This is a list of universities in Malaysia.

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Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

are generally categorised as

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and private universities. Private universities include locally established universities and campuses of foreign universities. The list below is classified by the two main categories, sequentially ordered by their locations according to states. For the purpose of this list, institutions of higher education that are authorised to confer their own degrees but do not have the status of universities are included under the sub-classification of university college (including institutions not classified as educational institutions under the ''Education Act 1996''). Other institutions of higher education which do not have the authority to confer their degrees are listed in a separate article. There might be some duplication in both lists as some institutions provide both bodies regulate accredited training and education in multiple sectors. In the case of institutions without official translations of their names in

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or common used name by the local media, the translation provided by the

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is used, barring which the most common usage is provided.

Public universities and polytechnics

Public universities in Malaysia are funded by the Government and are governed as self-managed institutions. Apart from the University of Malaya and the MARA University of Technology which were established by two separate enabling Acts of Parliament, Attorney General's Chambers
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, Advanced Diploma, Diploma and Special Skills Certificate.

Private universities and university colleges

The establishment of private universities and university colleges were made possible with the passage of th
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/nowiki> (Online version as at 1 December 2015) Before that, private institutions of higher learning existed but were not authorised to confer their own degrees. Instead, they acted as preparatory institutions for students to undertake courses of instructions in preparation for externally conferred degrees.

Public universities and polytechnics

Private universities and university colleges

See also

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