Exemption of English Language requirement can be given for : An international applicant who has obtained a degree from any public/private institute of higher learning in Malaysia, which is recognized by MQA, and the programme is fully conducted in English; or An international applicant for a master’s degree programme from a non-native English-speaking country who has undergone his bachelor’s degree at an institution of higher learning in a native English-speaking country; or An international applicant from non-English speaking country who is applying for the PhD degree programme and has undergone a master’s degree at an Institute of higher learning in a native English-speaking country; or An applicant from any of the listed native English-speaking countries and Commonwealth countries.

LIST OF NATIVE-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY

Flag Country Flag Country Anguilla Capital: The Valley Bermuda Capital: City of Hamilton British Virgin Islands Capital: Road Town Cayman Islands Capital: George Town Gibraltar Ireland Capital: Dublin Montserrat Capital: Plymouth Turks and Caicos Islands Capital: Cockburn Town United States Capital: Washington D.C

LIST OF THE COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES

Flag Country Flag Country AFRICA Botswana Cameroon Gabon The Gambia Ghana Kenya Kingdom of Eswatini Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia     ASIA Bangladesh Brunei Darussalam India Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka CARRIBEAN AND AMERICAS Antigua and Barbuda The Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Lucia St Kitts and Nevis St Vincent and The Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago     EURUOPE Cyprus Malta United Kingdom     PACIFIC Australia Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Updated:: 18/06/2026 [aslamiah]