KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 -- The country's higher education admissions process will soon see a structural overhaul under the government's proposed "single window, single offer" system.

The new system will streamline applications while reducing uncertainty for students.

While public university admissions are already largely centralised, education policymakers say the new approach could go further by tightening coordination, limiting overlapping offers, and accelerating final placements.

Here is what it means and how it differs from the current system.

What is the current admissions system?

At present, applications to public universities are managed through Unit Pengambilan Universiti (UPU), a centralised platform that allows students to ...