Sustainability’s issues in higher education have been discussed and presented in many conferences around the world. In Malaysia, the knowledge and implementation of sustainability concept and model are relatively at the beginning stage. Hence, the development of sustainability indicators in Malaysia higher education institution context is vital. The objective of the research is to review the sustainability model of higher education and to find the sustainability indicators proposed by the models of sustainability for higher education institutions in Malaysia. Three models of sustainability proposed were studied which are; the fully integrated system, managerial model and adaptable model. The methodology of this research is to compile literature of sustainability models and sustainability indicators to answer the research questions. Result shows that there are six sustainability indicators from the three models which are; research, administration, operation, community engagement, outreach and partnerships, assessment and reporting, and sustainability in campus. Furthermore, this paper also elaborates and discusses each of the indicators.
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