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Top 25 Universities and colleges based in Malaysia
RevenueBase identified 60 universities and colleges headquartered in Malaysia as of September 2026 and tracks 13,578 professional contacts across them, including 2,405 with verified work emails. Kuala Lumpur is the largest hub.
This list covers universities and colleges headquartered in Malaysia, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest universities and colleges based in Malaysia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,298 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) is the largest comprehensive university in Malaysia providing innovative education with state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology within…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,705 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) is highly reputed as one of the fastest growing private higher education institutions in the country since its inception in 2002.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 685 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UNITAR Education Group began in 1991 with Institut Teknologi Tun Abdul Razak (ITTAR), pioneering technology-driven education in Malaysia ahead of its time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 351 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HELP University was founded in 1986 to provide affordable quality educational opportunities for Malaysians.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 284 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sunway Education Group 198501013984 (146440-K) The Sunway Education Group (SEG) celebrates more than 30 years of excellence in education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 260 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Manipal University College Malaysia 463-1, Jalan Batu Hampar, 75150 Bukit Baru, Melaka.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Innovative University College (Innovative) was established in to provide quality and innovative education to students from various walks of life, both local and international.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Powered by Peninsula College (Central) S/B 199701040327 (455827-U) DK056(B) Peninsula College (Northern) S/B 201201028285 (1012772-P) DK266-03(P)” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From our humble inception in 2004, Asia Metropolitan University (AMU) has grown into a full-fledged university offering a wide range of programmes in Business, Accounting, ICT…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From our humble inception in 1977, offering certificate programmes, SEGi’s Kuala Lumpur campus has grown from strength to strength and now offers a wide range of programmes from…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 2001, YPC International College was founded with a clear mission: to provide affordable and quality higher educational opportunities to individuals from all walks…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TAJ International College is a higher education learning centre that provides quality education as well as professional/executive programmes in Perak,Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “KLIA Professional & Management College is a pendidikan tinggi company based out of Selangor, Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pusat Pembentukan Pendidikan Lanjutan & Profesional or better known as UKMShape is an entity of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College (KLMUC) is a progressive and innovative higher learning institution with 4 distinctive faculties and one centre offering over 45…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Riam Institute of Technology (Riamtec) is a premier educational institution focused on providing top-tier education and training.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kolej Poly-Tech MARA (KPTM) which was originally known as Kolej Yayasan Pelajaran MARA (KYPM) was founded as a private higher education institute under the Private Higher…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Spectrum International University College isn’t just about education; it’s about shaping the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AMC University College is a recognised Private Higher Learning Institution under the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kolej Laila Taib was established on 1st March 2010 when United College of Sarawak (UCS) was renamed as Kolej Laila Taib in honour of Datuk Patinggi Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “IIUM Academy of Graduate and Professional Studies (IIUM Academy) was originally named IIUM Centre for Strategic Continuing Education and Training (IIUM CRESCENT) and was…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Taylor's University Postgraduate Programme whether by research or coursework, allows our students to deepen knowledge within a discipline, or to pursue a new or additional study…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FAME International College (FAME) was established since 1998 in Kuching in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to the School of Education at the University of Nottingham Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: universities and colleges. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names universities and colleges.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of universities and colleges, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name universities and colleges. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Universities and colleges based in Malaysia at a glance
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Malaysia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Malaysia, over 60 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among universities and colleges, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Malaysia whose own description of what they do matches “universities and colleges”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names universities and colleges), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among universities and colleges, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Malaysia are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,405 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names universities and colleges, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many universities and colleges are there based in Malaysia?
RevenueBase identified 60 universities and colleges headquartered in Malaysia as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Universiti Teknologi Mara, headquartered in Malaysia, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most universities and colleges?
Kuala Lumpur leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Petaling Jaya (7) and Subang Jaya (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,405 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 60 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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