More than 5,000 international students accepted at UiTM since 2019

 

Zambry Abdul Kadir said the increase in international student enrolment at UiTM is in line with its goal of becoming a globally renowned university by 2025.

PETALING JAYA: 

Higher education minister Zambry Abdul Kadir said a total of 5,571 international students have been accepted to study at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) from 2019 to 2023.

In a written parliamentary reply to Pang Hok Liong (PH-Labis), Zambry said international student admission is one of the requirements for UiTM to be included in the QS World University Rankings, an annual ranking of universities based on eight key indicators.

“For example, in 2019, UiTM was ranked 751st-800th and moved to 555th in 2023 in the QS World University Rankings.

The admission of international students is also one of the elements measured in the Malaysia Research Assessment, also known as MyRA,

 he said.

Zambry said UiTM only accepts international students for its postgraduate level courses.

He said the university accepted 1,634 international students in 2023, 1,873 in 2022, 1,241 in 2021, 547 in 2020 and 276 in 2019.

He said the increase in international student enrolment at UiTM shows that the university is increasingly becoming a choice for international students, which is in line with the university’s goal of becoming a globally renowned university by 2025. - FMT