Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)

Section 81 of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency Act 2007 (Act 679) provides that the Agency shall establish and maintain a national register known as the Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR), containing programmes, qualifications and higher education providers accredited under the Act.

The MQR is the reference point for accredited programmes awarded by higher education providers. These programmes or qualifications (i.e. certificate, diploma, advanced diploma, or degree) must conform to the Malaysian Qualifications Framework.

Objective

The objectives of the MQR are:

to provide information on accredited programmes and qualifications;
to enable stakeholders to know, understand and make comparison on the features of a qualification and its relationship with other qualifications;
to facilitate the credit transfer process.

Contents of MQR

Currently, the information in the MQR are as follows:

name and address of the higher education institution
application reference number
name of the qualification
field of the qualification
validity period
qualification level and
credit requirements to graduate.

Additional information such as learning outcome statements of the programme, admission criteria and other relevant information will be uploaded from time to time.

MQR is one of the main features of MQF. It plays a significant role in ensuring that accredited higher education qualifications are registered and made available for reference to all stakeholders. Higher education providers, both locally and foreign, may apply to have their qualifications registered in the MQR provided that the programme fulfill the standards and criteria set and are accredited.

The MQR also contains information on the credit requirements of each qualification or programme, and thus facilitate the credit transfer process from one level to another.

The information in the MQR can also be used for certification or clarification regarding any registered qualification. Any interested party may refer to the MQR in order to obtain verification on the status of any qualification. An extract from the MQR is available upon request.