Students admitted to UniMAP are mainly from 2 categories, namely:

1. Ministry of Education Matriculation programs (or equivalent)
2. Malaysian STPM (or equivalent)

As with other Malaysian public universities, potential UniMAP students should fulfill the general public university entrance requirement, as follow:

 1. For candidates from the Ministry of Education Matriculation programs (or equivalent) category :

• Passed satisfactorily in SPM examination or its equivalence;
• Obtained credit in Malay Language in SPM examination or its equivalence;
• Obtained at least 2.00 CGPA in the Ministry of Education Matriculation program or its equivalence;
• Has taken the Malaysian University English Test (MUET)

In addition, all candidates must fulfill both general university requirements as well as the specific requirements of the academic program chosen, namely, passing with at least a ‘C’ (or 2.00) two subjects of one of the following combinations:

    Mathematics and Physics
    Mathematics and Chemistry

Candidates who are interested to apply for Materials Engineering can also be of those who have passed with at least a ‘C’ (or 2.00) in both Mathematics and Biology.

Candidates who do not take Physics at Matriculation level should have passed this subject at SPM level with at least a credit.

   2.  For candidates from the Malaysian STPM (or equivalent) category :

• Passed satisfactorily in SPM examination or its equivalence;
• Obtained credit in Malay Language in SPM examination or its equivalence;
• Passed with at least a 'C' (or 2.00) in STPM General Studies;
• Has taken the Malaysian University English Test (MUET)

In addition, all candidates must fulfill both general university requirements as well as the specific requirements of the academic program chosen, namely, passing with at least a 'C' (or 2.00) two subjects of one of the following combinations:

    (Mathematics T or Advanced Mathematics T) and Physics
    (Mathematics T or Advanced Mathematics T) and Chemistry

Candidates who are interested to apply for Materials Engineering can also be of those who have passed with at least a 'C' (or 2.00) in both (Mathematics T or Advanced Mathematics T) and Biology.

Candidates who do not take Physics at Matriculation level should have passed this subject at SPM level with at least a credit.