Cooperative problem based learning (CPBL) model: a technical review Abstract Engineering education in Malaysia is playing an important role in the production of specialist in engineering field. Universities in Malaysia offer choices of engineering courses in order to develop Malaysia becoming an advance country (Zalina et al. 2009). This paper presents one of the teaching methods that can be used in Engineering Education, namely, Cooperative Problem-Based Learning (CPBL). This paper focuses on the stages in CPBL Model and how the model is developed in order to apply it on Engineering Courses at Higher Education Institution.