Malaysia

Undergraduate

Most of our Undergraduate Bachelor degree courses will consider:

• BBC - BBB from A-levels;
• BBB from STPM;
• a pass in all subjects in the UEC Senior Middle Level examinations with a minimum of five subjects at B4 or above
• ATAR 80.00 or above.

If you are taking international high school qualifications these may also be accepted, please contact us for more information. 

We also offer a range of Foundation Programmes which can lead to entry to our undergraduate degrees, please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

We can accept SPM 1119 English (awarded 2021 onwards) and Cambridge GCE O-level (awarded up until 2020) to meet our English language requirements. 

Some courses have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team admit@essex.ac.uk.

Postgraduate Taught

Many of our Postgraduate Taught Masters will consider applicants with 2.2 or GPA 2.70 or above from Bachelor degree. Some courses may have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team at pgadmit@essex.ac.uk.

We also have a range of Foundation Programmes available through our partner Kaplan International Colleges if you do not meet these grades. Please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

For entry to Research degrees, please refer to the entry requirements for the course that you are interested in. 
An undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2:2 (see the information above), and a master’s degree with a good grade is required for most PhD programmes, in addition to a well-developed research proposal in a field in which we can offer supervision. Please have a read through our information for PhD applicants and check the course details for your chosen programme for further information about entry criteria.

Our Essex Global Talent Scholarship, worth 50% of the first year tuition fee, is available for international undergraduate or master’s students.

International Baccalaureate Excellence Scholarship offers £2,000 scholarships to students who start at Essex in 2025-2026 and achieve academic excellence in their International Baccalaureate.  

Academic Excellence International Masters Scholarship offers £4,000 scholarships to international students who took undergraduate degree overseas or in the UK and are self-funding their postgraduate studies. Please visit the link for further details about deadlines and eligibility. 

Our South East Asia Scholarship offers up to £3,000 scholarships to undergraduate students from Malaysia. Please visit the link for further details about deadlines and eligibility.

Please visit our Scholarships pages for full terms and conditions and information about additional funding opportunities.

We’ve got over 100 clubs and societies at Essex, including our award-winning Malaysian society, where you’ll have the chance to:

• Share Malaysian culture with other students
• Join the celebration in the annual Malaysian Night event
• Make and enjoy Malaysian food
• Partake in society socials

Join in the conversation and get to know other students with the society's Facebook page.

Our Essex Law School is recognised by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board Malaysia. In addition to the UK Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), our students have successfully progressed onto the Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) in Malaysia after graduating with an LLB from Essex.

We offer a Law Degree Transfer Programme to students from our partner institutions in Malaysia.

BPP University graduate pathway

If you wish to professionally train to become a barrister after graduation, as an Essex LLB graduate you will receive an exclusive conditional offer to study the Barrister Training Course (BTC) (external link) with BPP University - entry requirements and conditions apply. As an Essex graduate, you'll also receive a £1,000 bursary towards your tuition on the BTC.

Pathways are available for entry into specified courses in Essex Business School, the Department of Economics, the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, and Essex Law School.

Pathways are available for entry into specified courses in Essex Business School, Department of Economics, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Department of Language and Linguistics and Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies.

Pathways are available for entry into specified courses in Essex Business School, the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science and the Department of Language and Linguistics.