Exemption of English Language requirement can be given for :

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. An applicant from any of the listed native English-speaking countries and Commonwealth countries.

Native-English Speaking Country List

Flag	Country	Flag	Country
	New Zealand Capital: Wellington		Belize Capital: Belmopan
	Australia Capital: Canberra		Jamaica Capital: Kingston
	Canada Capital: Ottawa		Bahamas Capital: Nassau
	Ireland Capital: Dublin		Saint Lucia Capital: Castries
	Grenada Capital: Saint George’s		Saint Kitts and Nevis Capital: Basseterre
	South Africa Capital: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein		Saint Vincent and Grenadines Capital: Kingstown
	United Kingdom Capital: London		Trinidad and Tobago Capital: Port of Spain
	United States Capital: Washington D.C
	Antigua and Barbuda Capital: Saint John’s
	Barbados Capital: Bridgetown

The Commonwealth Countries

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

Updated:: 06/03/2025 [sharifahaishah]