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Part-time tutor jobs for UTHM students

Part-time tutor jobs for UTHM students in Parit Raja: teach Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Sains to secondary pupils across Batu Pahat, from Taman Universiti to Bandar Penggaram. Engineering and technical-education students turn their strongest subjects into steady evening lessons that sit around lectures and final exams.

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Posting updated 5 November 2026

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The job

Part-time tutor for UTHM students

Pay
RM50 to RM200 per hour
Where you teach
Parit Raja: 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 UTHM students

A ten-week break every July

The UTHM session closes with a long break from late July to early October, the stretch when you can take on extra learners.

Faculties that match school sciences

FKEE, FKMP, FKAAB and FAST give you daily practice in the mathematics, physics and chemistry that SPM and STPM learners sit.

Schools along Route 50

SMK Tun Ismail, SMK Seri Gading and the Bandar Penggaram schools all sit a short ride from Parit Raja on Federal Route 50.

What we look for

Who fits this role

  • FKEE, FKMP or FKAAB engineering students who score well in calculus and physics.
  • FPTV students training as technical teachers who want one-to-one teaching practice.
  • FAST or FSKTM students who explain Chemistry, Mathematics or Sains clearly in English or Malay.
  • Students settled in Parit Raja with free weekday evenings or weekend mornings.

What you will do

  • Plan lessons against each learner's SPM or STPM papers.
  • Explain Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry problems step by step with worked examples.
  • Set short practice tasks and review them in the next session.
  • Check each learner's progress weekly and set the pace before exams.
How it works

From application to first lesson

  1. Step 01

    Apply

    Apply online from your Parit Raja hostel or rented house.

  2. Step 02

    Screening

    Fill in the emailed tutor profile, and Edustar reviews your engineering or science results and background.

  3. Step 03

    Get matched

    Offers come by subject and level from towns along Route 50, from Parit Raja to Bandar Penggaram.

  4. Step 04

    Teach

    Teach in Batu Pahat homes or online, paid per hour.

Near your campus

Tutor jobs around Southern Peninsular

Towns near UTHM: Parit Raja, Sri Gading, Ayer Hitam and Batu Pahat.

Your first term tutoring alongside a UTHM semester

Many UTHM student tutors begin with one learner, usually a Form 4 or Form 5 candidate in Parit Raja or Sri Gading who wants steadier marks in Mathematics or Fizik. One learner is enough to learn the rhythm: a fixed evening, a fixed topic for the month, and a short note after each lesson describing what moved and what still needs work.

That progress note becomes the habit that shapes the whole first term. The learner reads it first, and so does the person who enrolled them, which is why it lands best when it names three things: the chapter covered, the question type the learner now solves alone, and the one mistake to fix next week. Tutors who write it within the hour keep it accurate and short.

By the middle of the semester, many students take a second learner on a different night, often a different level, so lesson plans never collide. A Form 2 Sains learner on Tuesday and an STPM candidate on Saturday morning use very different preparation, and holding both teaches a tutor how far the same idea stretches across five years of schooling.

Turning engineering coursework into SPM and STPM lessons

The subjects UTHM students study each week line up closely with the KSSM syllabus their learners follow. Statics and dynamics carry straight into the Force and Motion chapters of SPM Fizik. Circuit analysis covers the Electricity and Electronics chapters in Form 5, and the thermodynamics module explains the Heat chapter with more depth than any revision book.

Engineering Mathematics does similar work for Additional Mathematics. Differentiation, integration and vectors appear in Form 4 and Form 5, and STPM Mathematics T takes them further into the calculus and statistics that first-year engineering students already handle. A tutor who has solved these by hand recently remembers exactly which step trips a learner up.

Chemistry draws on the same well. Students from the applied science faculty and from chemical-based engineering programmes teach the mole concept, electrochemistry and rates of reaction with the confidence of someone who has run those reactions in a laboratory. The skill to practise is slowing down: showing every line of working at the level the learner is sitting.

  • Statics and dynamics: SPM Fizik Force and Motion
  • Circuit analysis: Form 5 Electricity and Electronics
  • Engineering Mathematics: Additional Mathematics calculus and vectors
  • Laboratory chemistry: mole concept, electrochemistry, rates of reaction
  • Year-one calculus and statistics: STPM Mathematics T

Teaching online from a rented room in Parit Raja

Online lessons let a UTHM student keep teaching on nights when riding to Batu Pahat town is impractical, during heavy rain or a week of lab reports. Edustar runs the call link itself, so a tutor teaching from a Parit Raja hostel room only needs their own device, Wi-Fi that holds through a monsoon evening, and a writing surface the learner can follow on screen.

Mathematics and Fizik depend on worked steps, so the writing tool matters more than the camera. A pen tablet works well for algebra and force diagrams, and a phone mounted over an exam pad lets the learner watch a circuit or a balanced equation take shape line by line. Many student tutors test their setup with a friend in the next room before the first lesson.

The online lane also widens the learner pool past the Route 50 towns. A tutor in Taman Universiti can teach a Form 5 candidate in Johor Bahru, an STPM learner in Kluang or a Malaysian learner studying abroad who keeps Malaysian hours. A quiet corner, a plain wall behind the camera and a charged backup device keep each lesson running smoothly.

English and MUET lessons from a technical campus

UTHM students write lab reports, final-year project theses and technical presentations in English, and that daily practice makes them strong English tutors. Batu Pahat learners book English for SPM, with its reading, writing, listening and speaking components, and they book it for MUET when Form Six or pre-university study points toward a degree.

MUET preparation suits engineering students especially well, because the test rewards the structured argument that a project report demands. A tutor can take a learner through organising a discussion essay, reading an academic passage for its main claim and speaking on a set topic with a clear opening, supporting points and a close.

English lessons also pair naturally with the sciences. A Form 4 learner who studies Fizik in English often needs help reading a long structured question before any calculation begins. A tutor who teaches both subjects can spend part of a session on reading the question and the rest on solving it, and that combined session serves both papers at once.

Questions

FAQ for UTHM student tutors

Which areas around Parit Raja do UTHM tutors usually teach in?

Most lessons sit along Federal Route 50, in Parit Raja itself, Sri Gading, Ayer Hitam and Bandar Penggaram. Learners in Batu Pahat town are reachable on the Bas Muafakat Johor BP002 route from campus, and online lessons cover the rest of the district.

Can I keep tutoring through UTHM final exams in February and July?

Yes. You decide how many learners you take, so you can trim lessons during revision week and the final exam weeks, then add learners again in the ten-week session break that runs from late July to early October.

Which school subjects suit engineering students best for tutoring in Batu Pahat?

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics lead. Pupils at SM Sains Batu Pahat sit SPM Fizik 4531 and Kimia 4541, and the Form Six classes at SMK Tinggi Batu Pahat prepare for STPM, so your calculus and mechanics carry straight into lessons.

Is a car necessary for tutoring from the UTHM campus?

A motorcycle or car helps for homes in Senggarang or Yong Peng, while the BP002 bus links campus with Terminal Batu Pahat. Online lessons let you teach learners anywhere in Johor from your rental in Taman Universiti.

Ready when you are

Teach Batu Pahat learners from your UTHM base

Apply today and get matched with SPM and STPM learners along Route 50, with lessons set around your UTHM semester timetable.

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