Part-time tutor jobs for UMT students in Kuala Nerus. Marine science, biology, chemistry, fisheries and mathematics undergraduates teach SPM Biologi, Kimia, Fizik and Matematik to secondary pupils around Gong Badak, Batu Rakit and Kuala Terengganu, or teach online between lectures and labs.
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SMK Kompleks Gong Badak, SMK Kompleks Mengabang Telipot and SM Sains Sultan Mahmud in Wakaf Tembesu all sit within Kuala Nerus district.
FSSM degrees in biology, chemistry and marine science, and FSKM maths programmes, cover the same ground as SPM Biologi, Kimia and Matematik.
Semester I exams end in early February, then a break runs until early March, leaving full weekdays free for revision classes.
These subjects match what UMT science, fisheries and mathematics students study, and what pupils across Kuala Nerus and Kuala Terengganu revise for SPM.
Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 6 路 RM50鈥揜M150/hr
Tahun 1 to Tingkatan 3 (KSSR + KSSM) 路 RM50鈥揜M140/hr
Tingkatan 4 to Tingkatan 6 (SPM + STPM) 路 RM60鈥揜M170/hr
Tingkatan 4 to Tingkatan 6 (SPM + STPM) 路 RM60鈥揜M170/hr
Tingkatan 4 to Tingkatan 6 (SPM + STPM) 路 RM60鈥揜M160/hr
Tingkatan 4-5 路 RM60鈥揜M160/hr
Apply online from the Kuala Nerus campus in a few minutes.
Open the emailed link and finish your profile, and Edustar screens your background and subjects.
Expect offers from Gong Badak, Batu Rakit and central Kuala Terengganu, sorted by subject and level.
Teach in learners' homes or online on evenings you pick, between labs and lectures.
UMT is one of several Malaysian campuses where Edustar finds student tutors.
UM 路 Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur
UKM 路 Bangi, Selangor
USM 路 Minden / Gelugor, Pulau Pinang
UPM 路 Serdang, Selangor
UTM 路 Skudai, Johor Bahru
UiTM 路 Shah Alam, Selangor
IIUM 路 Gombak, Selangor
Taylor's 路 Subang Jaya, Selangor
Sunway University 路 Bandar Sunway, Selangor
Monash Malaysia 路 Bandar Sunway, Selangor
MMU 路 Cyberjaya, Selangor
UNIMAS 路 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
UMS 路 Sepanggar, Sabah
UNITEN 路 Kajang, Selangor
UMK 路 Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan
Nottingham Malaysia 路 Semenyih, Selangor
Near UMT, tutors teach in Kuala Terengganu, Gong Badak and Batu Rakit.
A marine biology undergraduate at UMT already lives inside the Form 5 Biologi chapters on ecosystems, nutrient cycles and population sampling, because that is fieldwork on the Terengganu coast. Quadrat counts, food webs and the effect of pollution on a mangrove are the topics SPM candidates find abstract, and a tutor who has stood in the mud at Setiu can make them concrete.
Chemistry and food science students carry the Kimia material that trips candidates most: the mole concept, electrochemistry, rates of reaction and the chemistry of consumer products. Food science adds a practical edge, since preservatives, emulsifiers and fermentation are textbook examples a UMT student handles in the lab every week.
Mathematics and data students from FSKM cover Matematik 1449 comfortably, with statistics, graphs of functions and financial mathematics close to their own coursework. Physics and nanophysics students take Fizik learners through electricity and electromagnetism, the Form 5 chapters where formula sheets stop being enough.
PT3 was abolished in 2022, so Tingkatan 1 to 3 learners are now assessed through PBD at school under KSSM. Their Sains lessons still build the base for the Form 4 stream they choose, and a steady tutor in those years shapes whether a learner walks into Biologi and Kimia with confidence.
Sessions at this level lean on experiments a learner can picture: density with a glass of water, acids with kitchen vinegar, circuits with a torch battery. Fisheries and aquaculture students bring the life cycle and water quality topics alive, and they can switch between Malay and English terms as the learner's school uses them.
Because PBD marks a Tingkatan 1 to 3 learner through classroom tasks spread across the year, the written record after each session carries real weight, and it goes to the learner and whoever registered them. A UMT tutor who logs the Sains chapter just covered, the practical or project due next at school and the one idea that needs another pass gives the learner a clear line from each session to the next PBD task.
The campus sits on the coast at Mengabang Telipot, with Tok Jembal and the airport side of Gong Badak a short ride away. Learners also live along the road towards Batu Rakit and inland around Wakaf Tembesu and Bukit Tunggal, where housing estates have grown with the district.
Crossing the Kuala Terengganu Drawbridge from Seberang Takir puts a tutor into the city, where learners in Chabang Tiga, Ladang, Batu Buruk and Kuala Ibai book home lessons. Most UMT students who teach on the city side use a motorcycle or an e-hailing ride for the evening run, and many group two learners on one trip across.
The northeast monsoon brings heavy rain from roughly November to January, and some coastal roads flood after a downpour. During those weeks tutors and learners often move a session online for the night, which keeps the weekly rhythm going without anyone riding through a storm.
Terengganu schools keep a Friday and Saturday weekend, so Sunday is a full school day for learners. That shapes the tutoring week: Friday afternoons and Saturdays open long blocks for SPM paper practice, while Sunday to Thursday evenings suit one-hour sessions on a single chapter.
Laboratory sessions and field trips at UMT take whole afternoons, and cruise or sampling trips can take whole days. A student tutor who knows their practical schedule at the start of the semester can accept offers that sit clear of it and decline the rest with no awkwardness.
Most new tutors begin with one learner, write their first progress note after the first session, and settle into a fixed slot within a few weeks. A second learner usually follows once the first routine holds through a test week at UMT.
Online lessons let a UMT student teach learners in Kuala Lumpur, Johor or Sabah from a room on the Kuala Nerus campus, all on Malaysian time. Edustar runs the video room itself, so all a UMT tutor sets up is a laptop, a reliable link from the hostel or faculty, and something to write on by hand.
Science subjects are written subjects. Balancing a Kimia equation, labelling a heart diagram or working a Fizik circuit problem goes best when the learner can watch the working appear stroke by stroke, whether on a pen tablet or on paper filmed from above with a phone.
A quiet corner, a headset and a backup mobile hotspot cover the evenings when residential college Wi-Fi slows during exam season. Plenty of UMT tutors combine both lanes, teaching home lessons in Gong Badak midweek and online learners across the country at weekends.
Learners near campus attend SMK Kompleks Gong Badak, SMK Kompleks Mengabang Telipot, SMK Batu Rakit and SMKA Dato' Haji Abbas. Across the Sultan Mahmud Bridge, Kuala Terengganu pupils from SMK Sultan Sulaiman and SMJK Chung Hwa Wei Sin also book tutors.
The BAS.MY Kuala Terengganu route to Jeti Merang stops at UMT and at Kem PGA Gong Badak, and also serves UniSZA. Learners further out, in Batu Rakit or central Kuala Terengganu, can book their lessons online instead.
Plan around your own calendar: UMT finals run late January to early February and early to mid July. The semester break from February to early March frees whole weekdays, which suits SPM candidates revising in the first school term.
Yes. Any UMT student who handles the subject confidently can apply, first years included. The online form is short, and once Edustar emails your profile link, screening looks at your background and subject strength.
Your biology, chemistry and maths lectures become lessons for Form 4 and Form 5 candidates around Gong Badak and Kuala Terengganu.