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THINGS TO CHECK BEFORE THE REGISTRATION OF NEW STUDENTS

1. FINANCE RESOURCE

The university is not responsible for securing any financial support to fund your studies. Therefore, you are advised to do a financial plan to avoid any issue of payment of tuition fees in the future.

Click Tuition Fees for more information.
If your sponsoring body requests an official invoice for tuition fee, please email your offer letter to bursar.student_pg@upm.edu.my.

2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

International candidates who receive a provisional offer due to English language proficiency requirements must plan accordingly. Your planning will affect finances, visa, and any other issue related to the duration of the study. For example, if you choose to join our English programme, you need to spend at least one semester before starting with the academic programme and a separate tuition fee for the English programme is compulsory to pay.

Click English Language for more information.

3. VISA REQUIREMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL

The offer of admission does not come with a student pass. As an international candidate, you need to apply for a Visa Approval Letter (VAL) at least 4 months before the registration date. The VAL process may take 30–60 days.

However, due to the pandemic COVID-19 and current circumstances that limit international students from travelling to Malaysia, the university is allowed to accept new students via online registration by ensuring all of them have made an application with EMGS. When the application reaches 35% (IM14U-Document ready for submission to Immigration), EMGS will issue an EMGS Approval Letter. With an EMGS Approval Letter, new students from overseas can proceed with online registration (PutraENROLL) before travelling to Malaysia.

Candidates who have previously applied to any institution in Malaysia are required to cancel their application from the previous institution. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is unable to issue a student pass to an applicant unless that institution has made the cancellation with the EMGS. Applicants are also required to get an original release letter from the previous institution.

Candidates who are currently in Malaysia and holding a student, employment, dependent, or another pass from another institution, organization, or company should ensure that the existing pass period is shortened by the previous institution, organization, or company.

Click here on how to apply VAL or refer to iPUTRA's website for more information.

NOTE:

Click visa for more information.
Contact: visapass_val@upm.edu.my

#Candidates/new students who are obtaining an admission offer at UPM Bintulu Campus, please contact Mr Fauzi bin Mohamad (fauzie@upm.edu.my) for assistance in relation to visa matters.

List of Faculty/Institute at UPM Bintulu Campus:
1) Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
2) Faculty of Humanities, Management and Science
3) Institute of Ecosystem Science Borneo

4. PREPARE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Scan all of the documents listed below in colour, original size, all pages, and in pdf, jpg, and jpeg formats. Candidates must upload all supporting documents to the PutraENROLL.

During the registration week, the PutraENROLL is accessible via the Applicant Portal. Please check the registration week stipulated in your offer letter/deferment letter or visit https://sgs.upm.edu.my/new students-3940 for further information https://sgs.upm.edu.my/new_students-3940 (under Important Dates for New Postgraduate Students).