PUTRAJAYA: A total of 41,267 applicants were successful in obtaining places to undergo first degree programmes for the 2011/2012 academic session at 20 public universities out of the 64,073 who applied and from the 53,216 who were eligible.
Announcing the results yesterday, Higher Education Department director-general Datuk Prof Dr Rujhan Mustafa said the intake was a 1.9 per cent increase compared to the 2010/2011 academic session which had 40,506 candidates.
As in the year before, the number of female students was higher than male students, where 27,001 were females constituting 65.4 per cent while 14,266 or 34.6 per cent were males, said Dr Rujhan.
“From the aspect of applicants being offered places according to ethnicity, 29,838 out of 39,998 Bumiputra applicants were successful or 74.6 per cent, 9,457 out of 10,677 Chinese applicants were successful or 88.6 per cent, 1,511 from 1,813 Indian applicants were successful or 83.3 per cent and 461 out of 728 candidates of the other races were successful or 63.3 per cent.
“The policy of intake and selection for entry into public universities with STPM/Matriculation or Equivalent qualifications is based on the principle of meritocracy by applying 90 per cent academic marks and 10 per cent on co-curriculum marks to determine the merit value of each candidate,” he said at the media conference here yesterday.
Dr Rujhan said from the 41,267 successful applicants, 21,954 or 53.2 per cent were for science stream and 19,313 or 46.8 per cent were in arts stream.
According to him, there were 6,294 outstanding candidates in eight types of competitive courses namely Medicine 983 candidates (Malays 581, Chinese 339, Indians 50 and others 13); Dentistry 174 candidates (Malays 91, Chinese 77, Indians 4 and others 2); Pharmacy 283 candidates (Malays 151, Chinese 125, Indians 7); Chemical Engineering 919
candidates (Malays 648, Chinese 217, Indians 45 and others 9).
In Electrical and Electronic Engineering, there were 1,163 candidates (Malays 923, Chinese 209, Indians 18 and others 13); Mechanical Engineering 1,601 candidates (Malays 1,251, Chinese 311, Indians 20 and others 19); Law 367 candidates (Malays 221, Chinese 105, Indians 37 and others 4); and Accounting 804 candidates (Malays 509, Chinese 269, Indians 18 and others 8).
Meanwhile, there were 38 Orang Asli, 49 disabled and 990 state and national sports personalities who were also offered places in public universities in line with the government’s desire to produce holistic graduates capable of realising the national agenda and vision.
He said 3,108 outstanding candidates with
Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.0 had already been placed in 20 public universities that is 2,045 candidates in 19 public universities while the balance in USM which is an APEX university.
Dr Rujhan said candidates could check the results of entry into public universities from noon yesterday and public universities would be issuing offer letters officially today.
He said all successful candidates were required to confirm acceptance of the offer by the public universities in seven days or before July 22.
While the unsuccessful candidates who did not receive any offer can present their appeal in 10 days after the official result announcement through the ministry website http://upu.mohe.gov.my.
The closing date to submit electronic appeal is July 24.
Meanwhile, the registration of new students into public universities was on the first week of September, Dr Rujhan said. — Bernama