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.

Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Status


  1. Kampar Campus


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:

  1. Australia
  2. Canada
  3. China
  4. Chinese Taipei
  5. Hong Kong China
  6. India
  7. Ireland
  8. Japan
  9. Korea
  10. New Zealand
  11. Russia
  12. Singapore
  13. South Africa
  14. Sri Lanka
  15. Turkey
  16. United Kingdom
  17. United States
  18. Pakistan
  19. Peru
  20. Costa Rica