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Penubuhannya menjadi pemacu kepada Its establishment had helped to accelerate
kemajuan pendidikan di Tanah Melayu pada the advancement of education in Malaya
ketika itu sehingga tertubuhnya dua cawangan and eventually led to the founding of two
yang memiliki autonomi mereka sendiri, yang autonomous branches in Kuala Lumpur and
terletak di Kuala Lumpur dan Singapura, pada Singapore in 1959. In an effort to strengthen the
tahun 1959. Bagi memperkukuhkan pendidikan higher education in both countries, there was a
tinggi di kedua-dua negara, status universiti need to upgrade the branches to public university
cawangan perlu dinaik taraf kepada universiti status. With the passing of the University of
awam. Dengan lulusnya Akta Universiti Malaya Malaya Act in 1961 by the Parliament, UM was
pada tahun 1961 oleh Parlimen, UM telah diiktiraf since then recognised as a public university in
sebagai universiti awam di Malaysia. Malaysia.
The UM as it is known today, was officiated
UM yang dikenali pada hari ini, secara
as a public university in the Federation of Malaya
rasminya diiktiraf sebagai universiti awam
on the 1st of January 1962. Its initial objective
untuk Persekutuan Tanah Melayu pada 1 Januari
in providing tertiary education to the people of
1962. Matlamat awalnya untuk menyediakan
Malaya had successfully produced numerous
pendidikan tinggi kepada penduduk Tanah
renowned leaders and intellectuals in various
Melayu telah berjaya melahirkan pemimpin
fields. At a time when Malaysia was undergoing
dan intelektual dalam pelbagai bidang.
a variety of transformational processes in
Ketika Malaysia melalui pelbagai proses
its education arena, UM kept its vigilance in
transformasi dalam dunia pendidikan, UM terus
continuing to boost its efforts to become an
melipatgandakan usahanya bagi menjayakan
internationally renowned institution of higher
visi untuk menjadi sebuah institusi pengajian
learning in research, innovation, publication and
tinggi ternama di peringkat antarabangsa dalam
teaching.
penyelidikan, inovasi, penerbitan dan pengajaran.
Dalam menjayakan wawasan murni ini, UM In order to achieve its vision, UM is being
ditunjang oleh dua akademi, tiga belas fakulti, supported by two academies, thirteen faculties,
tiga institut dan tiga pusat akademik yang three institutes and three academic centres
merangkumi bidang perubatan, sains, teknologi that comprehensively encompass medicine,
serta sains sosial dan sains kemasyarakatan. science, technology, social sciences and
UM juga mempunyai hospital pengajaran yang humanities. UM also has the first and biggest
pertama dan terbesar di Malaysia iaitu Pusat teaching hospital in Malaysia, which is the
Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM). Selain University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC).
daripada itu, dalam usahanya memangkin In addition, the Research Cluster was formed
penemuan dan perkembangan ilmu, Kluster to further drive breakthroughs in knowledge.
Penyelidikan telah diwujudkan. Penubuhan The establishment of these clusters offers the
latest solutions and discoveries in various fields.
Emphasis on research is strengthened by the
presence of centres of excellence at several of its
learning centres. The core of UM’s contributions
to the academia and society is through
teaching, research, publication, innovation, and
commercialisation.

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