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Leading with Purpose
Messages of the Vice Chancellor MESSAGES OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR

18 Message from the Vice Chancellor
MESSAGE NO.

Dear Campus Community,

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
4 AUGUST 2025
Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh and Salam Sejahtera
We are entering the second half of the year, and this is where our momentum of efforts,
strategic implementations, and synergy of foresight will need to take flight, where the
spirit of boldness and perseverance remains supreme in this critical juncture.

1. The announcement of the Rancangan Malaysia Ke-13 and the new era of future
driven changes and transformations towards a new national spirit of excellence
remain the key catalyst for the university to continue our role as the nation’s top
flagbearer in elevating our great nation’s status and pride in the world.
2. In the new spirit of chasing global glory and recognitions in the field of higher
education, the core essence of humanising education and in expanding the
spectrum of higher education impact remain rooted in the importance of morality,
values, and ethical principles and leadership.
3. In the quest to ensure that we remain focused in our normative goals of success
“ The inclusion of indicators in the academic and research capacities, we must not sideline the
importance of the values of compassion, morality and in acknowledging the moral
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conscience of humanity.
64 powerhouses and 4. In all of our efforts to advance the notion of academic and research breakthroughs,
the dawn of the from curing diseases to inventing new solutions to mathematical and space
new era of high science conundrums, all these must be shaped and driven by the universal noble
chip designs will goal of upholding the tenets of moral clarity and conviction and the sense of
create new spinoff purpose driven aspirations for the benefit of humanity.
positive impact 5. The moral conscience of a humanistic education system that embraces the spirit
to the university of togetherness, inclusivity, justice, equity, compassion and respect that reflect
and the nation, the nucleus of humanity at its best, must form the central reflection by the whole
of campus community in our daily communal works and tasks, and must not
in line with the be overshadowed by the normative and conventional practices of our rigid work
national agenda of rules and habits.
empowering the 6. The future of the nation and the fate of the future generations lie in our hands
semiconductor today, where policies shaped and the action plans implemented help create a
industry, and new embodiment of values-based and principle driven aspiration of conscience
the National and compassion.
Semiconductor 7. In moving forward in this new convergence of change and challenges, the
Strategy. university will need to be of depth and agility, and the new sectors and areas of
focus must be managed and led with speed and strength.
8. The strategic importance of the semiconductor and chip sector has been prevalent
for years now, and this new focus area has been identified as one of the key
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areas of target for the university since last year, as part of the 10 New Key Thrust
Areas. Now, we will be moving forward in further consolidating these areas, and
will be working closely with the right industry partners with proven expertise and
experience.
9. The collaboration with University Alliance in Talent Education Development
(UaiTED) has further elevated our discussions on the critical aspects of cooperation
that will create a mutual future-driven positive impact on the development of
technology and human capital of the country and beyond, especially in the field
of semiconductor.