The UK-Malaysia University Consortium was launched in 2022 with the aim of expanding the scale, scope and pace of long-term international higher education engagement and collaboration between the UK and Malaysia and with partners in the wider ASEAN+3 network and beyond. Part of our world-wide Going Global Partnerships programme, this flagship initiative has been set up by the British Council in Malaysia working in cooperation with Malaysia’s Ministry of Higher Education. We are delighted to share that Phase 2 of the UK-Malaysia University Consortium has now commenced with continued support from the British Council.  

For Phase 2 we have extended the membership to include more UK and MY universities. A complete list of member institutions can be found below.

Purpose

By working together, UK and Malaysia partners will:

  • embrace projects that expand higher education capacity, quality, mobility and employability
  • promote more inclusive and equal access to higher education
  • tap the potential for outstanding advances in research, finding solutions to the critical global challenges of our age, such as climate change, healthcare and food poverty
  • drive greater innovation and quality in teaching and delivery
  • advance progress towards shared Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • strengthen perceptions of the Malaysia and the UK as international centres of higher education excellence and progress, enabling them to better compete for new collaborative initiatives and resources
  • develop a fresh, intense and sustainable programme of international collaborative excellence
  • support partnerships that focus on desired outcomes set out in the higher education strategies of the UK and Malaysia

Like the UK, Malaysia sees sustainable international partnership as the best way to hasten advances in quality, research innovation and capacity. It seeks to create talented, resilient and entrepreneurial graduates who are employable, open to diverse international perspectives and who take ownership of the future of their own country within the wider world.

Consortium Members

Consortium Secreteriat: Liverpool John Moores University

Consortium member institutions from UK

  • University of Portsmouth
  • Bournemouth University
  • University of York
  • Coventry University Group
  • Cardiff University
  • University of East Anglia
  • University of Suffolk
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Nottingham
  • Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)
  • University of Surrey
  • Cardiff Metropolitan University
  • University of Gloucestershire (UoG)
  • Lancaster University
  • Newcastle University
  • University of Dundee
  • Brunel University of London
  • Birmingham City University
  • The University of Derby
  • The University of Edinburgh
  • Swansea University
  • Teesside University
  • University of the West of England, Bristol
  • University of Liverpool
  • Keele University
  • University of St Andrews
  • University of Birmingham
  • Queen's University Belfast
  • University of Reading
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Arts university Bournemouth

Consortium member institutions from Malaysia

  • Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • Universiti Sains Malaysiaa (USM)
  • Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
  • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
  • Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM)
  • Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
  • Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
  • Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
  • Universiiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI)
  • Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
  • Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
  • Universit Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
  • Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
  • Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
  • Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)
  • Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
  • Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)
  • Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
  • Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)
  • UCSI University
  • Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
  • INTI International University
  • University of Southampton Malaysia
  • Reading University Malaysia
  • Heriot Watt University Malaysia
  • Nottingham University Malaysia
  • Newcastle University of Medicine Malaysia
  • Taylor's University
  • Sunway University
  • YPC International College
  • UCYP University
  • SEGI University
  • Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)
  • Multimedia University (MMU)
  • Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)

Activities

Contact

If you’d like to partner with us, the UK – Malaysia University Consortium, or find out more about upcoming opportunities to collaborate in higher education, email: MYKUL1Education@britishcouncil.org