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Part-time tutor jobs for IIUM students

Part-time tutor jobs for IIUM students at the Gombak campus. Kulliyyah students who study in English or Arabic tutor school learners in Gombak, Selayang and Wangsa Maju, from SPM candidates at nearby secondary schools to IGCSE pupils, with evening and weekend lessons set around the semester.

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Posting updated 30 October 2026

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The job

Part-time tutor for IIUM students

Pay
RM50 to RM200 per hour
Where you teach
Gombak: home or online
Hours
Part-time, hours you choose
Experience
No prior tutoring experience needed.
Posting updated
路 Recruiting all year.
Why tutor while you study

Built for IIUM students

Learners a short bus ride away

Gombak Setia, Taman Melewar and Kampung Sungai Pusu sit close to campus, and the Kelana Jaya Line links Gombak to Wangsa Maju.

Lessons fit the three-semester calendar

IIUM runs two long semesters and a short third one, so you teach more in lighter weeks and online during final exams.

Kulliyyah strengths match local demand

Engineering, ICT and economics students already cover the science, mathematics and economics that SPM candidates around Gombak book tutors for.

What we look for

Who fits this role

  • Engineering or ICT students strong in SPM Mathematics, Fizik and Kimia.
  • Economics and Management Sciences students who explain economics topics in plain terms.
  • Students placed well on the IIUM English Placement Test who teach comfortably in English.
  • Education kulliyyah students who want steady practice with secondary school learners.

What you will do

  • Build each lesson on the learner's own SPM or IGCSE syllabus, one topic at a time.
  • Explain mathematics, science and economics topics clearly in English or Malay.
  • Set practice questions and work through past-year exam papers with learners.
  • Keep a running record of each learner's marks and sharpen the plan ahead of school tests.
How it works

From application to first lesson

  1. Step 01

    Apply

    Submit the application from your mahallah room in a few minutes.

  2. Step 02

    Screening

    Finish the tutor profile; Edustar then reviews your background and strongest subjects.

  3. Step 03

    Get matched

    You are paired with learners in Gombak, Selayang or Wangsa Maju by subject and level.

  4. Step 04

    Teach

    Hold lessons in Gombak Setia or Taman Melewar homes, or online, between kulliyyah classes.

Near your campus

Tutor jobs around Klang Valley

Towns near the Gombak campus where IIUM tutors teach: Gombak, Selayang, Setapak, Wangsa Maju.

From IIUM kulliyyah coursework to the school syllabus

Kulliyyah of Engineering students spend their early semesters on calculus, mechanics, circuits and engineering chemistry. That coursework sits one step above the KSSM Mathematics, Fizik and Kimia that SPM candidates sit at the end of Form 5, so an engineering student already knows where each school topic leads and why it matters later.

Students of the Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology work with discrete mathematics, logic and statistics every week, which makes algebra, functions and probability easy to explain at Tingkatan 4 and 5. Economics and Management Sciences students carry microeconomics, macroeconomics and quantitative methods, the same ground covered by SPM Ekonomi, IGCSE Economics and the economics paper in STPM.

English language learners are well served by students from the Kulliyyah of Education, especially those on the TESL track, and by English language and literature students in the human sciences. Law students at the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws argue and draft in English daily, a strong base for MUET speaking and writing practice.

  • Engineering: SPM Mathematics, Fizik, Kimia
  • ICT: Mathematics at Tingkatan 4 and 5, IGCSE Mathematics
  • Economics and Management Sciences: SPM Ekonomi, IGCSE Economics
  • Education (TESL) and human sciences: SPM English, MUET
  • Laws: MUET speaking and writing

Teaching online from a mahallah room in Gombak

Teaching online from a mahallah room in Gombak takes a laptop on Wi-Fi that holds for the full hour, plus a pen tablet or an exercise book under the phone lens so the learner sees each algebra step as it is written. Edustar provides the video-call service, so the session link is ready before each lesson and the tutor only brings the device and the desk.

Evenings on campus get busy, so tutors who teach online usually settle on one reliable spot: a quiet corner of the room, an empty discussion room, or a seat in the library away from the corridor. A mobile data plan kept as backup carries a lesson through any moment when the campus network slows down.

The online lane also reaches learners well beyond Gombak, across Malaysia and abroad, all on Malaysian time. A Fizik lesson for a candidate in Johor or an IGCSE English session for a learner overseas runs from the same mahallah desk, and it carries on from home during the inter-semester break.

Your first semester tutoring around the Gombak campus

The first offer arrives with the level, the place and the rate stated up front, and accepting it leads to a first lesson that is mostly listening. A good opening session reads the learner's exercise book, recent school tests and PBD feedback, then picks the one topic that will make the next few weeks easier.

After the first weeks, the tutor writes a progress note, and the learner receives it along with the person who signed them up. A useful note names what has improved, the topic now in progress and the practice planned before the next school test, in two or three plain sentences.

By mid-semester most IIUM tutors have a settled rhythm: one learner on a weekday evening in Taman Melewar or Gombak Setia, perhaps another online at the weekend. Quiz weeks and assignment deadlines are flagged early, lessons shift around them, and the learner's plan keeps moving.

  • Week one: read the learner's school work and set one clear target
  • First month: the first progress note to the learner and whoever registered them
  • Mid-semester: a fixed weekly slot that fits lectures and labs
  • Exam weeks: lessons moved online or rescheduled ahead of time

What IIUM students ask before they apply

Many applicants ask which language they will teach in. Schools around Gombak teach science and mathematics either in Malay or in English under the Dual Language Programme, while IGCSE pupils study their subjects in English. Each offer states the level, and tutors teach in the language of the learner's own syllabus.

First-year students often wonder whether they are ready. Those who arrived from the Centre for Foundation Studies still carry fresh pre-university mathematics and science, and that recent grounding is exactly what an SPM candidate needs. Edustar matches every tutor by the subjects and levels they list as strongest in their profile.

Postgraduate students ask whether STPM and MUET learners suit them. They do, and older learners preparing for university entry or a career move value a tutor who is already deep into academic writing and research. Should any learner ever want a different tutor, Edustar arranges a free tutor replacement whenever they ask.

Questions

FAQ for IIUM student tutors

Can I tutor while living in a Gombak mahallah during the semester?

Yes. Most lessons happen on weekday evenings or at weekends in Gombak Setia, Taman Melewar and Kampung Sungai Pusu, all close to the mahallah. You choose the evenings that suit your timetable, and online lessons cover weeks when lectures run late.

Which subjects do learners near the IIUM Gombak campus ask for most?

Secondary pupils sitting SPM ask for Mathematics, Fizik, Kimia and English. Pupils on Cambridge IGCSE and A-Level programmes, such as those at the IIUM Schools in Batu 8, look for tutors who teach confidently in English.

How do I reach learners from the Gombak campus without a car?

Buses on lines 200, MPS1 and T200 stop at Uiam (Selatan) and run to Gombak LRT and Terminal Bersepadu Gombak. From there the Kelana Jaya Line reaches Taman Melati, Wangsa Maju and Sri Rampai. Online lessons need no travel.

What happens to my lessons during final exams and the semester break?

You tell Edustar which weeks are busy, such as the final exam weeks, and lessons are planned around them. Students who leave the mahallah over the inter-semester vacation keep teaching their learners online from home.

Ready when you are

Teach Gombak learners alongside your kulliyyah studies

Apply today, complete your tutor profile, and start with learners in Gombak, Selayang or Wangsa Maju during this IIUM semester.

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