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School Operational Plan 2026-2028 (Monash Malaysia)
Monash University Malaysia
Last checked: 25 Oct 2026 UTCPage text
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Establishment of center of excellence at MUM headed by SoIT by 2026, Establishment of SoIT Research Hub (iRH) at SoIT by 2024
| Impact 2030 Strategic Theme and Objective | Campus Goal | Campus Priority Initiatives | Campus Outcome Sought | School Measure & Outcome | Accountability | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excellent | EE1: Monash Malaysia is the preferred choice for Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in Indo-Pacific | 1.1 Identify and introduce new future-focused Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses, with Postgraduate courses offered in a range of flexible delivery modes | 1. UG commencing load increase by 5% per annum 2. GPG commencing load increase by 20% per annum | 1. Introduce new courses that are market-driven and in areas of demand and of national and global interest - Bachelor of Applied AI 2. Introduce postgraduate coursework (GPG) short courses and micro-credential masterclass - Master of Cybersecurity 3. Increase commencing load (a) Graduate postgraduate (GPG) commencing load increase by 20% per annum (b) Undergraduate (UG) commencing load increase by 5% per annum | DHoS, DHoSE, CCs | 1,5,6,12 |
| 1.2 Identify and introduce new multidisciplinary study options for UG and GPG courses | ||||||
| EE2: Monash Malaysia educators are the thought-leaders in innovative education in Indo-Pacific | 1.3 Introduce authentic and future focused learning, teaching and assessments in all Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses | 1. UG student retention rate is at least 95% 2. GPG student retention rate exceeds 95% 3. Achieve Graduate Employment rate as per MU target for Graduate Outcomes Survey | 1. PG retention at least 95% 2. UG retention at least 95% 3. 90% units with SETU in Green Band 4. Graduate Employability based on MOHE website data >95% | DHoSE, CCs, 1YC | 1,5,6,12 | |
| EE3: Monash Malaysia is known for rich educational experiences that prepare our students to be ready for professions and demands of the future and make them the preferred choice for the best employers | 1.5 Introduce a series of industry focused skill development opportunities for students | 1. Support for each student to obtain professional certification 2. One or more new participating IBL company per yea 3. Establish an SoIT-led industrial experiential learning center with futuristic humanoids for advanced AI experience - SOIT industrial experiential learning center 4. Number of Students to participate at least one Student Experience activities - 50% of students yearly | DHoS, DHoSE, CCs, IEC, SEEM, SEC | 1,6,12 | ||
| ER1: Monash Malaysia is a valuable partner to Malaysian and Indo-Pacific universities, industries, government and not-for-profits for research and development | 2.1 Establish an industry focused PhD program, in which industry funds or co-funds PhD scholarships for projects targeting industry-based problems | 1. Industry PhD cohort (i.e. new Industry PhD program and existing PhD Program that is funded or co-funded by external organisations) is 20% of the total cohort 2. Maintain an annual minimum of RM30mil in cumulative external research income. This will be supported by securing a minimum of RM10mil new approved/awarded grants annually, with a minimum of 10% contributed by HASS | 1. Increase industry-based research funding / government sponsored scholars - 3 sponsored scholarships in 2026 2. IndustryPhD cohort(i.e.new IndustryPhD program and existing PhD Program that is funded or co-funded by external organisations) 20% of the total cohort - 1 industryPhD cohort in 2026 | DHoSR, AHoS-GR | 1,5,7,12 | |
| ER2: Monash Malaysia is a hub for impactful research benefiting Malaysia and the Indo-Pacific region | 2.4 Identify and support multidisciplinary centres of excellence that act as a focus for securing mission-based and other large-scale regional and global funding | 1. Maintain an annual minimum of RM30mil in cumulative external research income. This will be supported by securing a minimum of RM10mil new approved/awarded grants annually, with a minimum of 10% contributed by HASS | 1. Existing school research hub (MedAI) to be patially financed by external funding by 2026 2. Establish 2nd school research hub or research entity in 2026 3. Research income secured from government/industry/international:* ≥1.25mil in 2026 * ≥1.5mil in 2027 * ≥1.75mil in 2028 | DHoSR | 1,7,12 | |
| 2.5 Determine talent pool capabilities and introduce strategic interventions to develop talents, focusing mainly on research focused ECRs. | 1. STEM (excluding SoIT): At least 75% of journal articles published are in Q1 journals 2. STEM (Q1 subset): A minimum of 30% of Q1 publications are in the global top 10% 3. SoIT: At least 70% of journal articles published are in Q1 journals. Each conference paper published at a venue on the FIT quality conference list is counted as a Q1 paper | Implement School research performance targets 1. At least 75% of papers published are in Q1 journals/Faculty quality conference list or better 2. Maintain full capacity 60 GRS for 2026 3. >85% on-time completion 4. 80% of GRS completions with FQL (conference/journal) 5. >30% of GRS funded externally (including government scholar) 6. Increase commencing enrolment by 15% p.a. or as per load target | DHoSR, AHoS-GR | 1,7,8 | ||
| International | IN1: Monash Malaysia will be the key destination for international students from Indo-Pacific and beyond | 3.1 Strengthen and/or develop new marketing, recruitment and admissions strategies to expand and diversify our pool of international students including from other ASEAN and Far East Asia, South Asia and MENA | 1. Increase the international student share to 45% of total campus enrolments by 2027 | 1. Increase in commencing international UG + GPG students - International students from China by 20% per annum (Combined UG & GPG) | DHoS, DHoSE, CCs | 1,5,12 |
| IN2: Monash Malaysia graduates will be responsible and effective global citizens who can engage in an internationalised world and demonstrate cross-cultural competence | 3.2 Enhance mobility and immersion opportunities for students in UG courses | 1. Increase in the number of UG students having an international study experience by 10% 2. Increase in inbound fee-paying mobility numbers by 30% per annum for 2026 and 2027 | 1. Increase in the number of UG students having an international study experience by 10% 2. Increase in inbound exchange numbers by 10% | SEC, SEEM | 1,5,6,12 | |
| 3.3 Explore mobility options for GPG students | 1. Establish a GPG mobility program | DHOSE | 1,5,6,12 | |||
| IN3: Monash Malaysia will develop its international networks to promote education and research excellence | 3.5 Develop and implement Transnational Education (TNE) strategies for diversified markets | 1. Two new TNE agreements from countries other than China | 1. Develop educational partnerships with reputable education institutions from Asia / around the world - at least 1 by 2026 | DHoSE | 1,5,6,12 | |
| 3.6 Develop international networks for research collaborations to conduct impactful research, especially within the Monash Group | 1. Maintain an annual minimum of RM30mil in cumulative external research income. This will be supported by securing a minimum of RM10mil new approved/awarded grants annually, with a minimum of 10% contributed by HASS | 1. Aggregate research strength through formation of research clusters/departments aiming for large grants applications and impactful-driven research 2. MUM SDG-related publications (journal articles or conference papers only) that have non-Monash and non-Malaysian co-authorship - Increase 5% per annum in proportion | DHOSR | 1,7,2 | ||
| Enterprising | EN1: Monash Malaysia is known as a provider of high quality professional development / executive education | 4.1 Partner with industry and government to identify external education and training needs | 1. At least RM500,000 revenue per annum | 1. Participate in Professional Certification from a fee paying cohort from an industry or government based organisation - 2026 to 2028: 20 per year | SEC | 1,5,12 |
| Inclusive | IC2: Monash Malaysia is known as a leader for accessible, inclusive and equitable education in Malaysia | 5.5 Continue to develop educator awareness and capabilities in inclusive education practices and universal design | 1. UG Student retention rate is at least 95% 2. GPG student retention rate exceeds 95% | 1. Implementation of accessible and inclusive teaching and learning resources - The eXperential AI (XAI) Lab and Computational Heurestic Intelligence (CHI) Lab to provide an accessible & inclusive learning facilitiy by 2026 | DHOSE | 1,6,8,9 |
Abbreviation:
| HOS | Head of School |
| DHoS | Deputy Head of School |
| DHoS-E | Deputy Head of School (Education) |
| DHoS-R | Deputy Head of School (Research) |
| AHOS-GR | Associate Head of School (Graduate Research) |
| SSM | Senior School Manager |
| CC | Course Coordinator |
| 1YC | First Year Coordinator |
| EM | Education Manager |
| RC | Research Coordinator |
| LM | Lab Manager |
| SEC | Student Engagement Coordinator |
| IEC | Industry Engagement Coordinator |
| SEEM | Student Experience and Engagement Manager |
| EA | Engineers Australia |
| OBE | Outcome Based Education |
| CQI | Continuous Quality Improvement |
| ECR | Early Career Researcher |