INTI Penang Bachelor of IT (Hons) Fees: RM 77,868 Total

The short answer

The Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) at INTI International College Penang is RM 77,868 total for the full 3-year degree, per the official institution page (newinti.edu.my). Intakes run in January, May and August, and the award is an INTI honours degree.

Note the unit carefully, because this is where Nepali families most often misread a Malaysian fee sheet. RM 77,868 is the total for the programme, not a per-year figure. Do not compare it against a per-year number from another college without checking which unit that other number is in.

What the fee figure is, and what it is not

The RM 77,868 is the tuition line for the degree as published by INTI. It is not your total cost of going to Penang. You will separately need money for:

• accommodation and living in Penang (figures below)
• EMGS Student Pass processing and medical costs
• flights, airport transfer and initial setup
• English preparation, if your test score is below the entry level

A second point on the award. INTI is a private Malaysian institution, not a branch campus of a foreign university, so this degree is INTI's own MQA-accredited Malaysian degree — not a UK or Australian testamur. That is fine, and employers who know the brand recognise it, but say it plainly at home so nobody in the family is expecting a foreign university certificate at the end. For any smaller institution, confirm MQA accreditation status on the MQR register before you pay a deposit. INTI International College Penang is listed as not separately ranked, which is normal for a college campus and is not itself a warning sign — accreditation is the thing to check, not a ranking.

INTI Penang IT fees at a glance

All four figures come from the official institution page. Watch the unit column: the degree and diplomas are quoted as totals, while the English programme is quoted per level — and you may need more than one level depending on your placement result.

Diploma first, or straight to the degree?

Under the Malaysian qualifications ladder, a Diploma sits at MQF 4–5 and a Bachelor's (Hons) at MQF 6, and a diploma commonly gives credit-exempt entry into Bachelor Year 2 at many institutions. Do not assume it at INTI Penang. Ask INTI in writing, before you accept a diploma offer, exactly how many semesters of the Bachelor of IT (Hons) are exempted and what the revised fee becomes. An assumed exemption that turns out to be partial is the most expensive mistake in this route, because you end up paying two published totals rather than one.

Compare routes and costs side by side using our free Master Reckoner, which matches courses, costs, entry requirements and English levels.

Living costs in Penang

INTI's Penang campus sits on Penang Island. These are market ranges for the Penang area from our cost spine — confirm accommodation figures on the institution's own accommodation page, as on-campus residence rates for Penang are listed as "verify".

Penang has no rail network of the kind Kuala Lumpur has. Budget for bus and Grab, and take the walking distance between your room and campus seriously when you choose accommodation — it decides your transport spend for three years.

For comparison, Nilai (where INTI's main university campus sits) shows a monthly budget of RM 1,300–2,000, and Kuala Lumpur shows RM 1,800–3,000. Malaysia overall runs RM 1,500–2,500 a month, far below Sydney, London or Toronto. Keep tuition and living as two separate lines in your family budget; do not merge them into one number, because the visa file and the college ask for them separately.

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Money the visa file actually needs

EMGS and Immigration publish no single statutory minimum funds figure for Malaysia. What exists is a planning estimate built from published Year-1 EMGS and medical costs plus a living-cost baseline. These are the planning lines we use:

Two warnings. First, the RM 28,000 tuition line is a generic private-university planning figure, not INTI's fee — your actual tuition commitment for this degree is the published RM 77,868 total. Second, always confirm the exact amount requested with INTI and EMGS at application time, because the institution can ask for more than a planning model suggests. Your financial proof must cover tuition plus living for at least one year.

Documents the file is built on

• Offer letter from an EMGS-approved institution (conditional or unconditional)
• Passport valid at least 12–18 months beyond the intended study period
• Attested transcripts and certificates for the qualification used for admission
• English proficiency proof, or an institution English-medium/waiver letter
• Financial proof: bank statements, fixed deposits, or a sponsor/scholarship letter
• eVAL, issued after EMGS approval
• Single Entry Visa, applied for via the official eVISA portal using the eVAL, before travelling — this applies to Nepali nationals
• Pre-departure medical, plus the mandatory post-arrival medical within 7 days of landing
• Health insurance for the study period, usually bundled into the EMGS fee quote
• Passport photos to EMGS specification

Budget 3–4 months end-to-end for Student Pass approval through EMGS once you hold the offer letter. Start immediately after acceptance. For Nepali applicants, document and financial verification tends to be more thorough, so a January intake decided in December is not realistic planning.

English requirement and the RM 5,000 fallback

INTI does not appear in our institution-specific English table, so use the general benchmark: for a Bachelor's in Malaysia, IELTS 6.0, with some programmes at 6.5. Alternatives such as TOEFL iBT, PTE and MUET are accepted at level-equivalent scores, and some institutions accept Duolingo — verify per programme, because the institution decides. English-medium instruction plus a strong Class 12 or O-Level English result is frequently accepted as a waiver, but the institution, not the agent, makes that call. Get the waiver in writing before you plan around it.

If your score is short, INTI Penang runs its own Intensive English Program at RM 5,000 per level, 8 weeks per level, with six intakes a year. In-house intensive English programmes are EMGS-recognised for the Student Pass. The catch is that you will not know how many levels you need until you are placed, so treat RM 5,000 per level as a variable cost, not a fixed one.

Common questions

Is RM 77,868 the yearly fee or the whole degree?

It is the published total for the full 3-year Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) at INTI Penang, per the official institution page. It is not a per-year figure. When you compare INTI against another college, check whether that college's number is a total or an annual fee before drawing any conclusion.

Does the fee include accommodation and living costs in Penang?

No. Tuition and living are separate. Penang accommodation runs RM 160–280 a month for a shared room and RM 250–450 a month for a studio, with a total monthly budget of RM 1,500–2,300 in our cost spine. On-campus residence rates for Penang are marked "verify" — confirm them on the institution's accommodation page.

Can I work part-time in Penang to cover the fees?

International students on a Student Pass may work up to 20 hours a week during scheduled breaks and holidays only, not during term, subject to Student Pass conditions and university approval. That is not a fee-funding plan. Show funds you actually have; do not build the budget on hypothetical earnings.

Can I stay and work in Malaysia after this degree?

Malaysia does not offer a broad open post-study work visa of the kind Australia, New Zealand or Canada have. Staying to work requires an employer to sponsor an Employment Pass after a job offer, and from 1 June 2026 the EP salary floors make this harder for fresh graduates, since many entry-level jobs pay below the threshold. Treat Malaysia as a cost-effective degree and a stepping stone, not an easy stay-and-work route.

Official sources

• INTI International College Penang — campus and programme information: https://newinti.edu.my/campuses/inti-international-college-penang/

Programme fees, durations, intakes and awards above are from the official institution page. Confirm current fees and the exact funds amount with INTI and EMGS at the time you apply. More guides are on the blog, and you can shortlist courses against your budget and grades with the Master Reckoner.