Statistics released by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) 2013 : Malaysia has 414 private colleges, 37 private universi­ties, 20 university-colleges and seven foreign branch campuses nationwide to date.

Malaysia believed that education was a key backbone sectors in the country that would leave consequential impact towards other industries.

The Education National Key Economic Area (NKEA) has been targeted to more than double the total gross national income to RM60.7 billion by 2020 from the current RM27.1 million seen in 2012.

Continuing on its decade-long trend of gross domestic product (GDP) growth (of 6.8 per cent per year on average from 2000 to 2009), the education sector of Malaysia has been the subject of a renewed focus for the government, as well as from private investors both in Malaysia and abroad.
 

The Malaysian higher education sector has grown tremendously to becoming an educational hub for excellence in the Asian region.

Malaysia today is the world’s 11th largest exporter of educational services with over 90,000 international students from over 100 nations studying at its schools, colleges, university colleges and universities.
This has been achieved due to the Government’s dedicated efforts in strengthening competitiveness and championing Malaysia’s international education brand in its endeavors to achieve a high-income nation status by 2020.

Under the stewardship of the Higher Education Ministry, the vision of the Government was to create a higher education environment that fosters the development of academic and institutional excellence in order for Malaysia to secure its position as a global education hub.
 

In 2011, the Higher Education Ministry set a target of attracting 85,000 international students to the growing number of private education institutions, but surpassed this by achieving a 93,000 international student enrolment rate.

The Ministry’s success in this initiative has been characterised not only through achieving the target for student enrolment but also in simplifying and facilitating an administrative environment for the international student community to gain support and ease of entry into the system.



Education Malaysia Global Services facilitate and administer a faster visa processing services for international students offers a supportive environment for students who choose to study here.

The online registration and application streamlined all international applications under the Student Application and Registration System (STARS).”

 

Malaysia has the following
higher education opportunities
for secondary students:

Abbreviation

Name of Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia

University education in Malaysia is not free and as the cost of education rises, it is important to plan ahead and consider
the various options that are available to help finance your education. The most common forms of financial aid are
scholarships (need not have to repay), study loans (need to repay and usually with interest) and waiver of tuition fee by
the educational institutions.


Funding of your higher education which include the Scholarship from the Public Service Department (JPA); Scholarship Division of the Ministry of Higher Education, The STAR Education Fund, MAPCU Scholarship Programme, Sin Chew Education Fund, PTPTN study loans, EPF Education Withdrawal Scheme, SOCSO Loan for Dependent Children, Kuok Foundation, and many others.


1 - The Public Service Department (JPA) Local & Overseas Sponsorship Programmes

1 - Ministry of Higher Education - Scholarship Division

2- National Higher Education Fund  (Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional - PTPTN Fund, Ministry of Higher Education)

3 - Yayasan Tunku Abdul Rahman Scholarship

3 - Khazanah Scholarship Awards

4 - Kuok Foundation

4 - Tun Hussein Onn Memorial Postgraduate Scholarship in Law Tenable at University of Malaya

5 - The Star Education Fund

6 - The Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities (MAPCU) Scholarship

7 - Sin Chew Daily Education Fund

7 - Kojadi Education Loan

8 - Employees Provident Fund (Account II) Withdrawal Scheme for Education

9 -The Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) Education Fund