MQA Documents
National Education Code
View National Education Code Manual
Code of Practice
Code of practice is a guideline for all the stakeholders about the nine quality assurance evaluation areas for quality assurance purposes.. View Code of Practice
Programme Standards
View MQA standards and Programme Standards
Guidelines to Good Practices
Guidelines to good practices is a compilation of good practices by the higher education providers (HEPs) that aim to provide guideline to the stakeholders about the nine quality assurance evaluation criteria. View guidelines to good practice.
National Education Code (NEC)
National Education Code Manual (NEC) serves to provide a coding system of education programmes and training that will support the accurate tracking assessment and reporting of fields of study and programmes registrations and completions in Malaysia.
- National Education Code 2020 (NEC) 2020 – Effective on 1st January 2022
- National Education Code Manual (NEC) 2010
- Comparison NEC2020 vs NEC2010
Code of Practice
Code of practice is a guideline for all the stakeholders about the seven (7) quality assurance evaluation areas for quality assurance purposes. The code of practice document is compulsory to be complied with, in conducting higher education programmes. Following is the list of code of practice documents.
- Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation: Open and Distance Learning (COPPA:ODL) Second Edition
- Code of Practice for Institutional Audit (COPIA)
- Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation (COPPA)
- Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation (COPPA) 2nd Edition
- Open and Distance Learning (COP-ODL)
- Code of Practice for TVET Programme Accreditation (COPTPA), Edition 1
- Code of Practice for TVET Programme Accreditation (COPTPA), Edition 2
Programme Standards
Programme standards is developed as a guideline to the stakeholders to assist the development of programmes in a particular field of study, which covers all the education levels: from certificate to doctoral degree.
This document outlines sets of characteristics that describe and represent the minimum levels of acceptable practices that cover all the nine quality assurance areas: programme aims and learning outcomes; curriculum design and delivery; assessment of student learning; student selection; academic staff; educational resources; programme monitoring and review; leadership, governance and administration; and continual quality improvement.
The programme standards is developed by panel members in consultation with various public and private higher education providers (HEPs), relevant government and statutory agencies, professional bodies, related industries and students. The programme standards is compulsory to be complied with, in conducting the respective programmes.
Following is the list of programme standards documents.
Accounting
Art and Design
Biotechnology
Building Surveying
Business Studies
Computing (Addendum) New PEOs & PLOs mapping MQFv2
Creative Multimedia Technologies
Dental Specialties
Diploma In Dental Surgery Assistance
Early Childhood Education
Engineering and Engineering Technology
Halal Studies
Hospitality and Tourism
Information Science
Islamic Studies
Language
Law and Shariah Law
Media and Communication Studies
Medical and Health Sciences
Muamalat and Islamic Finance
Occupational Safety and Health
Performing Arts
Traditional and Complementary Medicine
Psychology
Guidelines to Good Practice (GGP)
Guidelines to good practices is a compilation of good practices by the higher education providers (HEPs) that aim to provide guideline to the stakeholders about the nine quality assurance evaluation criteria. HEPs are encouraged to adhere to the recommended good practices.
Following is the list of guidelines to good practices documents.
Academic Staff
Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL)
Assessment of Student learning
Credit Transfer for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
Curriculum Design and Delivery Monitoring, Reviewing and Continually
Graduate Certificate in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Teaching Competency
Guidelines Of Curriculum: Foundation (GCF)
Micro-Credentials
Guidelines on Terms Used for External Examiner, External Advisor and Advisory Board
Panduan: Istilah Pemeriksa Luar, Penasihat Luar, Lembaga Penasihat
Monitoring, Reviewing and Continually Improving Institutional Quality
(MR-CIIQ)
Malaysian Qualification Statement (MQS)
Programme Development and Delivery
Quality Verification of Stand-alone Micro-credentials
Work-Based Learning
Malaysian Qualifications Framework
MQA Standards
Standards document sets general guideline of certain qualification level based on the Malaysian Qualifications Framework. Standards is compulsory to be complied by the higher education providers in conducting higher education programmes.
Following is the list of standards documents.
Masters and Doctoral Degree
Masters and Doctoral Degree (2021 vs 2013)
Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma
Foundation
Executive Diploma
Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF)
MQA Circular
Circular from 2019 – 2024. You will be directed to the official MQA website