The collaboration between HEEACT and MQA began with the signing of a Memorandum of Arrangement (MoA) in June, 2011. In 2012, after further signing the "Joint Statement of Confidence" (SoC), the qualifications of Bachelor's Degree became mutually recognized through MQA and HEEACT. Subsequent renewals were completed in 2014 and 2017.

On November 7th 2023, under the witness of Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, the Minister of Higher Education in Malaysia, HEEACT and the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) successfully completed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Sabah, Malaysia.