Universiti Putra Malaysia UPM

Entry Requirement of Master of Economics in Universiti Putra Malaysia UPM Malaysia

For students from India

• The applicant should possess a Bachelor’s degree (with honours) in a relevant field with a minimum CGPA of 3.000, or the applicant without sufficient academic qualification can be admitted into the programme subject to any other requirement specified by the Faculty/Institute. An applicant from a local public university who is in the final semester of his undergraduate study programme may be considered for provisional admission provided his current CGPA or its equivalent satisfies the graduate programme admission requirements.
• English Language Requirements: International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) Band 6.0; Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL), Paper Based - 550; 400 for Band 4.0 only for Malay language, Arabic, Chinese Literature, internet-based test (IBT)- 79-80.

For international students

• An applicant must possess a Bachelor’s degree with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 3.00 on a 4-point scale from institutions recognized by UPM.
• A working experience at least 2 years in related fields if CGPA less than 3.00.
• A working experience at least 5 years in related fields if CGPA less than 2.50.
• For applicants with one of the following
• 550 for the TOEFL Paper-based Test (Academic Version); or
• Band 6.0 for IELTS (Academic Training); or
• 79-80 for TOEFL Internet-based Test (Academic Version); or
• Level 109 for CIEP at ELS Language Centre; or
• Band 4.0 for IELTS (Academic Training) or 400 for the TOEFL Paper-based Test (Academic Version) only for Malay Language Studies, Arabic, Chinese Literature programme or any other programmes that allow a thesis to be written in the language of instruction; or
• Any English Language Test which is equivalent to B2 in Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)