It only takes a year to get a doctoral degree, stupid!

I was reading Selebriti section in Harian Metro online site. Came across this article. A bit curious to know about this Irish International University. Turned out it is a consortium of companies and was set up in Ireland (cue the name). It doesn't have its own campus but made collaboration with various colleges all around the world. It recognises working experience when awarding credits to the courses taken, so it will only takes 9 to 15 months for a student to get a Euro MBA, or better still, a Professional PhilosophyDoctorate (DBA). I'm a bit confused here with the acronym, but this is what mentioned in one of the news article in the site. Kenapa, tak percaya? Click here.

It has lots of pictures, pictures with TDM, Tok Pa, Kayveas and various newspaper clippings. It even has a scholarship letter from Town & Regional Planning Department of Sabah announcing a full payment of USD7,300 for a Doctorate Degree (cheap or what?). Oh, don't forget a letter from the Prime Minister of UK, expressing regret for not attending their convocation. Same goes to High Commisioner for Malaysia to the UK and President of Pearson Education(?!). Just to reassure people that there are indeed VIPs attending their function, there is a letter of acceptance from The Society of Sales & Marketing.

And they just had their fourth consecutive international convocation in Malaysia. Why? It seems that majority of their international students are Malaysian. It already produced 1,000 graduants since 2002 and God knows how many of them are a Dr. At least I know two of them, one is in the article mentioned above and another is the CEO of UMW Holdings Berhad (again, it's from one of the newspaper clippings in the website).

And to think that I had to struggle for 4 years for the same old title......