The Medical School Admissions Test – Malaysia (MSAT – Malaysia) is a 2.5-hour online multiple-choice assessment.
The test is independently developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to assist with the selection of students into medicine and health professions degree programmes.
Contact details
Universiti Malaya
For test registration, test payment and general course enquiries, contact Universiti Malaya.
MSAT office at ACER
For other test enquiries, including remote proctoring information, admission tickets, preparation materials and results, contact ACER.
Important dates
Register with the Universiti of Malaya: before 31 January 2024
Reasonable adjustments: before 31 January 2024
Fee subsidy applications: before 31 January 2024
Receive admission ticket: 21 February 2024
Test structure
Critical Reasoning
Comprehending and analysing information; understanding, applying, and extending ideas; drawing appropriate conclusions, and evaluating arguments. These questions use material from the humanities and social sciences.
Quantitative Reasoning
Analysis and application of information, drawing conclusions, making decisions, and solving problems. These questions use material from the mathematics and sciences.
Interpersonal Understanding
The ability to understand and think about people. These questions are based on a scenario, dialogue or other text representing specific interpersonal situations. They assess your ability to identify, understand, and, where necessary, infer the thoughts, feelings, behaviour and/or intentions of the people represented in the interpersonal situations.
Registration
Registrations should be completed by contacting Universiti Malaya directly at https://msat.um.edu.my. For course and university information visit the Universiti Malaya website.
Test fees
The cost to sit MSAT – Malaysia:
Malaysian
Sitting the test on campus at University Malaya RM450
Sitting the test with a remote proctored delivery via ProctorU RM750
Non-Malaysian
Sitting the test on campus at University Malaya RM950
Sitting the test with a remote proctored delivery via ProctorU RM1250
The fee covers the test fee listed above and the costs associated with remote proctoring delivery via ProctorU.
Preparation
The purpose of MSAT – Malaysia is to assess your abilities in a range of cross-curricular skills.
MSAT – Malaysia measures skills acquired over a period of time, including the ability to reason, make logical deductions and form judgements.
The test does not draw on any subject knowledge. There would therefore be little benefit to be gained by ‘cramming’ or coaching. Your best preparation will be to read widely and to think critically about what you read. However, some familiarity with the question types typically presented in MSAT – Malaysia is an advantage.
For this reason, you will receive a sample questions booklet with your registration. You can also purchase the MSAT – Malaysia Sample Questions 2, from ACER directly.
Results
You will receive a score for each of the 3 sections, together with an overall MSAT – Malaysia score. The Overall Score is a weighted average of the 3 section scores.
Please note: The Overall Score is calculated to several decimal places and then rounded. The Overall Score is calculated before the rounding of section scores. This makes it impossible for test takers to replicate the process. To assist you in evaluating your test performance, your scores will be accompanied by a chart showing an approximate percentile ranking for your Overall Score. This will give you an indication of how you have performed against other test takers in the same MSAT – Malaysia sitting as you.
Currency of Results
Your MSAT – Malaysia 2024 results remain valid and can be used for application for 1 year.
Complaints and appeals
If you have a serious complaint or wish to make an appeal in relation to your test sitting or results, please read the ACER complaint and appeals policy.
Any complaints relating to test sittings should be reported immediately to your proctor at the time of your test session, and in writing to the MSAT – Malaysia Office immediately after your test session so that the issues can be resolved within the testing window.
Please note: It is not possible to schedule tests outside of the allocated test window. All technical and or delivery issues arising during remote testing must be addressed immediately and resolved during the allocated test window.
Test takers are advised that MSAT – Malaysia results are released only after careful calculation and extensive checking. For this reason, remarks for any component of the test are not offered.
ACER: bringing international expertise to tertiary admissions
ACER is a not-for-profit educational research organisation with a mission to improve learning. ACER has an excellent international reputation and track record in the development, management and research of selection tests for undergraduate medical and health-related programmes.