PUTRAJAYA, Feb 7- Student applications for entry into the foundation, certificate, diploma, and bachelor's degree programmes for the 2025/2026 Academic Session via UPUOnline will be opened soon.

First phase will be from Feb 10 to March 14.

While the second phase will be from April 14 to May 18.

The Ministry of Higher Education announced that applications are open for admission to 20 public universities, 36 polytechnics, 106 community colleges,

As well as two institutions under the MARA Higher Education Division.

For the first phase, applications are open for holders of the SPM or STPM, or those with equivalent qualifications,

While the second phase is only open for academic programmes which do not involve interviews and tests.

A total of 350 programmes are offered to SPM leavers, while 1,131 programmes are available to STPM leavers or equivalent.