Focused Universities are public universities which emphasize on specific fields such as technical, education, management and defence

Focused Universities comprise of the following twelve (12) universities:

1. Technological Universtity of Malaysia
2. Northern University of Malaysia
3. Sultan Idris University of Education
4. Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia
5. University of Technical Malaysia Melaka
6. University of Malaysia Perlis
7. University of Malaysia Terengganu
8. University of Malaysia Pahang
9. Islamic Science University of Malaysia
10. Darul Iman Universitiy of Malaysia
11. University of Malaysia Kelantan
12. National Defence University of Malaysia

Among the key elements a focused university must possess are:

• A focused field of study
• A competitive intake
• Quality lecturers
• A ratio of 7:3 for undergraduates and post graduates