SELECTING HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM (FutureEDU.com)

There are facts that choosing a major course has serious implications for the majority of students. The rapid growing of higher education institution in Malaysia cause students more confused in making decision. With the problem of student confusion, a project named FutureEDU.com is proposed to be created. The purpose of this project as Decision Support System is narrowing choice of major course and university for student based on the personality test answer collected by students in the system. This system also provides the information of pre universities and also the institution that offered the program. The existence of this system will able to assist student in making a right decision for their higher education. Students will no longer having an uncertainty in making decision. It will also increase their level of confidence in pursuing their higher education. This can help them to be more focused and successfully complete their study without changing major course. This project will use the RAD development methodology and proposed for 12 months to be completed. A session of testing has done with 25 users which come from different age to test and review the system. Many of them seem excited and happy with the existence of this system as they have the knowledge and also the guidance about their higher education. It is concludes that this project can assist student in making a right decision and enables them to identify their area of interest. This system also gives the benefits in terms of choosing the right path in students’ life and also gives the big impact in decreasing the number of students that changing major course because of the uncertainty decision at the first place.