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Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (‘TAR UC’) was established in 1969 as TAR College with the focus of providing tertiary education opportunities for young Malaysians regardless of race, class and creed who were seeking quality education as well as meeting the rising demand for human capital from businesses and industries. The College started with a single campus in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur which is now the Main Campus. Subsequently, five branch campuses were established in Penang, Perak, Johor, Pahang and Sabah.
TAR UC is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in Malaysia with more than 210,000 students having passed through its doors.
TAR UC has won many scholastic awards and recognition amongst which include SETARA 5-Star rating for the year 2018 / 2019 under the University Colleges category, Premier Digital Tech Institution status awarded by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (‘MDEC’) in 2019 for the second time and Sin Chew Education Awards 2018 / 19 where TAR UC was named as the recipient of the Outstanding Educational Institutions: Private Universities / Colleges award, Product Award and CSR award. Besides this, TAR UC also won the Asia Pacific CSR Awards 2016 where the University College won the Excellence in Education Improvement award.
TAR UC offers programmes at pre-university, diploma, Bachelor’s degree and postgraduate levels that are widely recognised by the academia and industries for their depth and breadth of scope and academic rigor.
Today, TAR UC has a student population of about 28,000 including international students from more than 20 countries enrolling in close to 200 programmes over a wide range of disciplines from foundation and A-Levels to accountancy, finance, business, economics, engineering, built environment, applied sciences, ICT as well as mass communication, creative arts, social science and hospitality management.
The Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) University College Merit Scholarship is awarded to outstanding students in the form of tuition fee waiver of up to 100%.
Candidates with actual results who apply for admissions into the University College programmes and who meet the scholarship eligibility criteria will be automatically offered the TAR University College Merit Scholarship.
The scholarship is tenable for the duration of the programme, subject to scholar’s satisfactory academic performance on a semester basis and good conduct.
| Qualification | Criteria | Waiver of Tuition Fee |
|---|---|---|
| STPM/A-Levels | 3As | 100% |
| Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) | 8As | |
| Canadian Pre-University (CPU) | ≥ 95% ( for all subjects with a minimum of 6 subjects) | |
| South Australian Matriculation (SAM) / Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) / Higher School Certificate (HSC) | ≥ ATAR 95 | |
| TAR UC Diploma*/ TAR UC Foundation*/Matriculation *straight passes in all courses (including co-curriculum courses for Diploma) |
CGPA ≥ 3.8500 | |
| STPM/A-Levels | 2As | 50% |
| Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) | 7As | |
| Canadian Pre-University (CPU) | ≥ 90% ( for all subjects with a minimum of 6 subjects) | |
| South Australian Matriculation (SAM) / Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) / Higher School Certificate (HSC) | ≥ ATAR 90 | |
| TAR UC Diploma*/ TAR UC Foundation*/Matriculation *straight passes in all courses (including co-curriculum courses for Diploma). |
CGPA ≥3.7500 | |
| UEC | 6As | 25% |
| UEC | 5As | 20% |
Including A-
Merit scholarship is for full-time programmes.
Note: There shall be NO upward adjustment even if scholars obtained a higher CGPA threshold thereafter.
| Qualification | Criteria | Waiver of Tuition Fee |
|---|---|---|
| SPM | Minimum 8A+/A | 100% |
| O Level | Minimum 8As | |
| SPM | 8As* | 50% |
| O Level | 7As | |
| SPM | 7As* | 25% |
| O Level | 6As | |
| SPM | 6As* | 20% (Foundation programmes only) |
| SPM | 5As* | 15% (Foundation programmes only) |
*SPM As: A+/A/A-
Merit scholarship is for full-time programmes.
Note: There shall be NO upward adjustment even if scholars obtained a higher CGPA threshold thereafter.
Foundation
Diploma, Bachelor Degree
*SPM Trial exam results are accepted for June intake.
Foundation
Selected Diploma / Bachelor Degree programmes only
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