The Tertiary Education Sponsorship Programme is a form of convertible loans under Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) for STPM , Matriculation/foundation/Diploma graduates 2019 and equivalent who have received an offer to pursue their first degree of education in selected fields and Institutions of Higher Education (IPT) for August 2020 intake. Students who are currently pursuing their undergraduate study may also apply.

Selected higher institutions are as follow:

A. PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

B. GOVERNMENT LINKED UNIVERSITY (GLU)

1. UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS

2. UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL

3. UNIVERSITI MULTIMEDIA

C. PRIVATE HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTION

1. ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION 

2. ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

3. BERJAYA UNIVERSITY 

4. CITY UNIVERSITY 

5. HELP UNIVERSITY 

6. INFRASTRUCTURE UNIVERSITY KUALA LUMPUR 

7. INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 

8. INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 

9. KDU UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 

10. KOLEJ UNIVERSITI ISLAM ANTARABANGSA SELANGOR 

11. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 

12. MAHSA UNIVERSITY 

13. MANAGEMENT & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY 

14. NILAI UNIVERSITY 

15. PERDANA UNIVERSITY 

16. SEGI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 

17. SUNWAY UNIVERSITY 

18. TATI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 

19. TAYLORS UNIVERSITY 

20. TWINTECH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 

21. UCSI UNIVERSITY 

22. UNIVERSITI ISLAM ANTARABANGSA SULTAN ABDUL HALIM MU'ADZAM SHAH

23. UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

24. UNIVERSITY OF CYBERJAYA

25. AL MADINAH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

26. CURTIN UNIVERSITY SARAWAK MALAYSIA

27. MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

28. NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICINE MALAYSIA

29. SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SARAWAK CAMPUS

30. UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA

You may view the PDF file for TESP 2020 Application Guideline and Frequently Asked Questions here.

Applicant must meet all the below requirements

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• Malaysian
• Applicant and either one of the parents are Bumiputera
• Meet the family Sosio Economic Status (SES) eligibility requirements set by MARA
• Parents total taxable income is not more than RM180,000 a year
• If parents are self-employed or working overseas, their average monthly (gross) income must be less than RM 15,000 per month.
• Parents/Guardians and applicant are not blacklisted by MARA.
• Applicants are not receiving any financial support/sponsorship from any agency for the current study programme.
• Free from any chronic / contagious / disease that requires follow-up treatments.
• Applicant’s age limit should not exceed 40 years old at the time of application.

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

• New Student
  • Obtain CGPA > 2.75 in Foundation / Matriculation / Preparatory / STPM and equivalent
• Existing Student
  • Obtain CGPA > 2.75 in previous semester; AND
  • The remaining years of study is not less than a year
• Others
  • Pass SPM with a credit in Bahasa Melayu
  • Academic requirement for Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy programmes must meet the criteria set by professional boards

This is convertible loan which means students may apply for a reduction of repayment after graduation. In addition, these loans are not subject to any interest rates.

The application is open online at http://www.mara.gov.my from 27th August 2020 until 13th November 2020. An application is deemed complete if all information is provided. Applicants are not required to print and submit any documents to MARA until further notice. This sponsorship offer will be published in MARA website at http://www.mara.gov.my.