Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM / Science University of Malaysia)

Country

Malaysia (MY)

City

Penang

Control

public

Language

Bahasa Malaysia + English (HE bilingual medium)

Accreditation

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE / Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia) operating jointly with the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA / Agensi Kelayakan Malaysia, established 2007 by Act 679 of 2007 by merger of LAN — Lembaga Akreditasi Negara — and the Quality Assurance Division of MOHE). MQA administers the Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF) and operates the MQA Register of accredited HEIs and programmes. The Department of Higher Education (JPT / Jabatan Pendidikan Tinggi) handles operational HE management. Malaysia's top 5 public universities have been formally designated as "Research Universities" (Universiti Penyelidikan / RU) since 2006-2010 with enhanced research funding and autonomy: UM, USM, UKM, UPM, and UTM. Beyond RUs, Malaysian HE includes ~20 other public universities, several foreign branch campuses (Monash, Nottingham, Swinburne, Heriot-Watt, Reading, Newcastle, Xiamen), and a large private-HE sector.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-14.

Source

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM / Science University of Malaysia) — collector batch + MQA / MOHE Malaysia cross-verification (Day 14) · tier: tier_2_directory

Website

https://www.usm.my

Founded 1969 (chartered as Universiti Pulau Pinang on 4 June 1969 by Act of Parliament; renamed Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1971 — Malaysia's SECOND university and FIRST university outside Kuala Lumpur; main campus on Penang Island). Malaysia's premier science-and-technology-focused public research university. Founded 4 June 1969 as Universiti Pulau Pinang (University of Penang Island) — Malaysia's SECOND university and FIRST outside Kuala Lumpur. Renamed Universiti Sains Malaysia (Science University of Malaysia) in 1971 to reflect its broader science-and-technology mission. ~30,000+ students across THREE distinct campuses: Main Campus Minden on Penang Island (humanities, sciences, business), Health Campus Kubang Kerian in Kelantan (medical, nursing, dentistry), and Engineering Campus Nibong Tebal in Penang state mainland. 26 schools including the Schools of Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, Computer Sciences, Industrial Technology, Management, Communication, Educational Studies, Languages Literacies and Translation, Humanities, Social Sciences, Distance Education (USM was a Malaysian distance-education pioneer), and the School of Medical Sciences (Kubang Kerian) and 6 Engineering Schools (Nibong Tebal). Designated APEX University 2008 — the only Malaysian university with this designation, granting enhanced autonomy. Designated RESEARCH UNIVERSITY (RU) by MOHE.

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