Newcastle University

Our goals

To become the best private medical and biomedical school in Malaysia, our goals are to:

• attract top students and provide world-class education to benefit the Malaysian healthcare system

• recruit high-calibre faculty and staff and produce graduates prepared for modern healthcare

• provide students with inspiring and affordable medical and biomedical education – whatever their background

• forge links with employers so our graduates have the right skills and competencies

• keep improving administrative systems to support all stakeholders.

Quality

The Quality Assurance of Basic Medical Education (QABME) framework helps to safeguard standards at Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed Malaysia). Its application is important in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

The framework ensures training is monitored, maintained, developed and approved. It also ensures that the right outcomes in new doctors are being met. The QABME process involves evidence-based visits and an annual report from each school.

NUMed Malaysia’s MBBS also meets the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Code of Practice. It is also in alignment with QAA subject benchmarks.

The last QAA review in 2016 commended our management of academic standards and quality of learning. The QAA awarded us a 'judgement of confidence' – the highest rating available.

Quality governance of the programme is also overseen by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and the Malaysian Qualifications Agency.

NUMed Malaysia is fully recognised by both the General Medical Council and the MMC. We adopt the published guidance on UK medical education delivered outside the UK available on the General Medical Council website.

International assessment recognition

Newcastle University UK has become one of 12 universities in the world to achieve five plus QS Stars from QS Quacquarelli Symonds – the first international assessment of its kind.

More than 150 universities in over 35 countries have now signed up to the QS Stars rating system. The assessment system rates universities against pre-established international standards.
We are proud to have been awarded five stars in the following areas:

• Research

• Teaching

• Internalisation

• Specialist Criteria

• Employability

• Facilities

• Innovation

• Inclusiveness