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Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi

Its running costs are supply vote B.64 and its projects development vote P.64. In 2022 it was printed as Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi.

Spent in 2022
RM 14.33 bn
Share of federal spending
3.6%
of RM 395.25 bn
Rank
7th
of 38 ministries and departments
Change since 2016
+7.7%
before inflation

Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi spent RM 14.33 bn in 2022: RM 11.54 bn on running costs and RM 2.79 bn on development projects. That was 3.6% 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 2022

ProgrammeRevised budgetSpentShare
Pendidikan TinggiRM 7.53 bnRM 7.53 bn65.2%
Hospital PengajarRM 1.48 bnRM 1.48 bn12.8%
Pendidikan Teknikal dan Vokasional (TVET)RM 1.42 bnRM 1.42 bn12.3%
Program KhususRM 608.10 mRM 607.88 m5.3%
PengurusanRM 407.42 mRM 405.42 m3.5%
Komitmen KewanganRM 99.44 mRM 99.44 m0.9%
"one-off"RM 3.51 mRM 3.41 m0.0%

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

Largest development projects in 2022

ProjectBudgetSpent
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)RM 881.44 mRM 881.44 m
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM)RM 305.20 mRM 305.20 m
Penyelidikan FundamentalRM 293.95 mRM 293.94 m
Pendidikan PoliteknikRM 274.90 mRM 272.53 m
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)RM 221.31 mRM 221.31 m
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)RM 86.71 mRM 86.71 m
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)RM 83.10 mRM 83.10 m
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)RM 70.41 mRM 70.41 m
Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)RM 70.03 mRM 70.03 m
Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM)RM 70.00 mRM 70.00 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.