Scholarships and funding
Find out more about scholarships and country-specific funding
Representatives in your country
See details of our representatives, who can give advice about studying here
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Entry requirements
This information is for general guidance only; entry requirements vary for different courses. For more specific details, please visit the relevant course web page or contact the admissions office for your chosen subject area .
Foundation year entry requirements
If you do not have the traditional entry requirements for our undergraduate courses, you may be able to qualify by doing one of our foundation programmes first. To find out more, visit our foundation years page or contact the International Office team .
Undergraduate entry requirements
To be considered for a place on one of our undergraduate (bachelors) degrees, you will need:
| Unified Examination Certificate (UEC), Senior Middle Level with 5 A grades or distinctions only |
| Science Matriculation Programme for Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths degree only; the minimum GPA should be 3.5 measured across the whole study programme, plus a minimum C+ grade in English language examination (curriculum 1119) and passes in written and oral English Matriculation programme tests |
| Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) grade A's and B's with Pre-University grades at 85%. All students will be considered on an individual basis |
Postgraduate entry requirements
| Masters programmes |
Bachelors degree awarded by a recognised institution with a GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 UK 1st degree equivalent: 1st or GPA 3.5 - GPA 3.3 depending on awarding institution |
| PhD programmes |
Good grades in bachelors and masters degrees awarded by a recognised university, and a strong research proposal |
English language entry requirements
You will need to be able to demonstrate the required level of English language proficiency. Students from the Malaysia who have achieved SPM 1119 Grade C+ or Cambridge O Level C+ may be exempted from additional English language requirements.
Find out more about our English language requirements and support .
The Malaysian student community
We are pleased to welcome students from Malaysia to the University each year.
Student-run clubs and societies
Getting involved in clubs and societies is a great way to meet other students from your country and from around the world. There are many societies run by the University's Students' Union (SUSU) for different interests, religions, sports and academic groups. You may be interested in visiting their Facebook page .
Visit the University of Southampton Students' Union (SUSU) website for more information about clubs and societies .
The Malaysian student community
We welcomed 281 students from your country in 2013/14.
Find out more
Links to external websites
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Key facts
University of Southampton Malaysia opened in October 2012 and offers undergraduate Engineering degrees split across our Malaysia campus and the UK campuses, as well as PhD research.