BEM-GRADUATE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (BEM-GAP)

The Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) has introduced a 2-year top-up program called BEM-Graduate
Assessment Program (BEM-GAP). The program can be used as a pathway for the following purposes:

1) Registration as a Graduate Engineer

a. Local 3-Year Bachelor of Engineering Degree accredited by Malaysian Qualifications Agency
(MQA)
b. First cycle (Bachelor degrees) listed in FEANI (European Engineering Education Database -
EEED) database with EUR-ACE label
c. 3-year Bachelor of Engineering accredited by Engineering Council, UK (requiring further
learning for CEng application purpose)

2) Change of Registered Engineering Branch (Graduate Engineer)

d. Change of branch for registered Graduate Engineer (sub-branch to main branch)

Eg: Manufacturing to Mechanical

The Board has also agreed to implement BEM-GAP as a pilot program at the following Universities with
effect from January 1, 2022:
(i) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Civil engineering)
(ii) Universiti Malaya (Chemical engineering)
(iii) Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Electrical engineering)
(iv) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Mechanical engineering)

In summary, the implementation of BEM-GAP is as follows:

Type of Program Last Intake to May Enroll to BEM-GAP
Master’s Degree
Registration Local MQA accredited 3-
as a Year BEng The 3-year BEng/BSc engineering
Graduate graduates will be allowed to take
Engineer 3-year BEng accredited by the BEM-GAP w.e.f. January 1st,
Engineering Council, UK Master’s degree 2022 to enable them to register as
(CEng requiring further intake by GE.
learning) 31.12.2022
The IHLs concerned may give
Click here: them up to 30% credit exemption
and may add selected elective
FEANI (EEED) – First cycle/
Master’s advanced engineering courses in
Tier degrees
Topping-up their branch.
Guideline
**Candidate in this category
may still uses FEANI 2nd
cycle degree for topping-up
purpose.
Change of Topping-up via a Master’s degree
branch for Master’s degree (coursework/mixed mode), shall
Registered intake by cease and be replaced by BEM-
Graduate Change of Branch 31.12.2021 GAP w.e.f. 1.1.2022.
Engineer (via Master’s degree
coursework or mixed mode) Click here: However, candidates who are
currently enrolled in a master’s
Master’s degree on or before 31.12.2021
Topping-up for the purpose of changing
Guideline branch are not affected by this
latest decision.