List of Business Schools in Malaysia

The Business Administration Programmes are designed to make the students aware of the market and the business strategies. With a wide choice of the business schools available today, the task of choosing the right school involves great effort. However the entrance exams have made this task easy. To be eligible for the Masters studies nearly all the business schools conduct the entrance test to be able to judge the right candidates.

The business schools in Malaysia seek all round development of the candidate and provide all the necessary inputs needed for their growth.

Business schools are defined in broad terms to include faculties, college or departments within the university that teach predominantly business courses. Sometimes the term business school may refer only to institute of higher learning that offers post-graduate programs in business, either Masters in Business Administration, Doctorate of Business Administration or Phd in Business.

A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. Some common subjects taught in a business school are accounting, finance, information systems, strategic management, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, business law, human resource management, and quantitative methods. Academic programs offered include the BBA, MBA, Executive MBA, Msc and Phd Programs. Apart from teaching, some business schools are also heavily involved in research activities.

Business faculty or school is further sub divided into more specialized areas such as :

• Department of Accounting
• Department of Finance
• Department of Economics
• Department of Management
• Department of Marketing
• Department of Human Resource Management

Most institute of higher learning offer business related programs because business courses are very popular among local and foreign students in Malaysia. Every year, colleges and universities register many new business students and many colleges have more than one intake a year. Most of the undergraduate programs have a course duration of three years while a postgraduate business program such as an MBA takes 2 years to complete.

The students of this stream are introduced to various fields like economics, marketing, accounting, finance, organizational behavior, international business, strategy, project management, international business, supply chain management, project management, government policy and many more. The management institutes in Malaysia offer various programs, which covers the general syllabus in the first year and a specialized subject in the second year of the curriculum. The students can choose between full time and the part time courses. However, the full time students can get the advantage of internship.

Although the eligibility criteria for each management college of Malaysia may differ, the Masters degree program needs candidates to have a Bachelor degree and a good GPA or GMAT score and equivalent work experience. The students must have the convincing ability to make the admission board feel that they would make a valuable contribution to the program.

Below are list of some Business Schools in Malaysia:

• Curtin Sarawak Malaysia
• Universiti Tenaga Nasional
• Management and Science University
• University Tunku Abdul Rahman
• Taylors College
• Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
• Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
• Sunway University College
• Monash University Malaysia
• Universiti Putra Malaysia
• Universiti Malaya
• Universiti Tun Abdul Razak
• Segi University College
• Open University Malaysia
• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
• Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Wawasan Open University
• Universiti Utara Malaysia
• Multimedia University
• Universiti Malaysia Sabah
• International University College of Technology Twintech