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Shanghai Jiao Tong, China. These accomplishments have endorsed the University of Malaya as the best university in Malaysia. On 6 May
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2014, another international recognition was achieved when the University of Malaya became the only institution of higher learning in the
country to be awarded a 5 star rating by the QS Stars Ratings. The University of Malaya has also been named as a University of Choice by
the Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand for ten consecutive years from 2007 until 2016. With that record, the University of Malaya was awarded
the Platinum Award for the Public University Category on 27 May 2014. The thrust of the university’s contribution to academia as well as
society is through teaching, research, publication, innovation and commercialization.
Seiring dengan universiti-universiti antarabangsa, Universiti Malaya menjalinkan usahasama dengan institut
penyelidikan dan universiti terkemuka dari 71 buah negara. Di antara universiti terkemuka dunia yang menjalinkan
kerjasama secara aktif dengan Universiti Malaya adalah:
University of Cambridge Beijing Foreign Studies University
Harvard University Tsinghua University
Kyoto University National University of Singapore
University of Sydney National Taiwan University
Queen Mary, University of London Yale University
Queen’s University, Belfast University of Hyderabad
University of Malaya High Impact Research (UM HIR) telah ditubuhkan pada Februari 2010 dan telah diperuntukkan
sejumlah RM10 juta dana dalaman UM bagi menggalakkan penyelidikan fundamental yang mensasarkan penerbitan Tier 1
ISI/WoS. Menyedari kepentingan UM sebagai institusi penyelidikan terkemuka negara, Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT)
telah meluluskan peruntukan berjumlah RM590 juta untuk Program UM-MoHE HIR bagi tempoh 5 tahun bermula Ogos 2011
sehingga Jun 2016.
Sehingga kini, UM telah melantik empat Felo Nobel dan dua Profesor Ulung sebagai ahli Majlis Penasihat HIR. Mereka
terdiri daripada Felo Nobel Profesor Barry Marshall (Psikologi atau Perubatan), Felo Nobel Profesor Ryoji Noyori (Kimia),
Felo Nobel Profesor David Baltimore (Psikologi atau Perubatan), Felo Nobel Sir Dr. Richard Roberts (Psikologi atau
Perubatan), Profesor Ulung Rita Colwell (University of Maryland, USA) dan Profesor Ulung Wong Chi-Huey (Academia
Sinica, Taiwan).
In keeping the university on par with international universities, the University of Malaya has collaborated with renowned research
institutes and universities from 71 countries. Some of its active global partners are:
University of Cambridge Beijing Foreign Studies University
Harvard University Tsinghua University
Kyoto University National University of Singapore
University of Sydney National Taiwan University
Queen Mary, University of London Yale University
Queen’s University, Belfast University of Hyderabad
Another landmark was in February 2010 when the University established the ‘University of Malaya High Impact Research (UM HIR)’and
provided RM10 million from its internal funds to promote fundamental research which will lead to Tier 1 ISI/WoS publications. Recognizing
the importance of UM as a premier research institution in the country, the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) allocated RM590 million for
the UM-MOHE HIR programme for a period of 5 years from August 2011 until June 2016.
To date, UM has appointed four Nobel Fellows and two Distinguished Fellows as members of the UM HIR Advisory Council. They are
Nobel Fellow Professor Barry Marshall (Physiology or Medicine), Nobel Fellow Professor Ryoji Noyori (Chemistry), Nobel Fellow Professor
David Baltimore (Physiology or Medicine), Nobel Fellow Sir Richard Roberts (Physiology or Medicine), Distinguished Professor Rita Colwell
(University of Maryland, USA) and Distinguished Professor Wong Chi-Huey (Academia Sinica, Taiwan).
Bagi memastikan kurikulum yang disediakan menepati kehendak serta keperluan nasional dan antarabangsa,
Universiti Malaya telah berjaya memperolehi akreditasi daripada pelbagai institusi dan badan profesional antarabangsa.
Antaranya Washington Accord, Institution of Chemical Engineers UK, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS),
Association of Building Engineers, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), The Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales,
Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia, SMBG-Eduniversal France, Royal College of Surgeons of England UK, Institute
of Physics & Engineering in Medicine UK, Association of MBA, UK dan banyak lagi untuk memastikan kurikulum universiti
memenuhi keperluan kebangsaan dan antarabangsa, dan ini menunjukkan program kita adalah relevan secara global.
The University of Malaya has attained accreditations from many institutions and professional bodies, such as Washington Accord,
Institution of Chemical Engineers UK, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Association of Building Engineers, Royal Institute of
British Architects (RIBA), The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Institute
of Chartered Accountants England and Wales, Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia, SMBG-Eduniversal France, Royal College of
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