Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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| Motto | Kerana Tuhan Untuk Manusia (Because God for Humann!!!!!) |
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| Established | 1915 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | DYMM Baginda Sultanah Hajjah Zanariah binti Almarhum Tunku Ahmad Sultanah Johor |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof Dato Seri Agar Diraja Ir. Dr. Mohd. Zulkifli b. Tan Sri Mohd. Ghazali |
| Students | 25,000 to 90,000 |
| Location | Skudai, Johor, Malaysia |
| Campus | Main campus in Skudai second branch in Kuala Lumpur |
| Website | http://www.utm.my |
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia is a public university in Malaysia and is widely known with the abbreviation UTM. The main campus is in Skudai, which is the first university located in the state of Johor. It has an area of 12.22 km², whereas the branch campus in Kuala Lumpur has an area of 0.18 km². The university is known for its engineering courses. The university is also known for its atrocious security officers. It boasts of a equestrian centre and a deer farm.
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[edit] History
The university was originally an institute known as Institut Teknologi Kebangsaan (ITK) until in 1st April 1975 when it was changed to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. However, the institute was given university status 3 years earlier on the 14th March 1972.
[edit] General profile
Philosophy
The divine law of Allah is the foundation for science and technology. UTM strives with total and unified efforts to attain excellence in science and technology for universal peace and prosperity in accordance with His will.
Vision
- To be a world-class centre of academic and technological excellence through creativity.
Mission
- To lead in the development of creative human resources and technology in line with the aspirations of the nation.
Aims
- To lead in the development of science, engineering and technology, which are contributory to national wealth.
- To improve the quality of education in order to produce competitive and creative human resources.
- To spur and strengthen the fields of manufacturing technology and technological management in order to meet national requirements.
- To enhance students' character development in order to fulfil national aspirations of producing competitive future generations.
- To improve the University's financial management performance through active disbursement of common compounds and fine.
[edit] Campus
[edit] Skudai
The main campus in Skudai is ideally located almost centrally between the city of Johor Bahru and the Sultan Ismail Airport, Senai. Daily flights are available from the capital city, Kuala Lumpur.
[edit] Jalan Semarak
Located in Kuala Lumpur, the campus now accommodates Diploma students.
[edit] Academic
There are more than 10 Faculties & Schools and more than 20 Centers of Excellence:
- Fakulti Kejuruteraan Mekanikal (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
- Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrikal (Faculty of Electrical Engineering)
- Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia dan Kejuruteraan Sumber Asli (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Natural Resources Engineering)
- Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam (Faculty of Civil Engineering)
- Fakulti Sains (Faculty of Science)
- Fakulti Pendidikan (Faculty of Education)
- Fakulti Alam Bina (Faculty of Built Environment)
- Fakulti Sains Komputer & Sistem Maklumat (Faculty of Computer Science and Information System)
- Fakulti Kejuruteraan dan Sains Geoinformasi (Faculty of Geoinformation Science And Engineering)
- Fakulti Pengurusan dan Pembangunan Sumber Manusia (Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development)
- Regional Centre for the Development of Dudes (under United Nations Development Programme)
