Universiti Sains Malaysia

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The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses to approximately 20,000 students.

USM is a public university whose main campus is in Penang, Malaysia. With roughly 30,000 students, it is one of the largest universities in the country. A Distance Education Programme has been offered through the USM School of Distance Education since 1971; it presently offers four undergraduate degrees.

The Universiti Sains Malaysia web site is at http://www.usm.my/en/

Distance learning

The USM Distance Learning Programme delivers courses via the PPJJ E-Learning Portal.

There is no information on the number of students on this Programme.

VLE

The PPJJ E-Learning Portal is said to be powered by Moodle.

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