{"id":406914,"date":"2026-05-12T12:56:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admission.utm.my\/new2024\/programmes\/master-of-computer-sciencemecs-odl\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:29:24","slug":"master-of-computer-sciencemecs-odl","status":"publish","type":"programmes","link":"https:\/\/admission.utm.my\/new2024\/programmes\/master-of-computer-sciencemecs-odl\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Computer Science (ODL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CGPA \u2265 2.5 for the Bachelor Degree of Computer Science, or equivalent (such as Technology\/Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical\/Electronic Engineering and other appropriate) from recognized university by Malaysia ; or<br \/>\nCGPA &lt; 2.5 for the Bachelor Degree of Computer Science, or equivalent (such as Technology\/Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical\/Electronic Engineering and other appropriate) from recognized university by Malaysia with 3 years of working experience in related fields (e.g., cyber security\/information security) and recognized by Malaysia ; or<br \/>\nCandidates with non-Computer Science degree (e.g., IT &amp; other engineering) must complete three additional courses during first semester of the programme:<br \/>\n1. Theory of Computer Science<br \/>\n2. Data Structure and Algorithm<br \/>\n3. Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n<p>ADMISSION THROUGH APEL (FOR MALAYSIAN CANDIDATES ONLY)<br \/>\nCandidates with a Diploma in Computer Science or equivalent from a university recognized by Malaysia must have at least 5 years of working experience in the field of Computer Science, and<br \/>\nMalaysian citizens with an APEL.A T7 certificate can be considered for admission (subject to faculty approval).<br \/>\nVisit https:\/\/apel.utm.my\/ for more information about APEL certificate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CGPA \u2265 2.5 for the Bachelor Degree of Computer Science, or equivalent (such as Technology\/Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical\/Electronic Engineering and other appropriate) from recognized university by Malaysia ; or CGPA &lt; 2.5 for the Bachelor Degree of Computer Science, or equivalent (such as Technology\/Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical\/Electronic Engineering and other appropriate) from recognized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"level":[106],"class_list":["post-406914","programmes","type-programmes","status-publish","hentry","level-postgraduate-coursework"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admission.utm.my\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programmes\/406914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admission.utm.my\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programmes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admission.utm.my\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/programmes"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admission.utm.my\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admission.utm.my\/new2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=406914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}