SECRETARIAT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES FACULTY OF MEDICINE

medicpostgrad@hctm.ukm.edu.my

English Requirement

  • All international students must fulfill the English proficiency requirement.

  • Please refer to the table below for English competency tests that are approved and scores required to enter into our programme.

English Competency Test Table

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English Language Competency Equivalency Score Table
  • Higher Education English Test (HEET) Training is available through UKMSHAPE. More information on HEET can be accessed at the following link please Click Here

POSTGRADUATE – FACULTY OF MEDICINE (FPER)
ProgrammesHEETMUETIELTS/IELTS OnlineTOEFL
iBT test/ Home Edition
TOEFL Essentials
(Online)
Pearson PTE
Academics/
PTE (Online)
Cambridge English Qualifications and Tests –
B1 Preliminary, B2 First, C1 Advanced, C2
Proficiency
Liguaskill
Online
Certified Intensive English
Level (CIEP Level)
Cambridge English Qualifications and Tests –
Occupational English Test (OET)
(Conventional/ Online)
Master – Clinical
Except Doctor of Paediatric Surgery
8≥ 4.5≥ 6.5≥ 79≥ 9.5≥ 63≥ 176≥ 176≥ 109≥ 300
Doctor of Paediatric Surgery8≥ 4.0≥ 6.0≥ 60≥ 8.5≥ 59≥ 169≥ 169≥ 109≥ 250
Master Non-Clinical (Research, Mixed, Coursework Mode)
Except Master of Nursing
8≥ 4.5≥ 6.5≥ 79≥ 9.5≥ 63≥ 176≥ 176≥ 109≥ 300
Master of Nursing 8≥ 4.0≥ 6.0≥ 60≥ 8.5≥ 59≥ 169≥ 169≥ 109≥ 250
Master of Medical Science (Consolidated) – Research8≥ 4.0≥ 6.0≥ 60≥ 8.5≥ 59≥ 169≥ 169≥ 109≥ 250
Doctor of Philosophy (Consolidated) – Research 8≥ 4.0≥ 6.0≥ 60≥ 8.5≥ 59≥ 169≥ 169≥ 109≥ 250
i. International Joint PhD Degree in Medical Science between Shiga University of Medical Science (SUMS) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia – Research
ii. Doctor of Philosophy Public Health – Research
iii. Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Education) – Research
iv. Doctor of Public Health – Mixed Mode
8≥ 4.5≥ 6.5≥ 79≥ 9.5≥ 63≥ 176≥ 176≥ 109≥ 300
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Embryology – Coursework8≥ 4.0≥ 6.0≥ 60≥ 8.5≥ 59≥ 169≥ 169≥ 109≥ 250

Flowchart of Credentialing and Privileging in HCTM for International Candidates

DEFINITION

Credentialing: a process to set the standards and to do an evaluation for a person’s qualification in a field or procedure. It is recognition for the professional training done by a medical practitioner.

Privileges: the rights given by the hospital for a medical practitioner to give treatments or to do procedures on hospital patients based on the qualifications of the training, and the medical practitioner’s experience and expertise.