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Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi

Its running costs are supply vote B.64 and its projects development vote P.64.

Spent in 2025
RM 17.93 bn
Share of federal spending
4.3%
of RM 412.70 bn
Rank
6th
of 39 ministries and departments
Change since 2016
+34.7%
before inflation

Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi spent RM 17.93 bn in 2025: RM 14.10 bn on running costs and RM 3.82 bn on development projects. That was 4.3% 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 2025

ProgrammeRevised budgetSpentShare
Pendidikan TinggiRM 8.12 bnRM 8.38 bn59.4%
Hospital PengajarRM 1.96 bnRM 1.96 bn13.9%
Pendidikan dan Latihan Teknikal dan Vokasional (TVET)RM 1.56 bnRM 1.56 bn11.1%
Program KhususRM 895.68 mRM 895.68 m6.4%
Dasar BaruRM 792.68 mRM 792.68 m5.6%
PengurusanRM 457.49 mRM 457.15 m3.2%
"one-off"RM 34.93 mRM 34.93 m0.2%
Komitmen KewanganRM 16.73 mRM 16.73 m0.1%

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

Largest development projects in 2025

ProjectBudgetSpent
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)RM 935.83 mRM 930.76 m
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM)RM 357.74 mRM 357.74 m
Pendidikan PoliteknikRM 287.64 mRM 284.78 m
Biasiswa dan Latihan Penyelidikan UniversitiRM 241.87 mRM 241.85 m
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)RM 215.63 mRM 215.63 m
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)RM 190.50 mRM 190.50 m
Penyelidikan FundamentalRM 187.35 mRM 186.95 m
Universiti Malaya (UM)RM 121.03 mRM 117.31 m
Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)RM 105.04 mRM 105.04 m
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)RM 99.49 mRM 99.49 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.