University

UKM

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Location

Bangi, Malaysia

Data as of

June 2026

Ranking positions

  • QS (2027) 130
  • THE (2026) 301-350

Flexibility coordinates

Program choice

Level 2

Major only

Course choice

Level 1

Restricted electives, ("1 of N")

Parameters

Program duration (bachelor's and specialist degrees):
3.5 - 5 years
Enrollment (2022):
total: 22,127

Sources

  • Undergraduate programmes https://www.ukm.my/portalukm/undergraduate/

    UKM lists undergraduate provision by faculty and school, including medicine, dentistry, science and technology, Islamic studies, economics and management, information science and technology, pharmacy, health sciences, law, education, social sciences and humanities, engineering and CITRA.

    Model elements: admission and programme discovery are organised around named degrees and faculties; the page does not describe a general open curriculum, minor system or double-major mechanism for undergraduate students.

  • Bachelor of Computer Science with Honours https://www.ukm.my/portalukm/undergraduate/computer-science/

    The official programme page states that Bachelor of Computer Science with Honours is divided into four tracks: Software Technology, Network Technology, Applied Data Science and Intelligent Machine.

    Students choose a track in the second year, and later curriculum items include specialisation courses based on the track.

    Model elements: this supports programChoice 2, because the programme has documented internal track choice after a common start; it is not enough for programChoice 3 or 4 because it does not show minors or a regular second-major route.

    The same page gives the normal duration as 3 years 6 months.

  • Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies https://www.ukm.my/portalukm/undergraduate/bachelor-of-liberal-science-citra/

    The CITRA programme page describes Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies as a separate named degree at the School of Liberal Studies, with a 2u2i structure of 2 years in the university and 2 years in industry.

    Model elements: this confirms interdisciplinary provision at UKM, but as an admitted programme rather than a university-wide freedom to combine any primary programmes; therefore it was not used to raise programChoice above 2.

    The same page supports the 4-year duration evidence for some undergraduate routes.

  • Degree in Doctor of Medicine https://www.ukm.my/portalukm/undergraduate/medicine/

    The medical programme 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.

  • Mobility at UKM https://www.ukm.my/pha/exchange/

    UKM Global states that registered full-time UKM undergraduate students can participate in outbound exchange programmes with partner universities.

    The outbound guidance tells students to review courses available at host universities, discuss degree requirements, major, graduation requirements and credit transfer with the Programme Coordinator or Deputy Dean, attend courses at the host university and apply for credit transfer at the home faculty after return.

    The same page describes outbound mobility funding for academic programmes and opportunities outside Malaysia, with physical programmes from 7 days to 2 semesters.

    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.

  • UKM main portal https://www.ukm.my/portalukm/

    The official portal identifies the institution as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, The National University of Malaysia, with the main address at 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.

  • UKM Annual Report 2022 https://www.ukm.my/portalukm/wp-content/yearlyreport/2022/PDF.pdf

    The official UKM Annual Report 2022 reports 39,524 total students, including 22,127 undergraduate students, 14,744 postgraduate students, 413 Asasi Pintar students, 2,175 postgraduate diploma students and 35 graduate diploma students.

    The undergraduateEnrollment value stores the undergraduate students line. The report 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.