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TAR UMT was established as Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TAR College) in 1969 and subsequently Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) in 2013. Its latest identity as TAR UMT is adopted following from the upgrade to university status in 2022.
For over five decades, our Beyond Education philosophy aims to provide our students with a learning experience that is beyond academic knowledge and skills. TAR UMT Main Campus strategically located in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Meanwhile, its branches in Penang, Perak, Johor, Pahang, and Sabah are purpose-built complete with state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities for learning and teaching.
We offer programmes ranging from Foundation, diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels that are widely recognised by the academia and industries for their depth and breadth of scope and academic rigor. We offer more than 200 programmes covering a wide range of disciplines from accountancy, finance, business, economics to engineering, built environment, applied sciences, ICT as well as mass communication, creative arts, social science, and hospitality management.
With an alumni body of close to 300,000, many of our graduates have made their mark in the world as industry captains, successful entrepreneurs, and national leaders. Today, TAR UMT has a student population of close to 29,000 including international students from more than 20 countries.
The University has been conferred numerous scholastic awards and recognitions such as Premier Digital Tech Institution status by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) in 2017, 2019 and 2021 and SETARA 5-Star rating (University College category) for the year 2018/2019.
TAR UMT offers programmes at pre-university, diploma, Bachelor’s degree and postgraduate levels that are widely recognised by the academia and industries for their depth and breadth of scope and academic rigor.
Today, TAR UMT has a student population of about 28,000 including international students from more than 20 countries enrolling in close to 200 programmes over a wide range of disciplines from foundation and A-Levels to accountancy, finance, business, economics, engineering, built environment, applied sciences, ICT as well as mass communication, creative arts, social science and hospitality management.
Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT) Merit Scholarship is awarded to outstanding students in the form of tuition fee waiver of up to 100%.
Candidates with actual results who apply for admissions into the University College programmes and who meet the scholarship eligibility criteria will be automatically offered the TAR University College Merit Scholarship.
The scholarship is tenable for the duration of the programme, subject to scholar’s satisfactory academic performance on a semester basis and good conduct.
Qualification | Criteria | Waiver of Tuition Fee |
---|---|---|
STPM/A-Levels | 3As | 100% |
Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) | 8As | |
Canadian Pre-University (CPU) | ≥ 95% ( for all subjects with a minimum of 6 subjects) | |
South Australian Matriculation (SAM) / Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) / Higher School Certificate (HSC) | ≥ ATAR 95 | |
TAR UMT Diploma*/ TAR UMT Foundation*/Matriculation *straight passes in all courses (including co-curriculum courses for Diploma) |
CGPA ≥ 3.8500 | |
STPM/A-Levels | 2As | 50% |
Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) | 7As | |
Canadian Pre-University (CPU) | ≥ 90% ( for all subjects with a minimum of 6 subjects) | |
South Australian Matriculation (SAM) / Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) / Higher School Certificate (HSC) | ≥ ATAR 90 | |
TAR UMT Diploma*/ TAR UMT Foundation*/Matriculation *straight passes in all courses (including co-curriculum courses for Diploma). |
CGPA ≥3.7500 | |
UEC | 6As | 25% |
UEC | 5As | 20% |
Including A-
Merit scholarship is for full-time programmes.
Note: There shall be NO upward adjustment even if scholars obtained a higher CGPA threshold thereafter.
Qualification | Criteria | Waiver of Tuition Fee |
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SPM | Minimum 8A+/A | 100% |
O Level | Minimum 8As | |
SPM | 8As* | 50% |
O Level | 7As | |
SPM | 7As* | 25% |
O Level | 6As | |
SPM | 6As* | 20% (Foundation programmes only) |
SPM | 5As* | 15% (Foundation programmes only) |
*SPM As: A+/A/A-
Merit scholarship is for full-time programmes.
Note: There shall be NO upward adjustment even if scholars obtained a higher CGPA threshold thereafter.
Foundation
Diploma, Bachelor Degree
*SPM Trial exam results are accepted for June intake.
Foundation
Selected Diploma / Bachelor Degree programmes only