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20 Institute of Graduate Studies
Postgraduate Handbook

(b) Exit requirements for international candidates following courses
and/or writing thesis/dissertation in languages other than English:

(i) A band 5 for IELTS (Only Academic IELTS certificate is accepted); or
(ii) TOEFL 500 - 549

Without IELTS/TOEFL - Candidates must pass in a course in the English
language as may be determined by the Senate, before he is conferred the
Degree.

(2) Bahasa Malaysia Requirement

(a) A candidate who is a Malaysian citizen shall be required to possess at
least a pass in Bahasa Melayu or Bahasa Malaysia at the level of Sijil
Pelajaran Malaysia or a level III in the Sijil Kecekapan Bahasa Malaysia
or a Level III in the Sijil Intensif Bahasa Malaysia of the University or an
equivalent level before being conferred the Degree.
(b) International candidates shall be required to attend at a satisfactory
level a Bahasa Malaysia course that is conducted by the University
before being conferred the Degree.
However the international candidate can be exempted from taking the
Bahasa Malaysia course if the candidate possesses at least a pass in
Bahasa Melayu or Bahasa Malaysia at the level of Sijil Pelajaran
Malaysia or Level III in the Sijil Kecekapan Bahasa Malaysia or Level III
in the Sijil Intensif Bahasa Malaysia of the University or a Bahasa
Malaysia course recognised by the University.
(c) Candidates are required to register online for the course.
(d) The course must be taken not later than 2 semesters after the
candidate‘s initial registration.

Application Procedures
Applications should be submitted online at http://pgadmission.um.edu.my. All
supporting documents and proof of payment for processing fees should be
scanned and sent online together with the application.

Fees
The course fees for postgraduate candidates can be found at
http://www.ips.um.edu.my under `Fee Structure‘.

(1) Type of Fees

(a) Non-Recurring Fees (to be paid once only during candidature)
comprise of candidature, alumni, graduation and other services fees.
(b) Recurring Fees (to be paid every semester) comprise of registration,
service, health, library, welfare and recreation fees.
(c) Fees According to Programme Enrolled (based on credit hours)
comprise of tuition, examination, research and submission of
thesis/dissertation fees.