Developing Egyptian University Education In Light Of Malaysia's Experience

 Research Goal
The current study aimed to identify the role of universities in the economic development in Malaysia and to benefit from studying the Malaysian model in developing the university education in Egypt for achieving economic growth.
Research Methodology 
The descriptive research approach is used for its relevance to the nature of this research. It can describe the existent educational process, collect and analyze facts and data, identify and develop relations between all educational systems, collect, interpret and tabulate related data.
Research Findings 
The study found that Malaysian university education has left a positive effect on economy through its impact on the levels of production in the country, making it one of the fundamental determinants of economic growth, as investing in education can help the country increase its production in all sectors. Malaysian leaders' interest in public and university education in particular, with the translation of this interest into national laws, regulations and plans has targeted the development of the country’s economy.
     The government's efforts with the private sector and civil society to achieve economic development goals, both in the short and long term, have sought to the enhance university education to the international standards, contributing to the success of the economic development plans in various fields.
     Malaysia has adopted a self-sufficiency policy in its attempts for development. It has never resorted to restrictive loans from other countries. Rather, it has relied on the private sector and local economy to develop their educational systems, benefitting from the great openness to the outside world and from its integration into the global economy, while maintaining the pillars of the advancement of its national economy.
     Malaysia has realized that it could not progress in isolation from the global technological development. Therefore, steps had been taken to adapt the country to the effects of political, economic and social globalization.
     Many reforms and policies have been developed to make education more competitive in the new world order, fulfilling the requirements of the new millennium. Thus, Malaysian universities have reached an excellent level of balance between quantitative expansion and quality development, in addition to relieving administrative and financial constraints on the public universities.
     Malaysia has become one of the most powerful industrial countries with political stability and economic growth featuring prominence in the present global economy.
     The Malaysian Government has taken great interest in university education since the establishment of the state with the University of Malaya being the first university in 1949.
     The Malaysian private sector has played a key role in improving university education through programs that meet the needs of the country and the requirements of the labor market following the international standards in education and the existence of highly recognized university campuses in the country. Moreover, the availability of joint programs with prestigious universities and the provision of professional and intermediate degrees, have strengthened the relationship between education and economic growth following Malaysia's independence
     Malaysia has exploited its internal resources to achieve the social and developmental goals, and to use the external conditions to meet the requirements of economic growth through trained and qualified cadres, creating awareness among society members that the goals of the country can be achieved through education. All this has contributed to the positive relationship between university education and economic progress.