Kindly enclose the following items with the completed Application Form

i. 2 Certified copies of degree certificates

ii. 2 Certified copies of academic transcript
iii. 2 Copies of Research proposal of approximately 300 words ( research mode programme
only)
iv. 2 Certified copies of identity card / passport
v. Report from 2 referees (Referees’s Form can be download from www.ips.usm.my)
Your referee must be an academic staff from the university which you obtained your degree
(s). Another must be familiar with your academic work and is able to comment on your ability
to pursue the degree you are applying or can be your present employer.
vi. 2 Certified copies of bank statement or financial guarantee letter (if any)
vii. 4 passport-size coloured photographs.
viii. Processing fee – Malaysian: RM60.00 (Purchase Form from IPS Counter and Online
Application ) / International: RM130.00 / USD35
Processing fee – Malaysian : RM70.00 (Download Forms) / International:
RM130.00 / USD35

a) Bank Draft
Account No : 0702 – 0001054 – 71 – 6
BANK MUAMALAT MALAYSIA BERHAD
USM BRANCH

Send to : INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, BURSAR

UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA,
11800 PENANG
MALAYSIA

b) Telegraphic Transfer
Swift Code : BMMBMYK1 (for international wires only)
BANK MUAMALAT MALAYSIA BERHAD
USM BRANCH

Direct to : INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, BURSAR,

UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA,
11800 PENANG
MALAYSIA

c) Credit Card / Cash

We accept Visa and MasterCard.
Pay at INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, BURSAR, USM

d) Postal Order/Wang Pos

Purchase postal order from Post Office

Note : Enclose receipt for Telegraphic Transfer / Cash payments

Foreign applicant who has undertaken a course study at any Institution of Higher Learning in
Malaysia must submit a letter of confirmation of study from the Institution concerned stating the
completion of study, addressed to the Director of Immigration, Penang, Malaysia.
The University may administer a Diagnostic Test and, where applicable, a student may be
required to attend remedial English classes. Applicant who is unable to meet this minimum
standard may be required to withdraw from the programme concerned.

When evidence of English Language proficiency is required by a degree programme, please

enclose the relevant certificate (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS, etc) as proof of such proficiency. Foreign
candidates applying for degree programmes in Medicine must have a TOEFL score of at least
550 or IELTS score of 6. A student who does not meet the minimum requirement has to attend
Intensive English course conducted by the Centre for Language and Translation, Universiti Sains
Malaysia.

Kindly send the Application Form with the relevant documents to:
Dean
Institute of Postgraduate Studies
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 Penang
Malaysia