1) General Requirements:
i. A Master's Degree (Level 7, Malaysian Qualifications Framework (“MQF”)) in Islamic Studies or Arabic or a related field, as approved by KUIPs’ Senate.
ii. Other qualifications equivalent to a Master's Degree (Level 7 MQF) as recognized by the Government of Malaysia.
2) International Students Requirements:
i. Meet conditions as stipulated under Article 1 (i) and (ii) above.
ii. Meet the English Language Competency requirements (Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages (“CEFR”) Low B1
/(Malaysian University English Test (“MUET”) Band 2 /International English Language Testing System (“IELTS”) 4.0 /Test of English as a Foreign Language (“TOEFL”) iBT : 30-31 /Pearson Test of English 36 /Cambridge English Qualifications and Test 140); to continue studies in the program applied for as well as a Pass in the criminal screening procedures implemented by the Malaysian Immigration Authority
.
iii. For international students who do not meet with the above stated conditions, KUIPs may consider the following alternative qualifications:
a) International students are allowed to follow the Internal English Preparatory Courses at KUIPs with a time limit of a maximum of two (2) years, but students are still subject to the regulations of the Malaysian Immigration Department in force; and
b) International students who follow the above Internal English Preparatory Course at KUIPs must sit for the MUET examination or any examination that has been aligned to The CEFR to meet the English competency requirements as set out in Article 2 (ii) above.
