SECRETARIAT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES FACULTY OF MEDICINE

medicpostgrad@hctm.ukm.edu.my

STUDENT VISA

1. International students MUST OBTAIN student VISA prior to enrolling into our programs. 

2. International students may apply VISA online through Students Affairs and VISA Unit, UKMShape. Please refer to the UKMShape VISA Approval Letter (VAL) application method flow chart. Please note that VISA approval may take up to 4 months.

3. International students may contact the International Affairs Unit, Faculty of Medicine for any enquiries regarding admission and VISA related processes.

For more information, please contact:

Current Student:
Muhammad Azad bin Badrul Hisam
Liaison Officer
International Affair Unit
medint@ukm.edu.my
Contact: 03-9145 5306/6307

New Student:
visashape@ukm.edu.my

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.

Sources: http://credentialing.ppukm.ukm.my/files/pdf/Manual-Pengguna-Sistem-Credentialing-Core-Privileges.pdf