International schoolsSchooling for the whole family.
Postgraduate students rarely move alone. Malaysia has one of Asia's largest international-school sectors, and getting your children placed is often the deciding factor in whether the move happens at all.
The per-school directory isn't live yet
We publish the market-wide fee bands below, but we hold no per-school records yet and we will not list individual schools or rankings we cannot stand behind. That directory is being compiled now and will appear here once verified.
If you're moving with children in the meantime, your WayToAlpha agent can advise on placement directly — that advice is real today, this directory is not.
Talk to an agentWhat it costs, by stage
Fees climb steeply as children get older, so a single per-school number is useless — budget by stage. These are medians across 165 Malaysian international schools; budget schools sit well below, premium city-centre schools well above.
Early Years
Ages 3 – 5
RM 18,938
median / year
Nursery through Reception.
Primary
Ages 6 – 11
RM 28,950
median / year
Year 1 to Year 6.
Secondary
Ages 12 – 16
RM 38,000
median / year
Year 7 to IGCSE.
Sixth Form
Ages 17 – 18
RM 57,200
median / year
A-Levels or IB Diploma.
Work out your number
Add your children to the ROI calculator
Your tuition, your living costs and every child's school fees as one figure — with the fees rising automatically as each child ages into the next stage, and your break-even recalculated for the whole household.
Model the family totalOn top of tuition
- Application and registration fees, charged per child
- A refundable security deposit, often a term's fees
- An annual building or development levy — RM 5,000 a year is common
- External exam entry fees in IGCSE and Sixth Form years
- Uniform, school bus and trips, billed separately
- 6% service tax (SST) on annual fees above RM 60,000 per student, since 1 July 2025
Add these before you compare schools — they can move the real annual figure by a third.
Schooling here is an immigration question too
A child on a Dependant Pass aged 7 or over must be enrolled in school, and a child of 18 or over cannot study on a Dependant Pass at all — they need their own Student Pass. Certificate and Diploma students cannot bring dependants in the first place.
Dependant Pass rulesWhat we'll publish
Every school entry will carry these four fields, or it won't go in.
Curriculum
British, IB, American or Australian — and the exam board.
Fee band
Annual tuition range by year group, plus one-off entry costs.
Intake windows
When applications open, and realistic waitlist length.
Location & commute
Distance from the main campuses and student areas.
Curricula available in Malaysia
Useful to know before you shortlist — switching curriculum mid-stream is the most common regret.
British
IGCSE then A-Levels. The largest group of international schools in Malaysia.
IB
PYP, MYP and the IB Diploma. Fewer schools, concentrated in and around Kuala Lumpur.
American
US high-school diploma with AP options.
Australian
State curricula, most commonly delivered to Year 12.
Where the schools are
The deepest choice, and the widest fee range.
Smaller cluster; popular with families on the island.
Growing fast — often chosen by families commuting to Singapore.