University Putra Malaysia (UPM; formally known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia or College of Agriculture Malaya or School of Agriculture) is recognized by the independent government assessments as one of Malaysia’s leading research universities offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses with a focus on agricultural sciences and its related fields. UPM’s main campus is in central Peninsular Malaysia, close to the capital city, Kuala Lumpur and next to Malaysia’s administrative capital city, Putrajaya.
UPM offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in most fields such as science, engineering, medicine, veterinary medicine, business and social science. It was ranked as the joint 229th best university in the world in 2017 by Quacquarelli Symonds and it was ranked 36th in Best Asian Universities and the 2nd best university in Malaysia.
Intake dates for admission are as follows:
| Main Semesters | ||
| Documents by | Semester | Semester Begins |
| 30 October | 1st | February |
| 30 May | 2nd | September |
The following table shows the programs and tuition fees for all academic courses:
| Academic Programs – UPM | ||
| Course | Yrs of Study | Tuition /Year |
| * LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 2 | 37500 |
| * PLANTATION MANAGEMENT | 2 | 37500 |
| AGRIBUSINESS | 2 | 20000 |
| AGRICULTURAL BOTANY | 2 | 20000 |
| AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 2 | 20000 |
| AGRONOMY | 2 | 20000 |
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELFARE | 2 | 20000 |
| ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS | 2 | 20000 |
| ANIMAL NUTRITION | 2 | 20000 |
| ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| ANIMAL PRODUCTION | 2 | 20000 |
| ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| AQUACULTURE AND MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| AQUACULTURE GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION | 2 | 20000 |
| AQUACULTURE NUTRITION | 2 | 20000 |
| ENTOMOLOGY MASTER OF SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| FISH HEALTH MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| MEAT SCIENCES | 2 | 20000 |
| PEST MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| PLANTATION MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| PRECISION AGRICULTURE | 2 | 20000 |
| SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| SOIL FERTILITY AND PLANT NUTRITION | 2 | 20000 |
| SOIL SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| WEED SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences | ||
| AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 2 | 20000 |
| AGRONOMY | 2 | 20000 |
| ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| AQUACULTURE | 2 | 20000 |
| AQUATIC BIOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| BIOCHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| ENTOMOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| FOREST REHABILITATION | 2 | 20000 |
| FORESTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| HORTICULTURE | 2 | 20000 |
| 2LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| MARINE ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| MATERIALS SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| MICROBIOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| SOIL SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology | ||
| *MASTER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE | 2 | 25000 |
| COMPUTER GRAPHICS | 2 | 20000 |
| COMPUTER NETWORKS | 2 | 20000 |
| DATABASE SYSTEMS | 2 | 20000 |
| INFORMATION RETRIEVAL | 2 | 20000 |
| INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 2 | 20000 |
| INTELLIGENT COMPUTING | 2 | 20000 |
| KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION RETRIEVAL | 2 | 20000 |
| MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS | 2 | 20000 |
| PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING | 2 | 20000 |
| PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS | 2 | 20000 |
| SECURITY IN COMPUTING | 2 | 20000 |
| SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Faculty of Design and Architecture | ||
| *MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | 2 | 23000 |
| ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES | 2 | 20000 |
| INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIES | 2 | 20000 |
| LANDSCAPE STUDIES | 2 | 20000 |
| URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Faculty of Management and Economics | ||
| *MASTER OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS | 2 | 25000 |
| *MASTER OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS | 2 | 25000 |
| *MASTER OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS | 2 | 25000 |
| *MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | 2 | 25000 |
| *MASTER OF NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | 2 | 25000 |
| BUSINESS ECONOMICS | 2 | 18000 |
| ECONOMICS | 2 | 18000 |
| HOSPITALITY | 2 | 18000 |
| TOURISM | 2 | 18000 |
| PHD | 3 | 26000 |
| Faculty of Management and Business | ||
| *MBA – MARKETING | 2 | 44500 |
| *MBA – FINANCE | 2 | 44500 |
| *MBA – INTERNTIONAL BUSINESS | 2 | 44500 |
| *HUMAN RESOURSE MANAGEMENT | 2 | 44500 |
| *GENERAL MANAGEMENT | 2 | 40000 |
| PHD | 3 | 55000 |
| Faculty of Educational Studies | ||
| *MASTER OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF SPORTS SCIENCE | 2 | 23000 |
| MASTER OF TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND *LANGUAGE | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF TEACHING OF MALAY AS A FIRST LANGUAGE | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION | 2 | 23000 |
| CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION | 2 | 18000 |
| EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION | 2 | 18000 |
| EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2 | 18000 |
| EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 18000 |
| EXTENSION EDUCATION | 2 | 18000 |
| HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT | 2 | 18000 |
| MORAL EDUCATION | 2 | 18000 |
| SPORTS SCIENCE | 2 | 18000 |
| TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE | 2 | 18000 |
| TEACHING OF MALAY AS A FIRST LANGUAGE | 2 | 18000 |
| TEACHING OF MALAY LITERATURE | 2 | 18000 |
| TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION | 2 | 18000 |
| PHD | 3 | 26000 |
| Faculty of Engineering | ||
| *MASTER OF EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND PLANNING | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 23000 |
| MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY *MANAGEMENT | 2 | 23000 |
| MASTER OF HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION *ENGINEERING | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF INNOVATION AND ENGINEERING DESIGN | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF PROCESS SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION | 2 | 23000 |
| *MASTER OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS | 2 | 23000 |
| *2MASTER OF WATER ENGINEERING | 2 | 23000 |
| AEROSPACE ENGINEERING | – | – |
| AGRICULTURAL MECHANISATION AND AUTOMATION | 2 | 20000 |
| AGRICULTURAL PROCESS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| AGRICULTURAL WASTE ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORK ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| COMPUTER AND EMBEDDED SYSTEM ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING | 2 | 20000 |
| CONTROL AND AUTOMATION ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| ELECTRICAL POWER ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| FARM STRUCTURES | 2 | 20000 |
| FOOD ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| GIS AND GEOMATIC ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| MATERIALS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| PACKAGING ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| PHOTONICS AND FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| PROCESS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| PROJECT MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| REMOTE SENSING | 2 | 20000 |
| SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| SANITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| SMART TECHNOLOGY AND ROBOTICS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| SOIL AND WATER ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| SPATIAL INFORMATION ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Faculty of Environmental Studies | ||
| *MASTER OF ENVIRONMENT | 2 | 25000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND MODELLING | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND CONSERVATION | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Faculty of Food Science and Technology | ||
| *MASTER OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| FOOD MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| FOOD SAFETY | 2 | 20000 |
| FOOD SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| FOOD SERVICE | 2 | 20000 |
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Faculty of Science | ||
| *MASTER OF APPLIED STATISTICS | 2 | 29000 |
| ALGEBRA | 2 | 20000 |
| ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| APPLIED MATHEMATICS | 2 | 20000 |
| APPLIED OPTICS | 2 | 20000 |
| APPLIED RADIATION | 2 | 20000 |
| BIOSTATISTICS | 2 | 20000 |
| CATALYSIS | 2 | 20000 |
| CHEMICAL BIOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| COLLOID CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS | 2 | 20000 |
| DIELECTRICS SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| ELECTROCHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS | 2 | 20000 |
| GRAPH THEORY | 2 | 20000 |
| INFERENCE AND DIAGNOSTIC | 2 | 20000 |
| MAGNETIC MATERIALS | 2 | 20000 |
| MARINE ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| MATERIALS CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| MATERIALS SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| MICROWAVES | 2 | 20000 |
| MULTIMEDIA PHYSICS | 2 | 20000 |
| MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS | 2 | 20000 |
| NANOSCIENCES | 2 | 20000 |
| PLANT AND ANIMAL GENETICS | 2 | 20000 |
| POLYMER CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| PURE MATHEMATICS | 2 | 20000 |
| SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTATION | 2 | 20000 |
| THEORETICAL PHYSICS | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Faculty of Medicine and Health Science | ||
| *MASTER OF MEDICINE – PAEDIATRICS | 2 | 13000 |
| *MASTER OF MEDICINE -PSYCHIATRY | 2 | 13000 |
| *MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2 | 13000 |
| MASTER OF MEDICINE | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 37000 |
| Faculty of Modern Language and Communication | ||
| *MASTER OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS | 2 | 21000 |
| *MASTER OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATION | 2 | 21000 |
| *MASTER OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 2 | 21000 |
| *MASTER OF MALAY LANGUAGE | 2 | 21000 |
| *MASTER OF MALAY LITERATURE | 2 | 21000 |
| *MASTER OF WORLD LITERATURE | 2 | 21000 |
| APPLIED COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS | 2 | 18000 |
| ARABIC LANGUAGE | 2 | 18000 |
| CHINESE LITERATURE | 2 | 18000 |
| CULTURAL AND LITERARY STUDIES | 2 | 18000 |
| DISCOURSE STUDIES | 2 | 18000 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 2 | 18000 |
| ENGLISH LITERATURE | 2 | 18000 |
| LITERACY STUDIES | 2 | 18000 |
| MALAY LANGUAGE | 2 | 18000 |
| MALAY LITERATURE | 2 | 18000 |
| 2TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION | 2 | 18000 |
| COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 18000 |
| DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION | 2 | 18000 |
| HUMAN COMMUNICATION | 2 | 18000 |
| JOURNALISM | 2 | 18000 |
| ORGANISATIONAL COMMUNICATION | 2 | 18000 |
| PHD | 3 | 26000 |
| Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | ||
| MASTER OF VETERINARY PRACTIVE | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 37000 |
| Faculty of Foresty | ||
| FOREST BIOTECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| FOREST BOTANY | 2 | 20000 |
| FOREST ECONOMICS AND POLICY | 2 | 20000 |
| FOREST MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION | 2 | 20000 |
| RECREATION AND ECOTOURISM SERVICES | 2 | 20000 |
| RECREATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| URBAN FORESTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| WOOD COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| 2WOOD INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Faculty of Human Ecology | ||
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| CONSUMER SCIENCE | 2 | 20000 |
| DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| FAMILY ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| HOUSING | 2 | 20000 |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| MUSIC | 2 | 20000 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND CIVILIZATION STUDIES | 2 | 20000 |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT | 2 | 20000 |
| SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD | 3 | 33000 |
| Institute of Advanced Technology | ||
| ADVANCED MATERIALS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| ENERGY ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| GREEN ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| NANOMATERIALS | 2 | 20000 |
| NANOSCIENCES | 2 | 20000 |
| NANOTECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| SMART SENSING MATERIALS | 2 | 20000 |
| SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD ( for all the masters in this faculty ) | 3 | 33000 |
| Institute of Bioscience | ||
| APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| AQUATIC BIOTECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| BIOINFORMATICS | 2 | 20000 |
| BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| CELL BIOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| GENETIC DIVERSITY | 2 | 20000 |
| IMMUNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| MARINE ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY | 2 | 20000 |
| MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| PHYTOCHEMISTRY | 2 | 20000 |
| PROTEIN ENGINEERING | 2 | 20000 |
| TOXICOLOGY | 2 | 20000 |
| PHD ( for all the masters in this faculty ) | 3 | 33000 |
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