Universiti Malaya's decision to offer engineering degrees under its "direct intake" programme for RM90,000 was "not a normal process", said Higher Education Minister Idris Jusoh.

"That is not the normal process, that is probably (by) the private wing (of Universiti Malaya).

"Probably it was another programme that was being done, (like how) there was some private courses being offered at some other public universities," he told reporters after speaking at the National Higher Education Conference 2017 in Kuala Lumpur today.

Idris assured that the "normal process" - applying to public universities through the Student Entry Administration Department of his ministry, commonly referred to as UPU - remains unchanged.