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Faculty of Science Booklet, Session 2018/2019
                                             Faculty of Science Booklet, Session 2018/2019

                                Introduction to Faculty of Science


                   The Faculty of Science is among the oldest and most accomplished faculties
                   in  the  University  of  Malaya.  Established  in  1959  with  four  departments
                   namely  Department of Botany, Department  of Chemistry, Department of
                   Mathematics and Department of Zoology. Currently, the Faculty of Science
                   is the biggest faculty in University of Malaya with nearly 1748 undergraduate
                   students, 1256 postgraduate students, 264 academic staffs and 270 support
                   staffs.

                   In  addition  to functioning  as a  teaching  centre,  the  Faculty  of  Science,
                   staffed with locally and internationally feted researchers, serves as one of
                   the main and excellent research hub for Science & Technology in the region.
                   Faculty of Science has established Research Centres including Photonics,
                   CENAR, CEBAR, UMCiL, Nanocat, CIUM, CRYSTAL, Mushroom Research
                   Centre and Glycolipids Self-Assembly and Related Phenomena. Apart from
                   many  modern  research  facilities  and  equipment,  the  faculty  also  boasts
                   several research centres including the Ulu Gombak Field Studies Centre
                   and the Glami  Lemi  Biotechnology  Research  Centre  (PPBGL)  in  Jelebu.
                   Hence, the Faculty of Science continues to be the most productive faculty
                   in University  of  Malaya  in  terms  of  research  activities  and  scientific
                   publications.

                   One of the public attractions at Faculty of Science is Rimba Ilmu – a tropical
                   botanical  garden in  the  heart of  Kuala  Lumpur.  Rimba  Ilmu  means "The
                   Forest  of  Knowledge"  in  the  Malay  language.  It  is  modeled  after  a rain
                   forest garden concept rather than a formal flower garden. It emphasises the
                   flora  of  the  Malaysian  and  Southeast  Asia. Rimba  Ilmu's  mission  is  to
                   generate and promote awareness and knowledge of tropical plant life and
                   its  environment,  ecology and  conservation  through  the development  and
                   management  of  facilities  and  activities  appropriate  to  its function  in  a
                   university  located  within  Malaysia's  most  developed  and  populated
                   landscape.

                   The  faculty  also  manages  its  very  own  online  scientific  journal,  the
                   “Malaysian  Journal  of  Science”  which  publishes  high  quality research
                   outputs of its members besides receiving other worldwide contributions.













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