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.

  1. National Education Code 2020 (NEC) 2020 – Effective on 1st January 2022
  2. National Education Code Manual (NEC) 2010
  3. 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.

  1. Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation: Open and Distance Learning (COPPA:ODL) Second Edition 
  2. Code of Practice for Institutional Audit (COPIA)
  3. Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation (COPPA) 
  4. Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation (COPPA) 2nd Edition
  5. Open and Distance Learning (COP-ODL)
  6. Code of Practice for TVET Programme Accreditation (COPTPA), Edition 1
  7. 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.

Building Surveying

PS Building Surveying

Computing (Addendum) New PEOs & PLOs mapping MQFv2

Creative Multimedia Technologies

PS Creative Multimedia

Dental Specialties

PS Dental Specialties

Diploma In Dental Surgery Assistance

PS Diploma in Dental Surgery Assistance

Muamalat and Islamic Finance

PS Muamalat and Islamic Finance 2nd Edition

Occupational Safety and Health

PS Occupational Safety and Health

Performing Arts

PS Performing Arts

Traditional and Complementary Medicine

PS Traditional and Complementary Medicine

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.

Credit Transfer for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)

GGP: MOOC

Curriculum Design and Delivery Monitoring, Reviewing and Continually

GGP: Curriculum Design and Delivery

Graduate Certificate in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Teaching Competency

GGP: TVET

Guidelines Of Curriculum: Foundation (GCF)

GGP: GCF

Micro-Credentials

GGP: 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)

GGP: MR-CIIQ

Malaysian Qualification Statement (MQS)

GGP: MQS

Programme Development and Delivery

GGP: Programme Development and Delivery

Quality Verification of Stand-alone Micro-credentials

GGP: Quality Verification of Stand-alone Micro-credentials

Work-Based Learning

GGP: Work-Based Learning

Malaysian Qualifications Framework

Updated MQF Edition 2

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

Standard – Masters and Doctoral Degree

Masters and Doctoral Degree (2021 vs 2013)

Standard Master Doctoral Degree – 2021 vs 2013

Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma

Standard – Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma

 Executive Diploma

Standard – Executive Diploma

Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF)

MQA Circular

Circular from 2019 – 2024. You will be directed to the official MQA website