USM

Sources

• Academic schools and campuses https://www.usm.my/en/connect/web-directories/academic

  The official USM directory lists schools at the Penang Main Campus, Engineering Campus and Health Campus.

  Model elements: undergraduate provision is organised through schools in applied sciences, arts, pure arts, pure sciences, engineering and health sciences, rather than through an open university-wide bachelor curriculum.

• Undergraduate Programme International https://admission.usm.my/index.php/undergraduate/undergraduate-international

  Admission USM groups undergraduate programmes by schools and lists named degrees such as Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Management, engineering degrees, health sciences degrees, Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Dental Surgery.

  Model elements: catalog admission is into named programmes; the same page shows some broad programmes with internal specialisations, but not a general model where every student freely combines two primary programmes.

• Bachelor of Arts with Honours https://admission.usm.my/index.php/course-ug-international/us6220001-bachelor-of-arts-malay-linguistics-with-honours

  The page states that the Bachelor of Arts with Honours is offered through five specialisations: Malay Language Linguistics, English Language Studies, Geography, Literature and History.

  The first semester structure requires students to choose four introductory courses from a shared humanities set before the later semester structures diverge by specialisation.

  Model elements: this supports programChoice 2, because there is a broad programme with a documented specialisation choice after a shared introductory structure; it is not enough for programChoice 3 or 4 because the source does not show minors or a self-composed second-major route.

• Bachelor of Management with Honours https://admission.usm.my/index.php/course-ug-international/us6345001-bachelor-of-management-honours-finance-international-business-marketing-operations-management-strategy-and-organisational-management-islamic-finance-business-analytics

  The page lists Bachelor of Management variants in Business Analytics, International Business, Strategy and Organisation, Operations, Finance, Islamic Finance and Marketing.

  The curriculum includes major-based courses and a major elective in later semesters, with a 3.5-year, 7-semester normal duration.

  Model elements: it reinforces programChoice 2 through a major or specialisation structure inside one degree, but does not document double-major choice.

• Bachelor of Applied Science in Mathematics and Economics with Honours https://admission.usm.my/index.php/undergraduate/undergraduate-malaysian?view=article&id=855&catid=63

  The Malaysian admissions page describes Mathematics and Economics as a unique double-major programme offered by the School of Mathematical Sciences.

  Model elements: this is a predefined double-major degree, not evidence that USM students can routinely assemble any two primary programmes; therefore it was not used to raise programChoice to 4.

  The same source gives a 4-year, 8-semester normal duration for this programme.

• Doctor of Medicine https://admission.usm.my/index.php/course-ug-international/us6721001-doctor-of-medicine-md

  The Doctor of Medicine page describes a 5-year programme with preclinical and clinical phases.

  Model elements: it sets the upper normal duration used for bachelor and first-professional degree routes in this catalog record.

• IO@USM Mobility https://io.usm.my/index.php/mobility

  The outbound mobility section states that Student Exchange and Study Abroad let USM students spend one or two semesters at universities abroad and take regular-semester courses with a credit-transfer opportunity.

  The page distinguishes partner-university exchange from study abroad at a non-partner university of the student's choice, links a Credit Transfer Form and describes the credit-transfer process after return.

  Strict cross-registration review: this source does not prove ordinary selection of individual external courses that can be credited into the degree record. It remains mobility or transfer context, while courseChoice is lowered to 1 based on verified internal elective or optional blocks inside programmes.

• QS TopUniversities profile for Universiti Sains Malaysia https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universiti-sains-malaysia-usm

  The QS TopUniversities profile for the QS World University Rankings 2027 cycle reports 20,010 total students and UG students at 50%. On that basis, undergraduateEnrollment total is calculated as 10,005 students.

  This is a secondary aggregator source and it does not publish the student census date. It also does not split undergraduate enrollment into bachelor and other first-degree levels, so bachelor remains null. The specialist degree level does not apply to the Malaysian model.