National University of Malaysia
| The National University of Malaysia | |
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| Motto in English | Inspiring Futures, Nurturing Possibilities |
| Established | 1970 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin |
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| Undergraduates | 17,500 (AY 2006-07) |
| Postgraduates | 5,105 (AY 2006-07) |
| Location | Coordinates: 2°55′11″N 101°46′53″E / 2.91972°N 101.78139°E |
| Affiliations | ACU, ASAIHL, AUN, AUAP[1] |
| Website | www.ukm.my |
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The National University of Malaysia (abbreviation: NUM; Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; abbreviated UKM; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي كبڠساءن مليسيا) is a public university located in Bangi, Selangor which is about 35 km south of Kuala Lumpur. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM) is located in Cheras and also has a branch campus in Kuala Lumpur. There are 17,500 undergraduate students enrolled, and 5,105 postgraduate students of which 1368 are foreign students from 35 countries.[2]
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is one of five research universities in the country. It was ranked by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) at number 185 in its annual ranking of the world's top 200 universities for 2006. In the Times Inaugural University ranking top 100, it was number 50 in 2012. It is ranked 98th place in the 100 best universities in the world established within the last 50 years. The National University of Malaysia has been ranked among the world’s top 50 universities established within the last 50 years. It is the only university from Malaysia that made it in the 2012 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Top 50 Under 50 list ranked in the 31st place. It placed 53rd and 58th in the QS Top 500 Asian University Rankings in 2011 and 2012 respectively.[3]
History
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, the national university of Malaysia was born from the aspirations of the nationalists to uphold the Malay Language as a language of knowledge. The quest for a national university was suggested in 1923 by the writer Abdul Kadir Adabi as a move against British colonisation. This nationalist tide galvanised Malay intellectuals of the time but met British suppression. The nationalists never wavered and in 1969 the movement again blossomed. A Sponsoring Committee chaired by Syed Nasir Ismail, a Malay intellectual, was set up to prepare a report recommending the establishment of UKM. Other prominent members of this committee include Dr. Mahathir Mohamed (Tun), Malaysia's 5th Prime Minister who was then the Education Minister, and Dr. Mohd Rashdan Haji Baba, who later became UKM's first Vice Chancellor.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia opened its doors on 18 May 1970 to 192 undergraduate students in Jalan Pantai Baru, Kuala Lumpur, a temporary campus housing three main faculties, the Faculties of Science, Arts and Islamic Studies. In October 1977, UKM moved to its present premises which form the main campus in Bangi. The campus has a size of 1,096 hectares, situated in the metropolis encompassing the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur, the main commercial centre, and Putrajaya, the administrative capital. The UKM Bangi Campus is 45 km from KLIA, 30 km from Kuala Lumpur and 20 km from Putrajaya.
UKM has two health campuses, the Kuala Lumpur campus in Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, and the UKM Medical Centre in Cheras. The Kuala Lumpur campus consists of the Faculties of Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Dentistry and the Pre-Clinical Departments of the Medical Faculty. With a size of 20 hectares, the Kuala Lumpur campus was established in 1974.
The campus in Cheras consists of the Medical Faculty, the UKM Teaching Hospital and the UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI). The Cheras campus was opened in 1997. Besides these campuses, UKM operates seven research stations (RS); The Tasik Chini RS, The Marine Ecosystem RS, The Langkawi Geopark RS, The Marine RS, The Fraser's Hill RS, The Plant Biotechnology RS and in the main campus itself, the UKM Campus Living Laboratory, which comprises the UKM Permanent Forest Reserve, or its Malay name, Hutan Simpan Kekal UKM as well as the Fernarium and the Herbarium.
Based on a foundation of 30 years of research, UKM was awarded the status of a Malaysian Research University in October 2006 by the Ministry of Higher Education, a move designed to propel the four public universities into leading research universities in line with the Higher Education Strategic Plan 2007-2020.
The year 2006 also saw UKM winning the Prime Minister's Quality Award. This award vindicates UKM's efforts at quality education and management, as outlined by the objectives of the UKM Strategic Plan 2000-2020 (PS2020). The Strategic Plan has been augmented by the newly unveiled UKM Knowledge Ecosystem Transformation Plan, a transformation set to catapult UKM into the league of leading research universities by 2018.
Academics
Faculties
- Social Science and Humanities (established in 1970 as Faculty of Arts)
- Science and Technology (established in 1970 as Faculty of Sciences)
- Islamic Studies (established in 1970)
The three above make up the founding faculties.
- Medicine
- Health Sciences
- Dentistry
- Economics and Business
- Education
- Engineering and Built Environment
- Graduate School of Business
- Information Science and Technology
- Pharmacy
Centres
- Centre for Academic Advancement
- Centre for Corporate Communications
- Centre for Corporate Planning & Communications
- Centre for General Studies
- Centre for Graduate Management
- Centre for Information Technology
- Centre for Publication and Printing
- Centre for Research and Innovation Management
- Centre for Students Advancement
- PERMATApintar National Gifted Centre
- UKM Islamic Centre
- UKM Medical Centre
Institutes
- Fuel Cell Institute
- Inst. for Environment & Development (LESTARI)
- Inst. for Malaysian & International Studies (IKMAS)
- Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA)
- Inst. of Microengineering & Nanoelectronics (IMEN)
- Inst. of Occidental Studies (IKON)
- Inst. of Space Science (ANGKASA)
- Inst. of Systems Biology (INBIOSIS)
- Inst. of the Malay World & Civilization (ATMA)
- Inst. of West Asian Studies (IKRAB)
- Inst. of Islam Hadhari (HADHARI)
- Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI)
- Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI)
- Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute (SEADPRI-UKM)
Notable alumni
- Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, country's first astronaut
- Syed Hussein Alatas, academic
- Liow Tiong Lai, Minister of Health
- Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Chief of the Humanitarian Response Branch, United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) in New York
- Anwar Fazal, Father of Malaysian NGO Movement - Honorary Doctorate in Law - 1997
- Datuk Razali Ibrahim, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports (read law)
Rankings
See also
References
- ↑ http://auap.sut.ac.th/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=82
- ↑ UKM, the National University of Malaysia, About Us
- ↑ Global Malaysians Network, UKM now ranked way ahead of UM, Retrieved on 2007-11-04
- ↑
- Law
External links
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