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Why UM?
01 RESEARCH 03
UNIVERSITY
STATUS WORLDWIDE
With more than 50 Research Centres under RECOGNITION &
4 Research Clusters, UM is Malaysia’s Premier
Research University and one of the leading ACCREDITATIONS
research Universities in Asia and the world.
Granted self-accredited educational institution
status by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency
(MQA) since 2009, our academic programmes
are recognised worldwide including a number
of courses that are accredited by international
accreditation bodies such as Washington Accord
(Engineering), and The Association of MBA
(AMBA), among others.
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STRONG
INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS
With more than 600 international collaborative
partners, UM offers prestigious opportunities for
its students whether through Student Mobility
Programmes, Dual Degree, or Joint Research
programmes.
05 OUR PROUD
02 STRATEGIC HISTORY
LOCATION UM is the first public university established
in Malaysia with a long history of producing
notable alumni and contributed to the
UM is situated in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city
of Malaysia, and is the only Malaysian public development of the country. Since its inception
university located in the capital city. Studying in 1905, it has achieved numerous accolades
in UM, one can explore the unique wonders and will continue to deliver the best academic
of KL, one of the leading diverse and multi- experience, excellent research, and world class
cultural cities in the world. educational facilities and support system.
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