013.

Thirdly, there is a Declaration form that I need to sign back to Pn. Zuraini.

Forthly, the Health Examination Report that I should submit during the registration as student (after settled the student bill).

I can check the offer of admission, student bill and other information here by key-in my IC no. and full name.

 

Lastly, I also requested Pn. Zuraini to provide me the Surat Pengesahan Pendaftaran Pelajar (one of the document required by KWSP for the EPF Account 2 withdrawal)

 

Following is the sample of Surat Pengesahan Pendaftaran Pelajar provided by KWSP:

 



 



What is UTAR's MBA? and my Study Plan

Requested Pn. Zuraini (zuraini@utar.edu.my) to change my application from Oct'13 intake to May'13 intake today. She was so kind to help me on these matter although my application have been approved/signed by the person-in-charge.

Would talk about what programme actually I am signing up in UTAR.

Master of Business Administration is a postgraduate programme where the class are held in UTAR, PJ campus under Faculty of Accountancy and Management. UTAR are currently offering three MBA: 1. MBA; 2. MBA (Corporate Governance) & 3. MBA (Building Management).

ALL this MBA programmes are categorize under Structure C, which means the applicant will need to complete the programme through coursework and research project.

Following is the Programme Structure of MBA:

The MBA programme consist of 13 core subjects, 2 out of 6 elective subjects and one (1) research project. Each of the subjects (either core or elective) contribute 3 credit hours, with the exception of the research project; contribute 6 credit hours. Total giving 51 credit hours in order to graduate.

The minimum duration of study for a part time applicant is 2.5 years and a maximum of 6 years.

Following is the Fees for UTAR postgraduate programmes:

Generally speaking, one (1) credit hour is RM405.

Registration fee is RM200

Caution money (refundable) is RM200

Activity and Services fee RM100*

Resource Centre RM200*

Group personal accident insurance premium RM9*

Exam and Facility fee RM300*

The registration fee and caution money are one-time-off payment being paid the very first semester. Whereby the fees marked with asterisk (*) need to be paid once every one (1) year cycle within the minimum duration.

Total 51 credit hours x RM405 = RM20,655

Fees for Sem 1 Year 1 = RM1,009

Fees for Sem 1 Year 2 = RM609

Fees for Sem 1 Year 3 = RM609

Grand total of RM22,882

Please take note that this is for the minimum duration of 2.5 years. If exceed the duration of 2.5 years, there will be a reccuring fee of RM1,000 and every each year after that.

Following is the Progress of Study chart for Postgraduate Programmes (Structure C):




The faculty have planned the course structure for part time student in which they should take three (3) subjects during long sem, one (1) to two (2) subjects during short sem. And, finally one (1) research project during the last semester. Giving total of minimum seven (7) semester (either long or short), which total up to be 2.5 years.

MAY 2013 INTAKE -- PART-TIME

Year 1-2013/2014
Year 1 Trimester 1 (MAY) MKEG15503 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Major 3.0 MKEG15603 QUANTITATIVE METHODS Major 3.0 MKTG16303 MARKETING MANAGEMENT Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  9.0	Year 1 Trimester 2 (OCT) MKMA16803 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Major 3.0 MKTA16903 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  6.0	Year 1 Trimester 3 (JAN) MKMG15903 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS FOR MANAGERS Major 3.0 MKMG16003 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Major 3.0 MKMG16103 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND ANALYSIS Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  9.0
Year 2-2014/2015
Year 2 Trimester 1 (MAY) MKMA26703 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Major 3.0 MKMG26203 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FOR CORPORATIONS Major 3.0 MKXX2XXX3 ELECTIVE 1 Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  9.0	Year 2 Trimester 2 (OCT) MKXX2XXX3 ELECTIVE 1 Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  3.0	Year 2 Trimester 3 (JAN) MKAG15203 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR CORPORATIONS Major 3.0 MKAG15303 FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND CONTROL Major 3.0 MKEG15703 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  9.0
Year 3-2015
Year 3 Trimester 1 (MAY) MKMA25106 RESEARCH PROJECT Major 6.0 Total Credit Hours  6.0

However, my study plan is only two (2) subjects during long sem; one (1) subject during short sem, which total up to be 3.5 years. According to this plan, I will be completing the programme in the year of 2016 (end of the year). It is a No, no to me...

MAY 2013 INTAKE -- PART-TIME (MY FIRST STUDY PLAN)

Year 1-2013/2014
Year 1 Trimester 1 (MAY) MKEG15503 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Major 3.0 MKEG15603 QUANTITATIVE METHODS Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  6.0	Year 1 Trimester 2 (OCT) MKMA16803 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  3.0	Year 1 Trimester 3 (JAN) MKMG15903 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS FOR MANAGERS Major 3.0 MKMG16003 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  6.0
Year 2-2014/2015
Year 2 Trimester 1 (MAY) MKMA26703 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Major 3.0 MKMG26203 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FOR CORPORATIONS Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  6.0	Year 2 Trimester 2 (OCT) MKXX2XXX3 ELECTIVE 1 Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  3.0	Year 2 Trimester 3 (JAN) MKAG15203 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR CORPORATIONS Major 3.0 MKAG15303 FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND CONTROL Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  6.0
Year 3-2015/2016
Year 3 Trimester 1 (MAY) MKMG16103 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND ANALYSIS Major 3.0 MKTG16303 MARKETING MANAGEMENT Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  6.0	Year 3 Trimester 2 (OCT) MKTA16903 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  3.0	Year 3 Trimester 3 (JAN) MKXX2XXX3 ELECTIVE 1 Major 3.0 MKEG15703 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS Major 3.0 Total Credit Hours  6.0
Year 4-2016
Year 4 Trimester 1 (MAY) MKMA25106 RESEARCH PROJECT Major 6.0 Total Credit Hours  6.0

Therefore, I shall stick to the faculty's recommendation, taking three (3) subjects during the first semester, see how best I can handle it. Then, from there; I can make the necessary adjustment for my study plan.