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Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi

Its running costs are supply vote B.64 and its projects development vote P.64. In 2021 it was printed as Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi.

Spent in 2021
RM 13.30 bn
Share of federal spending
4.0%
of RM 333.48 bn
Rank
7th
of 38 ministries and departments
Change since 2016
-0.1%
before inflation

Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi spent RM 13.30 bn in 2021: RM 10.88 bn on running costs and RM 2.42 bn on development projects. That was 4.0% 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 2021

ProgrammeRevised budgetSpentShare
Operasi Pendidikan TinggiRM 6.84 bnRM 6.84 bn62.8%
Hospital PengajarRM 1.42 bnRM 1.42 bn13.1%
Pendidikan Teknikal dan Vokasional (TVET)RM 1.34 bnRM 1.34 bn12.3%
PengurusanRM 594.45 mRM 589.57 m5.4%
Program KhususRM 588.30 mRM 587.68 m5.4%
Komitmen KewanganRM 99.22 mRM 99.22 m0.9%
"one-off"RM 2.89 mRM 2.87 m0.0%

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

Largest development projects in 2021

ProjectBudgetSpent
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)RM 883.17 mRM 883.17 m
Pendidikan PoliteknikRM 313.10 mRM 293.86 m
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM)RM 286.55 mRM 286.55 m
Penyelidikan FundamentalRM 222.45 mRM 222.33 m
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)RM 205.98 mRM 205.98 m
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)RM 95.41 mRM 95.41 m
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)RM 40.85 mRM 40.85 m
Kolej KomunitiRM 48.06 mRM 40.00 m
Sewaan Bangunan 5G2RM 39.49 mRM 39.49 m
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)RM 34.66 mRM 34.66 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.