He said the discounts could amount to savings of more than RM100,000 per student per year.

The discounts were offered by Warwick University and Birmingham University (20%) and the University of Edinburgh (10%).

Asyraf said the Warwick discount of up to £6,000 a year would amount to RM100,000 for a typical three-year undergraduate course.

He said there are currently 1,508 Mara-sponsored students pursuing their studies in the UK.

Asyraf is in the UK for meetings with senior leadership and senior academics at the University of Cambridge, as well as several other universities.

He said the Cambridge University Trust has expressed interest in collaborating with Mara through a co-funding arrangement for postgraduate research students at the master’s and PhD levels.

Cambridge has also agreed to send a delegation to Malaysia for discussions on a joint programme for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education at Mara junior science colleges.