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Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi

Its running costs are supply vote B.64 and its projects development vote P.64. In 2020 it was printed as Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi.

The 2020 operating figures were read by OCR.

The published statement draws these tables without a text layer, so every amount was read from the page. Each printed total equals the sum of its rows or is a misprint confirmed on the page. Programme and activity names are OCR readings. How this was done

Spent in 2020
RM 6.49 bn
Share of federal spending
2.1%
of RM 313.98 bn
Rank
10th
of 39 ministries and departments
Change since 2016
-51.2%
before inflation

Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi spent RM 6.49 bn in 2020: RM 5.09 bn on running costs and RM 1.40 bn on development projects. That was 2.1% of federal spending. Under the same vote number it has also been printed as Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi; reorganisations can move programmes between ministries.

2016: Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, RM 13.30 bnRM 13.30 bn20162017: Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, RM 12.55 bnRM 12.55 bn20172018: Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, RM 13.30 bnRM 13.30 bn20182020: Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi, RM 6.49 bnRM 6.49 bn20202021: Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi, RM 13.30 bnRM 13.30 bn20212022: Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi, RM 14.33 bnRM 14.33 bn20222023: Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, RM 15.09 bnRM 15.09 bn20232024: Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, RM 16.09 bnRM 16.09 bn20242025: Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, RM 17.93 bnRM 17.93 bn2025
Operating Development

Where its operating budget went in 2020

ProgrammeRevised budgetSpentShare
UniversitiRM 2.85 bnRM 2.85 bn55.8%
Jabatan Pendidikan Politeknik dan Kolej KomunitiRM 858.59 mRM 842.42 m16.5%
Hospital PengajarRM 628.26 mRM 628.26 m12.3%
PengurusanRM 624.90 mRM 613.25 m12.0%
Program KhususRM 163.73 mRM 163.51 m3.2%
"one-off"RM 1.94 mRM 1.89 m0.0%

Every activity and spending category in B.64, with sources

Largest development projects in 2020

ProjectBudgetSpent
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)RM 416.12 mRM 388.75 m
Penyelidikan FundamentalRM 257.64 mRM 255.05 m
Pendidikan PoliteknikRM 232.92 mRM 212.79 m
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM)RM 139.32 mRM 139.32 m
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)RM 105.21 mRM 82.83 m
Universiti Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia (UTHM)RM 52.31 mRM 52.31 m
Kolej KomunitiRM 45.01 mRM 37.45 m
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)RM 32.08 mRM 32.08 m
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)RM 29.75 mRM 29.75 m
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)RM 21.50 mRM 21.50 m

Every project in P.64, with sources

Budget 2027

Budget 2027 as tabled allocates RM 19.09 bn to Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, against RM 18.60 bn in the 2026 budget. See the budget by programme.