Budget 2027’s campus wins are on their way through Parliament
Every ringgit in the first four parts of this series is now on its way through Parliament. It becomes law once the Dewan Rakyat, Parliament’s lower house, passes the Supply Bill…
Education
Budget 2027 gives Malaysia’s universities RM19.1 billion, and their students a lighter load
Better lecture halls, better hostel rooms and new equipment. Those were the three things Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim named on 9 October, when he tabled Budget 2027 in the Dewan Rakyat, Malaysia’s…
Nearly six in ten entrants to public universities chose STEM. But more than a quarter of Malaysia’s critical occupations sit below degree level
A total of 326,419 diploma and first-degree students entered science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programmes at Malaysia’s public universities between 2023 and March 2026, out of 556,556 entrants, or nearly six in ten…
Education and ICT: the two fields to watch in Malaysia’s 2025 graduate employment numbers
Malaysia’s Graduate Employment rate (GE) held steady in 2025, at 92.3% against 92.5% in 2024, according to the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)…
Inside Malaysia’s graduate tracer study: what the 92.3% employment rate counts, and where pay comes in
Malaysia’s graduate employment rate sits in the low nineties, and the number repays a closer look…
One in three, and two in three under 25: what DOSM’s latest numbers say about skill-related underemployment
Two in three of Malaysia’s working graduates aged 24 and below hold jobs below their qualification level, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). Across all age groups, the national rate is edging…
Two blueprints, two league tables: how Malaysia’s 2015–2025 and 2026–2035 higher education plans measure global standing
Malaysia’s universities have just switched plans. The Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015–2025 (Higher Education), known as MEB (HE), concluded last year. Its successor, the Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint 2026–2035 (MHEB), also known as Rancangan Pendidikan…
THE World University Rankings 2027, decoded: how UM, UTP, and Sunway climbed
If you run a university research office, someone has probably asked you what actually moved this year. Three Malaysian universities now hold exact positions in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027…
Universiti Malaya cracks the THE World University Rankings top 200. Here’s where Malaysia now sits on the Asian ladder
For years, the global top 200 was the line Malaysian universities talked about and never quite reached. On 30 September, Universiti Malaya (UM) reached it…
The 11 Gaps Malaysia Says Its Higher Education System Still Has
For a document shaped by 8,226 stakeholder inputs, the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) doesn’t shy away from listing what isn’t working in its own Higher Education Blueprint. A few pages into the executive summary…
