Malaysia's highest-ranked technical university
158th in the world in the QS rankings for 2027, and first in Malaysia in the 2025 QS subject rankings for architecture, mining, civil engineering and chemical engineering.
Johor Bahru & Kuala LumpurUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia
Malaysia's leading public engineering university
A public research university with its main campus in Skudai, Johor, and a branch in Kuala Lumpur. Engineering in all its branches is its core, alongside architecture, computing and research degrees.
- QS World ranking
- #158 (2027)
- Students
- 32,004
- International students
- 4,852
- Alumni from
- 102 countries
Overview
The strongest option for a research degree in engineering
Most of its offering is postgraduate and much of it research-based. Public university fees are lower, but entry is harder and the language and grade requirements higher — we check your file against them before you apply.
42 programmes listed on this page
Programmes
Programmes on offer
Programme names appear in English exactly as the university awards them — and as they'll appear on your offer letter and certificate.
* Programme availability changes between intakes. Contact us to confirm the course you're interested in and current start dates.
Highlights
Why UTM?
Nearly five thousand international students
Of 32,004 students, 4,852 are international — roughly one in seven, a high proportion for a Malaysian public university.
The Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology
An institute inside the university teaching to the Japanese engineering model in partnership with Japanese universities, alongside the Azman Hashim International Business School.
A standalone Faculty of Artificial Intelligence
One of the few universities to give artificial intelligence a full faculty of its own alongside the Faculty of Computing — a signal of where its investment is going.
Next step
Is UTM the right fit? Let's check together.
We'll review your grades, the entry requirements and current fees — and tell you plainly if another university suits you better.
