All International applicants from countries where English is not a medium of instruction must have obtained a minimum score of 550 for TOEFL or 6 for IELTS. This requirement is not applicable to applicant applying for admission into the Malay Languages Studies.

Provisional admission may be granted to an applicant who obtained a score of 500 – 549 for TOEFL or Band 5 – 5.5 for IELTS or its equivalent, who upon registration is required to enroll and pass the Tertiary English Programme conducted by the University.  An applicant with a TOEFL score lower than 500 or IELTS lower than Band 5 shall not be considered for admission.  An Applicant with a degree from any Malaysian public university who has fulfilled the English requirement for that degree shall be exempted from such a requirement.