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Ministry of Higher Education MalaysiaValues: female academic staff · %IN BRIEF
EDUCATION · MALAYSIA
What share of public-university lecturers are women?
Compare the female share of academic staff across Malaysian public universities using MOHE data.
SHOW ME THE DATA2014 → 2023 · female academic staff · %
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
2014
1Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)64
2Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)55
3Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)55
4Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)54
5Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)54
6Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM)52
7Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI)52
8Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)51
9Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)49
10Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)49
11Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)49
12Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)49
13Universiti Malaya (UM)48
14Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)48
15Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)47
16Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMPSA)45
17Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)45
18Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP)42
19Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)40
20Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)39
201420142023
SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia ↗01 Sep 2024 · data through 2023HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Female share is a composition measure only and does not say anything by itself about academic rank, field or leadership.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSWorkforce composition, not career-outcome ranking.
PulseKita divides female academic-staff counts by the corresponding both-sex academic-staff total for each public university and year, using all citizenships.
- This describes workforce composition, not career progression, seniority or pay.
- Universities can differ in discipline mix, which may affect workforce gender composition.
- The latest official open-data year is 2023.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceLecturers in Public Universities by Citizenship & Sex
- 2TransformationPulseKita divides female academic-staff counts by the corresponding both-sex academic-staff total for each public university and year, using all citizenships.
- 3Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2014 → 2023
UNITfemale academic staff · %
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED01 Sep 2024 · data through 2023




















