UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
Professional Recognition
UTAR continually seeks for accreditation and recognition for its programmes from professional bodies where relevant to the respective fields of studies. Accreditation or recognition by professional bodies provides UTAR and its programmes with international reputation. In addition, it demonstrates that UTAR's programmes are benchmarked and are equivalent to global standards. To date, UTAR has gained recognition from numerous leading professional bodies such as Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), etc.
Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKC FES) & Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology (FEGT)
Faculty of Accountancy and Management (FAM) & Teh Hong Piow Faculty of Business and Finance (THP FBF)
- The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)
- The Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM)
- CPA Australia
- Malaysian Association of Company Secretaries (MACS)
- The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA)
- Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM)
- Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB)
- Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers (BOVAEP)
- The Alliance on Business Education and Scholarship for Tomorrow a 21st century organization (ABEST21)
- Finance Accreditation Agency (FAA)
- Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC)
As Malaysia is a signatory of the Washington Accord, UTAR's engineering degrees are recognised by each signatory as being substantially equivalent to accredited or recognised qualifications within its own jurisdiction.
The following are other signatories of the Washington Accord:
- Australia
- Canada
- China
- Chinese Taipei
- Hong Kong China
- India
- Ireland
- Japan
- Korea
- New Zealand
- Russia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Costa Rica