The establishment of private universities and university colleges were made possible with the passage of the [http://www.agc.gov.my/agcportal/uploads/files/Publications/LOM/EN/Act%20555%20-%20Private%20Higher%20Educational%20Institutions%20Act%201996%20(As%20at%201%20December%202015).pdf Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 <nowiki>[Act 555]</nowiki> (Online version as at 1 December 2015)].