ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

Effective from Second Semester 2018/2019 (February 2019) intake, the English requirements has been updated and all International candidates must have IELTS or TOEFL before being allowed to enroll into the postgraduate program.

 

1. FULL ADMISSION: For applicants with one of the following:- 

  • Band of 6.0 and above in IELTS (Academic); or
  • 550 for the TOEFL Paper-based Test (Academic Version); or
  • 79 and above for TOEFL Internet-based Test (Academic Version).
  • Band 4.0 for IELTS (Academic Training) or 400 for the TOEFL Paper-based Test (Academic Version) only for Malay Language Studies, Arabic, Chinese Literature programme or any other programmes that allow a thesis to be written in the language of instruction.

 

2.  PROVISIONAL ADMISSION: Applicant who meet one of the following:-

  1. 500-549 for the TOEFL Paper-based Test (Academic);  or
  2. 61 for TOEFL Internet – based; or
  3. Band 5.5 for IELTS (Academic); 

And must register and pass the Postgraduate Intensive English 2 Programme (PIE 2) offered by the Centre for the Advancement of Language Competence (CALC) UPM.

The fee structure for PIE 2 is shown below for all programmes. 

Code

Title

Credit Hours

PIE 2410

Academic Reading And Comprehension

3

PIE 2411

Public Speaking And Presentation Skills

3

PIE 2412

  Academic Writing Skills

3

PIE 2413

  Grammar For Writing

3

TOTAL FEE

RM2,900

   

Note:
TOEFL ITP is not acceptable.
The validity period of TOEFL (Academic Version)/IELTS (Academic Version) should not be more than five (5) years.

Without any of the above English proficiency certificate, accepted students to UPM postgraduate programmes would be issued with a provisional offer letter to fulfil the English Language requirements.