FAQ Undergraduate International Admission

Applicant must obtain:

• Band of 5.0 and above in IELTS (Academic) ; or
• Score of 500 (PBT), 173 (CBT) or 60 (IBT) and above in TOEFL; or
• Band of 3 and above in Malaysian University English Test (MUET); or
• Score 41 and above in Pearson Test of Academic English (PTE Academic); or
• Grade C and above in English for General Certificate of Education (A Level), University of Cambridge
• Grade C and above in English for General Certificate of Secondary Education (O Level), University of Cambridge;or
• Grade C and above in Cambridge Assessment English: First (FCE)

Two Semester/Intake:

17 June (for Semester I, September intake) &

11 November (for Semester II, February intake)

All applications must be submitted online via e-application.  Please click here

Every online application will be sent directly to the respective faculties for evaluation and only successful applicants will be offered to study in Universiti Malaya. All successful applicants will be notified via EMAIL.

Please refer to the list of programmes offered for UG International students at Study website https://study.um.edu.my

For information regarding tuitions fees, please refer to the respective pages of Study website at https://study.um.edu.my

The payment can be made by semester. Please refer to our website for average of payment for each programme and semester.

You may pay your tuition fees 1-2 weeks after registration and commencement of classes.

It is not allowed to change programme after receiving the offer letter. To do so, student need to apply again for the programme that he/she is interested to change to. Please note that the decision of acceptance is subject to the Faculty’s discretion.

We regret to inform you that we do not offer the transferee or Continued Studies to International Students as per the policies and regulations in UM. However if you would like to apply for the credit transfer, you have to apply into undergraduate program in UM. After you got the approval of the admission into UM, you can apply for credit transfer upon admission should you be eligible.

A complete online application should have:

The documents must be certified by:

The length of time required for the completion of a programme depends on the programme.

In general, the minimum and maximum duration are as follows :

All International students accepted into any program will also be required to undergo a course in the Malay language (local language) during their studies in UM prior to completion of their programme.

Yes you still can apply, but you need to prepare for your English certificate and the accepted applicant need to provide the required TOEFL or IELTS or other equivalent examinations indicating English proficiency certificate within stipulated deadline.

Every online application will be processed by respective faculties within 4 – 8 weeks. All successful applicants will be notified via email.

We do not offer scholarship to the Undergraduate International Students.

The application fee is RM300 per application.  It should be paid using FPX, Credit/Debit Card, Flywire before submitting an application.

We do not offer foundation degree program to International Students, as this course is strictly offered for local students. Nevertheless, you may also choose to apply for other courses that we offer for international students from the list that you can find through the https://study.um.edu.my/.

We can be contactable at:-

        Telephone: +603-7967 7715 or +603-7967 7717 

        Fax             : +603-7967 3449/3581

        Email          : skp_aasc@um.edu.my 

        Website       : https://aasc.um.edu.my/