CIRCULARS OF MOHE
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CIRCULARS OF MQA
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STANDARDS
PRESCRIBED BY
OTHER
PROFESSIONAL
BODIES
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4
24
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4
13
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• Yet to run programme
• Verify compliance of design and preparatory arrangement to standards
Provisional Accreditation
•Towards the end of
program’s first cycle
•Verify compliance
of delivery to
standards
Full accreditation • At least once in
every 5 years
• Maintenance of MQF compliance
• Enhancement
Maintenance
Audit
PROGRAMME ACCREDITATION
MQA Circular No. 4/2017
Policy on Quality Assurance of Foreign
Programs Delivered through Collaborations
with Local HEPs
MQA Notification Letter No. 6/2018
Guideline to Choosing Foreign HEPs as
Franchisors for HEPs in Malaysia
MQA Advisory Note No. 7/2016
Guideline for Flexible Education in
Program Delivery
MOE Circular No. 2/2017
Policy on Collaborative Programs at
Private Higher Education Providers
(HEPs).
MQA Advisory Note No. 1/2017
Standard terminology for Joint Degree
and Double Degree
MQA Advisory Note No. 4/2017
Credit Transfers – Towards Richer and Diverse
Student Learning Experiences
MQA Public Statement No. 3/2018
Dual awards
MQA Public Statement No. 2/2018
Bogus Universities and Fake Qualifications
RELATED CIRCULAR/GUIDELINES
Dual Awards vs Double Degree
• Malaysian HEPs must provide clear and adequate info about the nature
of awards and their conferment representations through the scroll or
the transcript and/or the Malaysian Qualification Statement (MQS).
• Students should be informed how they could communicate two awards
to potential users of the qualifications.
Bogus Universities and Fake Qualifications
• HEPs are to carefully examine the authenticity of qualifications
tendered by prospective students and academic staff.
• List of useful websites:
Geteducated – Diploma Mill Policy
Degree Mills:An Old Problem and a New Threat
Diploma and Accreditation Mills
University Grants Commission (UGC) India
56%(118)
44%(94)
Fully
Accredited
Other Collaborative Programmes
UK Collaborative Programmes
56%(292)
44%(228)
Provisionally
Accredited
Other Collaborative Programmes
UK Collaborative Programmes
5 out of 10are UK Branch Campuses
Level of Qualification Social Sciences Science &
Medicine
Engineering &
Technology
Arts & Humanities
Branch
Campus
Franchise Branch
Campus
Franchise Branch
Campus
Franchise Branch
Campus
Franchise
Foundation 3 - 3 - 4 - 1 -
Postgraduate Certificate
(Level 3 MQF) /- - - - - - 2 -
Postgraduate Diploma
(Level 4 MQF)1 - - - - - 1 -
Bachelor’s (Level 6 MQF) 21 94 15 8 54 45 18 46
Master’s (Level 7 MQF) 29 32 8 4 29 11 18 -
PhD (Level 8 MQF) 5 - 4 - 6 - 4 -
Total 59 126 30 12 93 56 44 46
UK PROGRAMMES IN MALAYSIA
TNE REVIEW SAMPLE(MQA AS OBSERVER)
No. UK Institution Malaysian Partner Type
1. Coventry University Tunku Abdul Rahman University College
Dual Awards
2. Aberystwyth University Brickfields Asia College Franchise Program
3. Lancaster University Sunway University Dual Awards
4. University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham Malaysia
Branch
5. Anglia Ruskin University
MAHSA University Dual Awards
6. SEGI College University of Greenwich
Franchise Program