Curtin University, Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) is the largest international campus of Curtin University, a university based in Perth, Western Australia. It provides local and international students with higher education in Sarawak, Malaysia. The Sarawak State Government invited Curtin to establish an international university in Sarawak. Curtin Malaysia’s operations in Miri commenced in February 1999. In 2002, the new campus was built. In November 1999, Curtin Malaysia was awarded the Multimedia Super Corridor status and was renewed in 2006.
Curtin’s Malaysia campus is located in Miri, Sarawak. It is the first and largest offshore campus of Curtin University of Technology and the first offshore campus set up in East Malaysia. Curtin University is ranked 201-300th and top two per cent of universities worldwide in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities. It is ranked 17th in the world for universities under the age of 50 in the 2021 QS World University Rankings and has received a five star overall excellence rating in the QS stars rating 2019.
The following subject areas that are available at Curtin University Malaysia Campus are strongly ranked and have received a five-star rating in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014. Curtin Malaysia offers identical degrees to those at the Curtin University main campus in Western Australia. Examinations for the degree programmes are set and moderated at Curtin’s main campus in Perth to ensure that they meet and fulfill the academic standards. Academics from Perth visit the Curtin Sarawak campus for quality audit and for consultations on issues ranging from assignments, projects, tasks and other assessments.


