Universiti Teknologi Petronas

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Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
PETRONAS University of Technology

Motto	Engineering Futures
Established	10 January 1997
Type	Private University
Rector	Prof. Dr. Zainal Abidin Hj. Kasim
Chancellor	YAB Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad
Vice-Chancellor	YB Tan Sri Dato Sri (Dr) Mohd Hassan Marican
Students	approximately 6000 undergraduates, and a smaller number of postgraduates
Location	Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia
Nickname	UTP
Website	www.utp.edu.my

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (Abbreviation: UTP; English: PETRONAS University of Technology; Simplified Chinese: 国油大学; pinyin: Guóyóu Dàxué) was established on 10 January 1997 when PETRONAS was invited by the Government of Malaysia to set up a university.

Contents 1 History 2 Vision and Mission 2.1 Vision 2.2 Mission 3 Anthem 4 Facilities 4.1 New Academic Complex 4.2 Sports Complex 4.3 Computer, Network and Internet Access 5 Education 5.1 Academic Circulations 5.2 Foundation Programmes 5.3 Undergraduate Degree Programmes 5.4 Postgraduate Degree Programmes 5.5 Industrial Internship Programme 6 Clubs and Societies 7 Student Accommodation 7.1 Old Village 5 7.2 Village 1 7.3 Village 2 7.4 Village 3 & 4 7.5 New Village 5 8 Culture 8.1 Tukun 8.2 Mapley 8.3 Gathering 8.4 Rojak 8.5 J-Stuff & K-Stuff 8.6 Hello! Project or H!P 8.7 "Toronto" 9 Community 10 Awards 11 Related Websites 11.1 E-Learning 11.2 UTPian.NET 11.3 UTPAlumni.com 12 External links

[edit] History

The university was formerly known as The Institute of Technology PETRONAS (ITP) and was a wholly owned subsidiary of PETRONAS, the national oil company of Malaysia. It was registered with the Ministry of Education on 26 April 1995 and obtained approval under the "Essential Higher Education Institute Regulation 1996". ITP began operations at PERMATA, Bangi, Selangor on 3 July 1995. On 26 July 1995, ITP was registered as a private limited company and transferred its operations to Tronoh in the state of Perak, on 1 July 1996. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) was established on 10 January 1997 when PETRONAS was invited by the Malaysian government to set up a university.

The campus is built on a 400 hectare (1,000 acre) site strategically located at Bandar Seri Iskandar, Tronoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia. When University Teknologi PETRONAS first moved to Tronoh, it took over the campus of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)'s engineering faculty, which has since moved to their new campus in Penang. In its initial years, lectures, lab sessions and tutorials were held in the old USM facilities, and University Teknologi PETRONAS gradually shifted all operations to newer facilities once construction was completed.

The university has just concluded its Sixth Convocation Ceremony on 27 August 2006. This year, a total of 725 UTP students graduated in their respective fields of studies. Of these, 699 were undergraduate students in various fields, namely Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Business Information Systems and Information and Communication Technology while 26 were postgraduates students majoring in Petroleum Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology .

[edit] Vision and Mission

[edit] Vision

"A Leader in Technology Education and Centre for Creativity and Innovation."

[edit] Mission

"Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS is an institute of higher learning. We provide opportunities for the pursuit of knowledge and expertise for the advancement of engineering, science and technology to enhance the nation’s competitiveness.

Our objective is to produce well-rounded graduates who are creative and innovative with the potential to become leaders of industry and the nation.

Our aim is to nurture creativity and innovativeness and expand the frontiers of technology and education for the betterment of society."

[edit] Anthem

Luas samudera dalamnya bumi Mendasari ilmu ke akar umbi Di dunia tanpa sempadan Kami berazam membina harapan

Berdasar kepada nilai yang murni Kami bertekad mencurah bakti Hasil dituai benih disemai Labah dinikmati beramai-ramai

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Setiap warganya cerdas dan tangkas Berilmu, beriman, berpandangan jauh Di bidang teknologi berdiri teguh

Bersama ilmu, yakin dan jati diri Kami bertekad mencurah bakti Untuk dunia, untuk manusia Matlamat kami, sejahtera semua

Song : Manan Ngah Lyrics : Habsah Hassan

[edit] Facilities

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS is one of the universities with the best facilities in Malaysia or even in the world. The university has world class academic and administrative office buildings, Information Resource Centre and laboratories equipment.

[edit] New Academic Complex

The New Academic Complex was designed by Foster and Partners, and the first-phase construction was completed in 2004.The overall layout of the New Academic Complex is in the shape of a 5-pointed star made up by 5 semi-circles. The New Academic Complex was officially opened by the former chairman of PETRONAS and ITPSB Board, Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin. Currently, almost all of the academic activities have been shifted to the new campus.

The front-most point of the star where the New Academic Complex is facing is the elliptical Chancellor Complex. The Chancellor Complex houses the Chancellor Hall, the new Information Resource Centre, and Security Department, Finance Department and some of the other important administrative department offices. It is affectionately dubbed the "UFO building" by the students due to its futuristic design.

Another two points of the New Academic Complex is where the buildings commonly known as Pocket C and Pocket D is situated.

Pocket C is an orange building with a slanting foyer look. A cafeteria, a clinic and a security office is located at the ground floor of the building. The first floor and second floor of the building consist of 2 computer-aided design theatres and 4 lecture theatres.

Pocket D is a blue building with the same architectural design as Pocket C. The ground floor of the building is where a cafeteria, the UTP Gallery, and the Student Card Centre located. The first floor and second floor are seated by 6 lecture theatres. The Student Support and Services Department (SSSD) is located at the third floor of Pocket D. Pocket A and Pocket B are another two buildings at the points of the New Academic Complex. They are yet to be built.

Along the perimeter of each semi-circles, there are several buildings at the outer of the New Academic Complex. Each building is assigned to a programme. Some programmes has several buildings. The buildings are named with numbers. On the way from the Chancellor Complex to Pocket D, the buildings are Building 23, Building 22, Building 21 and Building 20. From Pocket D to Pocket C, the buildings are Building 19 up to Building 16 and Building 15. From Pocket C to Pocket B that is yet to be built, only Building 14 and Building 13 are available and in use now. From the Chancellor Complex to the not-yet-built Pocket A, there are Building 1 up to Building 5.

The numbered buildings are generally similar in design. The ground, first and second floor of the buildings consists of laboratories and discussion rooms. The third floor of the buildings is always the lecturers' offices.

[edit] Sports Complex

The university has a centralised sports facility, commonly known as the Sports Complex, located near the main gate. It consists of a swimming pool, several soccer fields, three takraw courts, a basketball court, four tennis courts, three volleyball courts, four squash courts, three badminton courts, a jogging track and a netball court.

In general, students participate actively in sports, with the most popular sports being soccer and futsal.

[edit] Computer, Network and Internet Access

Almost all dorms in the hostels in UTP are provided with network sockets with Local Area Network (LAN) and broadband Internet access through a central server maintained by the Information Technology and Media Services (ITMS) Department. Students are able to connect to the network and Internet 7/24.

Besides, the network and Internet are also accessible through the IT Sections in the Information Resource Centre, and also computer labs in each general academic buildings in the New Academic Complex. Self printing service is also available in the computer labs.

[edit] Education

The foundation programmes are offered for students that enroll to UTP with SPM level or other equivalent levels to prepare them for degree programmes. Newly enrolled students with STPM level or other equivalent levels are exempted from the foundation programmes. Other newly enrolled diploma graduades are exempted from certain courses according to their academic performance and courses taken during their diploma programmes.

Currently, UTP offers two foundation programmes, four engineering degree programmes and two technology degree programmes. A new engineering degree programme will commence starting January 2007.

[edit] Academic Circulations

In UTP, there are two semesters a year. A semester starts in January or July, with 14 weeks of studies per semester, divided by a one-week mid-semester break and ends with 3 weeks of final examination. The end of semester is followed by a 7-week semester break.

[edit] Foundation Programmes

The foundation programmes offered in UTP are engineering foundation programme and technology foundation programme. As the names suggest, the engineering foundation programme prepares the students to continue with engineering degree programmes in UTP, whereas the technology foundation programme is a preparation programme for students to pursue their studies in technology degree programmes.

[edit] Undergraduate Degree Programmes

The engineering degree programmes take a total of four years to complete (including internship), while technology degree programmes take four and a half years.

The seven degree programmes offered are:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EE)

Majors offered as of 2006:

1. Instrumentation and Control
2. Power Systems Engineering
3. Computer Systems Engineering
4. Communication Systems
5. Micro Electronics

• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Chemical Engineering (CHE)

Majors offered as of 2006:

1. Industrial Environmental Engineering
2. Process Plant Engineering
3. Gas and Petrochemical Engineerin
4. Petroleum Engineering
5. Process Analysis and Control

• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Civil Engineering (CVE)

Majors offered as of 2006:

1. Building Construction Technology
2. Urban Engineering
3. Environmental Engineering
4. Offshore Structures and Oceanography

• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Majors offered as of 2006:

1. Automotive
2. Energy
3. Manufacturing
4. Materials
5. Petroleum

• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Petroleum Engineering (PE) (Starting 1st Semester of 2007)

Majors offered as of 2007:

1. Reservoir Studies
2. Drilling and Production Operations

• Bachelor of Technology (Hons) Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Majors offered as of 2006:

1. Virtual Reality & Multimedia
2. Software Engineering

Minors offered as of 2006:

1. Financial Management
2. Corporate Management
3. Digital Electronics (Last Offered)

• Bachelor of Technology (Hons) Business Information Systems (BIS)

Majors offered as of 2006:

1. E-Business
2. Knowledge Management

Minors offered as of 2006:

1. Financial Management
2. Corporate Management

[edit] Postgraduate Degree Programmes

UTP also offers postgraduate degree programmes by research, and by coursework and dissertation.

The programmes by research offered are:

• MSc and PhD in Mechanical Engineering
• MSc and PhD in Civil Engineering
• MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering
• MSc and PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• MSc and PhD in Information Technology

The Master of Science programmes by coursework and dissertation offered are:

• MSc in Process Integration
• MSc in Petroleum Engineering

[edit] Industrial Internship Programme

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS offers one of the longest industrial internship programmes in the country. The students are posted as interns for 32 weeks (approximately 8 months). This is excellent as it allows the students to gain maximum exposure to their future field of undertaking.

[edit] Clubs and Societies

In UTP, students are encouraged to join clubs and societies. The clubs and societies in UTP includes:

• Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (MPPUTP) or Student Representative Council of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (SRCUTP), which is the student council. The committee is elected to a 1-year term in office through the standard student election process that simulates the actual Grand Election of the national parties.

• Rakan Masjid (literally, Mosque Friends), which is the Islamic society for the students. Rakan Masjid organizes events for the students as well as conducts various campaigns to raise awareness on certain religious issues.

• International Student Committee (ISC), which is a society for international student. It consists of representatives of international students from each country.

• Engineering Design eXhibition (EDX), which is an exhibition event held every semester in UTP. The exhibits are selected projects by the students. The projects include Engineering Team Project (ETP), Final Year Project (FYP), Final Year Design Project (FYDP), projects from the postgraduates and lecturers, and also information booths of several societies and organizations.

Others in their groupings (in alphabetical order):

• Martial Arts:
  • Aikido Club
  • Karate-Do Club
  • Persatuan Seni Silat Gayong Malaysia ( Silat Gayong Martial Arts Society)
  • Persatuan Seni Silat Cekak Ustaz Hanafi UTP (Silat Cekak Ustaz Hanafi Martial Arts Society)
  • Persatuan Seni Silat Cekak Malaysia (Silat Cekak Martial Arts Society of Malaysia)
  • Taekwando Club

• Degree Programmes:
  • Chemical Engineering Student Society (ChESS)
  • Civil Engineering Club
  • Electrical & Electronic Engineering Student Society (EEESS)
  • Mechanical Engineering Club
  • Syntech Organization

• Cultural:
  • International Culture Club (ICC)
  • UTP Choir
  • UTP Orchestra
    • Chinese Musical
    • Classical and Jazz Musical
    • Indian Musical

• Hobbies:
  • Adventure & Recreation Club
  • Basketball Club
  • Bowling Club
  • Debate Club
  • Media & Technology Club (MedTech)
  • UTP Bikers Club (well-known as Kabuki Riderz)
  • UTP Open Source Society (UTP-OSS) (in pre-establishment state)

• Others:
  • Rotaract Club (RACUTP)
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
  • Youth Entrepreneur Club (YEC)

[edit] Student Accommodation

Almost all students reside in Residential Colleges within the campus grounds, except for a rare few who choose to stay off-campus. Male and female students are placed in different blocks. There are a total of six residential colleges, called Villages:

[edit] Old Village 5

Originally a collection of temporary residential buildings used by USM students, this village is slowly being phased out as students are moved to more modern facilities elsewhere on campus.

Previously used to accommodate students from the latest intake due to a lack of available rooms, but with the completion of the second phase of the new Village 5, many blocks in the old village are no longer in use. There was a convenience store here called Kopetro, so-named because it was originally funded by a university cooperation system.

This village is planned to be removed to make way for the main gate project which its progress is going as usual

[edit] Village 1

Known as Jaya due to its old name during USM time. A group of hostel buildings, only slightly newer than Old Village 5. Usually, visitors to the campus will see this village first, since it is located nearest to the main gates. There is a small, privately owned laundry service located here, which is reasonably priced (approximately RM2 per kilogram of clothes, with additional charges for blankets/bedsheets) and generally reliable. The cafeteria for Jaya have specialty for its cheap price food.

Jaya located just by walking distance to the Old USM cafe which provide CIMB Bank (also known as Bumiputra-Commerce Bank) ATM, mini post office, KOPETRO and a cafeteria which known as "USM cafe". USM cafe have its own specialty for wide variety of Western food for very reasonable price.

[edit] Village 2

Known as Lembaran due to its old name during USM time. Similar in style to Village 1, but located further in, at the base of a small hill. Conveniently located near the on-campus petrol station.

[edit] Village 3 & 4

Villages 3 and 4 are new, apartment style hostels, located near the new academic campus buildings. Village 3 is located on higher ground, overlooking Village 4. Each village has its own cafeteria, and there is a small convenience store located in Village 4.

[edit] New Village 5

The newest residential college: located furthest from the gate, deep inside the campus, it originally consists of three apartment-style hostel blocks (Blocks A to C, all for male students). Upon completion of the second phase in 2005, it has been expanded to ten residential blocks (four of them for girls) and a central cafe/meeting area/office structure, complete with a small artificial pond. There is also a privatised laundry service here called SpeedKleen. When it first started, SpeedKleen was plagued by reliability problems with frequent complaints of lost items of clothing, which led to the implementation of a tagging system for the clothes.

[edit] Culture

This is a short list of aspects of the school's culture.

[edit] Tukun

Term refering to problematic personal computer. Term "tukun" use due to problematic PC should be thrown to the sea as inhabitant for sea creature. In simpler meaning that the owner should just throw away the problematic PC.

[edit] Mapley

This term referring to Indian restaurant which 24 hours a day.Mapley is popular at night rather than at daytime. It's a gathering place for students to socialize and also eat. Each restaurant have their own specialty like Nan Cheese (Indian bread, Nan with Cheese), Mamak Fried Nooodles, Nasi Lemak, Roti Canai and such.

[edit] Gathering

UTP is well known for gathering. As a university which student activities circulating around the network, gathering revive human relationship back to normal. Gathering varied from BBS group, gaming community, student batch, and sport clubs. This activities had been a tradition for UTP student.

[edit] Rojak

This term refer to a style of playing one of most popular online games,Counter-Strike. This style is adapted from the actual CS(abbreviation for Counter-Strike) tournament or simply tourney. Like Dota, CS also connected to the server handled by the students.

[edit] J-Stuff & K-Stuff

J-Stuff referring to Japanese stuff which had been a culture in UTP since its establishment. J-Stuff like anime (Japanese animation) and dorama (drama) is said to be remedial to students study stress. K-Stuff mostly dorama (drama) follow the wave which J-Stuff brought earlier in UTP. This wave came after Malaysian television stuffed Malaysian viewers with Korean Drama during premier hour everyday.

[edit] Hello! Project or H!P

Hello! Project is an agency composed of female Japanese Idol. They are involved in singing, making photobooks, having own shows, and go on tours which had attracted UTP students to admire them. This community actively discuss their idols in their own channel and at the BBS, where they have a special forum just for them.

[edit] "Toronto"

The location of UTP, Tronoh, is always being called as "Toronto" (a city in Canada). Toronto is also referred to D' Toronto, a mamak-style restaurant just outside the University.

[edit] Community

A majority of the students are local, but there are foreign students studying in the university as well. The foreign students are from countries like (sorted alphabetically) Cambodia, Chad, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Myanmar, Mozambique, Pakistan, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Vietnam and Yemen. A large number of students, local and international, study under convertible loans or scholarships from the Education Sponsorship Unit of PETRONAS itself. Besides foreign students, there are also foreign lecturers and tutors in UTP. Their countries of origin includes (sorted alphabetically) Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines and Sudan.

[edit] Awards

2005

• Open source Expo & National Hacking Competition 2005 - Forensic (1st & 5th place), Capture the Flag (1st & 5th place)

2006

• i-HACK 2006 - Capture the Flag (CTF), UTP won 1st & 2nd place
• Malaysia Book Of Record - highest number of participants of 960 people taking part in UTP Open Chess Competition 2006 in conjunction with ConvoFair 2006
• ENGINEERING INVENTION N INNOVATION COMPETITION (EINIC) 2006 - Overall Champion (NETTER)
• 34 th International Exhibition Of Invention, New Techniques And Products of Geneva 2006 - Gold Medal (Biomass Fuel Briquette From an Optimised Mixing Ratio of Oil Palm Waste), Silver Medal (InTERPRID Intelligent Predictor & PANDANEX: The Ingeniously Developed Water Filteration Kit)
• ITEX 2006

UTP's ITEX '06 Winner

Gold Awards	Silver Awards	Bronze Awards
Series Hybrid Electric Vehicle With On-Board Linear Generator Project Leader: Assoc Prof Dr Abdul Rashid Abdul Aziz	Milder Route for MEOH Synthesis From Renewable Resources Project Leader: Dr Suzana Yusup	Paxfil: Water Treatment System Using Natural Product Project Leader: M Zamri Abdullah
Computer Cardiologist For Quick Diagnosis of Heart Conditions Project Leader: Prof Dr P A Venkatachalam Also won The Moscow Award for Best Invention in Medical Science	Vehicle Remote Control and Monitoring System Using GSM Architecture Project Leader: Abdullah Sani Abdul Rahman	Effect of Used Oil on the Properties of Concrete Project Leader: Assoc Prof Dr Nasir Syafiq
Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Ultrasonic Techniques Project Leader: Prof. V R Radhakrishnan		Kitchen Helper System with Voice Recognition Project Leader: Yong Suet Peng
Cooling Helmet Project Leader: Dr Balbir Singh		NETTER: Development of Household Water Filteration Kit Using Low Cost Natural Product Project Leader: Hj Bawadi Abdullah
Smart Messaging Parking System Project Leader: Koh Moi Ing		Imaging Coursework Data Entry Project Leader: Patrick Sebastian
REVO Badminton Shuttlecock Launcher Project Leader: Kee Kok Eng		In-situ Transesterification of Rubber Seed Project Leader: M Tazli Azizan
		Hexapod Robot Using Tripod Technology Project Leader: M Haris Md Khir

[edit] Related Websites

[edit] E-Learning

E-Learning is the official academic resources website for UTP students, lecturers and staffs. The website allows students to enroll to their respective courses and get accessed to the resources such as lecture slides, tutorial sheets, course outlines, assignment questions, project statements, quizzes and other related resources that are uploaded by their respective lecturers and tutors. The lecturers and the staffs can make announcements with the announcement board. Besides, the students and lecturers can also collaborate with the built-in discussion board.

[edit] UTPian.NET

UTPian.NET is the first and the only unofficial site of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS which is available online after the merger of UTPian.NET and myUTP. It is managed and maintained by UTP students.
Eventhough UTPian.NET is opened on August 03,2006, UTPian.NET is officially launched on August 16, 2006. The Head of Technology Programme Department, Dr. Ahmad Kamil Mahmood, officially launched the portal site after the award giving ceremony for the Dean's List Award recipients of ICT and BIS students.

[edit] UTPAlumni.com

UTP Alumni Association was initiated by UTP as a means to connect the graduates. In July 2001, the responsibilities were the delegated to the trainee lecturers and master students of UTP. In August 2002, High Tea Gathering was held in order to mark the establishment of UTP Alumni Association. Pro tem committee was formed soon after. We are officially registered with the Registrar of Society on the 19th March 2003. Till date UTP Alumni has around 1000 registered members. . In August 2002, High Tea Gathering was held in order to mark the establishment of UTP Alumni Association.

[edit] External links

• Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS The official UTP website.

• UTPian.NET The unofficial UTP student community website.

• UTPAlumni.com The official UTP Alumni website.

• UTP-Open Source Society

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