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This articles concerns the educational institutions of Penang. There are 271 primary schools and 125 secondary schools in Penang.


English Schools

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...
boasts of a good system of education stretching back to the early days of the British administration. Many of the public schools in Penang are among the oldest in the country and even in the region as a whole. Most notable of these are: * Penang Free School, the oldest English school in the country. This is the former school of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the nation's founding Prime Minister, a Perlis Ruler, the legendary Malaysian actor/singer Tan Sri P.Ramlee, the present king, as well as numerous great personalities of the nation (founded in 1816 by Anglican missionaries). *
St. Xavier's Institution , motto_translation = Labour Conquers All , streetaddress = Farquhar Street, , city = George Town , state = Penang , postcode = 10200 , country = Ma ...
, also one of the oldest and most established schools in Malaysia that is at the forefront of the Malaysian education scene, both academically and co-curricularly. * Convent Light Street, also the oldest girls' school in Penang with resides side to side with
St. Xavier's Institution , motto_translation = Labour Conquers All , streetaddress = Farquhar Street, , city = George Town , state = Penang , postcode = 10200 , country = Ma ...
These pioneer schools formed the backbone of Malaysia's early education system which has educated generations of rulers, prime ministers, chief ministers, lawmakers, politicians, professionals and people of social standing.


Fully residential schools/ Sekolah berasrama penuh (SBP)

* Sekolah Menengah Sains Tun Syed Sheh Shahabudin * Sekolah Menengah Sains Kepala Batas


MARA Junior Science College

* MJSC Balik Pulau * MJSC Ulul Albab Kepala Batas * MJSC Transkrian


Chinese schools

Penang Chinese school has also long been the centre of a well-developed schooling system. These schools were set up by local Chinese associations with donations from philanthropists, and have historically attracted students from Chinese communities in Thailand and Indonesia, where Chinese education was banned. * Chung Ling High School, (founded 9 February 1917) the alma mater of Penang's ex-Chief Minister,
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
's Minister of Health and one of the key education institutions that help built the nation and the region of South East Asia. * Heng Ee School, was founded in 1952 by Datuk Father Arthur Julian, a Belgian missionary who arrived Penang from China in 1952. He established Heng Ee Primary School in 1952, followed by
Heng Ee High School Heng Ee High School ( zh, , s=恒毅国民型华文中学, t=恆毅國民型華文中學, p=, poj=Hêng-gī kok-bîn-hêng huâ-bûn tiong-o̍h; ms, Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Heng Ee) is a Chinese conforming secondary school located ...
in 1957 then 1969, Heng Ee Kindergarten. * Penang Chinese Girls' High School, founded by four prominent members of the Hokkien community, Mr Tan Sin Chen, Mr Lim Lu Teck, Mr Khor Sen Lee and Mr Cheah Seng Tin on 8 March 1920. * Union High School,(founded 1928) Union was founded by some charitable Christian believers. During 1942 Japanese colonisation, Union had been occupied by Japanese military use. One of the all-girls schools in Penang. * Jit Sin School, is founded by an organisation, Fu De Zheng Shen, in 1818. Later, the school has developed into the Jit Sin Primary School - A and B school, Jit Sin High School, Jit Sin (Private) High School and Jit Sin Kindergarten. *
Chung Hwa Confucian High School Chung Hwa Confucian High School (or 孔圣庙中华中学 in Chinese) is a Chinese conforming (national-type) secondary school located in Green Lane, Penang, Malaysia. The school is one of 10 Chinese secondary schools in Penang and also has a g ...
(founded 1904) is one of the oldest formal Chinese Schools in Malaysia and is the first to use Mandarin as the medium of instruction instead of the Chinese dialects. *
Phor Tay High School Phor Tay High School (Chinese: 菩提国民型华文中学 ; Malay: Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Phor Tay) or SMJK Phor Tay is a public, Buddhist, co-educational high school, located in Sungai Dua, Penang. It is the only Buddhist secondary ...
, (founded 1940) is the first Buddhism's school in Malaysia. *
Jit Sin High School Founded in 1918, Jit Sin High School (Malay: Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Jit Sin; ) is a co-educational Chinese vernacular secondary school in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. Background Jit Sin High School (JSHS) used to share the same compoun ...
started in 1949 and shared the same history of Jit Sin School. They have set the benchmark for all government examinations - PMR, SPM & STPM, and all kinds of inter-school competitions, especially Chinese Orchestra. *
Han Chiang School Han Chiang School () is a group of three schools in Malaysia. The first school was founded on 10 October 1919 in Jalan Lim Lean Teng, Penang. All three schools are controlled by the Han Chiang Board of Directors. Han Chiang School is also a Teoch ...
, was founded in 1919 by notable businessman
Lim Lean Teng Lim Lean Teng () was a successful businessman who established schools in Penang with his wealth. He was born in 1870 in China. He first migrated to Penang, then to British Malaya. Career Lim Lean Teng ventured into business in Penang. He was succes ...
and The Teochew Association of Penang. Today, Han Chiang consists of 3 schools:
SJK(C) Han Chiang SJKC Han Chiang ( 韩江小学) is a national-type primary school located in Lim Lean Teng Road, Penang, Malaysia. The school is known for its excellent results in the UPSR nationwide examinations. It is also considered one of the best primary ...
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Han Chiang High School Han Chiang High School (韩江中学) is a Chinese independent high school in Jalan Han Chiang, Penang, Malaysia. The school was founded in 1950 by the Teow Chew Association of Penang and a local businessman, Lim Lean Teng. Teng gave the schoo ...
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Han Chiang College Han Chiang University College of Communication, abbreviated as Han Chiang UC, is a non-profit private university college in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Han Chiang UC offers a variety of foundation, diploma and undergraduate programmes, ...
who excel in various categories. Han Chiang is also the first school in
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to provide education from primary level to college level. *
Convent Datuk Keramat , motto_translation = Simple in Virtue, Steadfast in Duty , accreditation = , rival = , mascot = , mascot image = , sports = , patron ...
, was founded by Rev. Mother Tarcisius in 1935. * Heng Ee Cawangan Bayan Baru, branches of Heng Ee high school, main school. Opened in 2017.


International schools



Dalat International School Dalat International School is an international day and boarding school in Penang, Malaysia. Founded as a boarding school for children of missionaries in Southeast Asia, it has grown into an international school with a diverse student populatio ...


The International School of Penang (Uplands)

St. Christopher's International Primary School *
Tenby International School The Tenby International School network is a group of international schools in Malaysia which was founded in 1960 and admits children aged 3–18. There are schools in Ipoh, Penang, Setia Alam, Miri, Iskandar Puteri and Selangor. A new campus at K ...


Fairview International School Fairview International School is an International Baccalaureate (IB) school that was founded in Kuala Lumpur. It was established in 1978. It moved to its headquarters in Wangsa Maju (KL) from its Ampang campus and it also has campuses in Subang ...


The Prince of Wales Island International School * Straits International School


Tertiary Education

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Universities

* Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) * Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Permatang Pauh *
Wawasan Open University Wawasan Open University, abbreviated as WOU, is a private university located in Penang, Malaysia that provides working adults with access to higher education via open distance learning (ODL). It was established in 2006 and enrolled its fir ...
(WOU) *
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin Malaysia Campus RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus (Formerly known as Penang Medical College (PMC)) is a private medical university in Penang, Malaysia. It is one of the Foreign University Branch Campus in Malaysia, in collaboration with Royal College of Surgeons i ...
(RUMC) * Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TARUC) Penang Campus *
Han Chiang University College of Communication Han Chiang University College of Communication, abbreviated as Han Chiang UC, is a non-profit private university college in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Han Chiang UC offers a variety of foundation, diploma and undergraduate programmes, ...


Private Colleges

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Adventist College of Nursing and Health Sciences The Adventist College of Nursing and Health Sciences, abbreviated as ACNHS, is a private nursing school in Penang, Malaysia and offers nurse training programs at the undergraduate level. It was established by and closely associated with Penang ...
* Cosmopoint College of Technology * DISTED College * Equator Academy of Art * FRIS Engineering Institute * Info Genius College * INTI International College Penang * Island College of Technology * KDU College Penang * Kemayan ATC * Lam Wah Ee Nursing College * Olympia College Penang * Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC) * PTPL Penang * Reliance College * RIMA College * SEGi College * Sentral College


Polytechnics

* Politeknik Seberang Perai * Politeknik Balik Pulau * Politeknik METrO Tasek Gelugor


References

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