Universiti Malaya, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Putra Malaysia have retained their status as research universities for another three years beginning this year, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said. He said the decision to retain their research university status was based on the audit report of their performance for [...]

This article was written by Mohd Khuzairi Ismail and published at Utusan Malaysia on July 20, 2010. There was a fuss sometime ago when the number of female students going to institutions of higher learning for the 2009/2010 year exceeded the male students. From the 40,366 candidates offered to do their first degree at public [...]

Seven public and 11 private institutions of higher learning (IPTs) have attained an excellent rating in the Rating System for Institutions of Higher Learning (Setara) 2009. The public IPTs are International Islamic University Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Mara, said Higher Education [...]

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has moved a step further by introducing the short message service (SMS) in its learning methods for post-graduate programmes in its School of Distance Education (SDE). SDE Pricipal Researcher (Mobile Learning) Dr Issham Ismail said masters or doctor of philosophy (PhD)-level students interested in conducting research on distance learning could obtain [...]

Students who have sat for the examination of Malaysian University English Test (MUET) mid year 2010 test can check their results from July 8, 2010. Results for MUET 2010 MUET Mid Year 2010 Results can be obtained by three methods; Through school or their respective institutions while private candidates would get it by mail. Through [...]

A total of 2,380 new students are expected to register for postgraduate programmes in the University of Malaya starting July 2, 2010. Its Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) Professor Dr Hamzah Rahman said that currently the university had around 10,000 postgraduate students, including about 25 percent international students from over 82 countries. “I must say, [...]