University of Technology Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Malay: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Seal
Former names
Technical School (1904–1941)
Technical College (1942–1971)
Institut Teknologi Kebangsaan (1971–1975)
MottoKerana Tuhan Untuk Manusia
Motto in English
In the Name of God for Mankind
TypePublic research university
Established14 March 1972 (1972-03-14)
ChancellorRaja Zarith Sofiah
Vice-ChancellorMohd Shafry Mohd Rahim
Academic staff
2,624[1]
Students32.325 (2020)[2][1]
Undergraduates14,538 (2020)[2]
Postgraduates8,775 (2020)[2]
4,555 (2020)[2]
Address
Jalan Iman, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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ColoursMaroon and gold
  
AffiliationsASAIHL, FUIW,[3] APUCEN
Websitewww.utm.my

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) (Malay: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) is a Malaysian public research university.

Campuses

UTM has three campuses – the main campus in Skudai with an area of 1144 hectares, the Pagoh campus in Muar District with an area of 50 hectares and the Kuala Lumpur campus with an area of 35 hectares.[4]

Vice-chancellors

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 – 2024
8. Mohd Shafry Mohd Rahim 2025 – present

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 World[5]701-800 (2022)
QS World[6]=153 (2026)
THE World[7]601-800 (2023)
USNWR Global[8]379 (2023)

In the QS University Rankings, it placed 100 in the "Engineering & Technology Universities" category among other world ranked universities in 2016[1] UTM aims to achieve the status of a global university and rank among 50 of the world's best universities by 2020.[9]

Ranking 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
QS World University Rankings 358 355 294 303 288 253 228 217 187 191 203 188 181 153

Notable 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. ^ a b c "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Top Universities". Quacquarelli Symonds(QS). Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "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. ^ "UTM Profile" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia". ARWU. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  6. ^ "QS World University Rankings".
  7. ^ "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia". USNWR. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. ^ Bernama. "UTM Strives to be Among World's Top 50 Universities". Malaysian Digest. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.