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Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Malay: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Seal
Former namesTechnical School (1904–1941)
Technical College (1942–1971)
Institut Teknologi Kebangsaan (1971–1975)
MottoKerana Tuhan Untuk Manusia
Motto in EnglishIn the Name of God for Mankind
TypePublic research university
Established14 March 1972; 52 years ago (1972-03-14)
ChancellorRaja Zarith Sofiah
Vice-ChancellorAhmad Fauzi Ismail
Academic staff2,624
Students32.325 (2020)
Undergraduates14,538 (2020)
Postgraduates8,775 (2020)
Doctoral students4,555 (2020)
AddressJalan Iman, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, Skudai, Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia
ColoursMaroon and gold
  
AffiliationsASAIHL, FUIW, APUCEN
Websitewww.utm.my

University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) (Malay: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) is a premier Malaysian public research-intensive university ranked 188th in the world by QS University rankings. Its medium of instruction is English.

Campuses

UTM has three campuses – the main campus is in Skudai, and was the first university in the state of Johor. It has an area of 1148 hectares and is the largest public university. The second largest was Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) with an area size of 1108.103 hectares. It is about 20 km north of the state capital, Johor Bahru.

Vice Chancellor of University of Technology Malaysia

No. Vice Chancellor Term
In office
1. Ainuddin Wahid 1975 – 1989
2. Muhammad Ridzuan Salleh 1990 – 1994
3. Ahmad Zaharudin Idrus 1994 – 2001
4. Mohd. Zulkifli Mohd Ghazali 2001 – 2008
5. Zaini Ujang 2008 – 2013
6. Wahid Omar 2013 – 2020
7. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail 2020 – present

Research University

Research Management Centre

Research Management Centre was established in 1982. Formerly known as ‘Research and Consultation Unit’ and as ‘Research & Development Unit’ and finally renamed as ‘Research Management Centre’, in 1997.

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World701-800 (2022)
QS World188 (2024)
THE World601-800 (2023)
USNWR Global379 (2023)

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities places UTM in the fourth place in the South East Asia Region, and the top in Malaysia. In the QS University Rankings, it placed 100 in the "Engineering & Technology Universities" category among other world ranked universities in 2016 UTM aims to achieve the status of a global university and rank among 50 of the world's best universities by 2020.

Ranking 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
QS World University Rankings 358 355 294 303 288 253 228 217 187 191 203 188

Notable alumni

For a more comprehensive list, see List of University of Technology Malaysia alumni.

The alumni of University of Technology Malaysia include politicians and public service officials such as Wee Ka Siong, former Malaysian Minister of Transport, Annuar Musa, former Malaysian Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Hamzah Zainudin, former Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs, Saarani Mohamad, current Menteri Besar of Perak, Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani, former Malaysian Inspector-General of Police and former Malaysian Inspector-General of Police and current President of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, Dominic Lau Hoe Chai.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Top Universities". Quacquarelli Symonds(QS). Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Facts and Figures – About UTM". Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. "Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World". Archived from the original on 26 January 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia". ARWU. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  5. "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia". USNWR. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. "Webometric Rankings of Universities in South East Asia". Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  8. Bernama. "UTM Strives to be Among World's Top 50 Universities". Malaysian Digest. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.

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