Page 96 - RESEARCHER PROFILE BOOK

YEAR
2024

department of international

and strategic studies

About The department

The discipline of International Relations was first introduced
to the Universiti Malaya in the 1970s under the Department
of History. Due to an increase in demand, the International
Studies Programme (ISP) was established in 1992 under the
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences auspices. Apart from the
Bachelor of Arts (BA), the Department also began offering
the Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in
1992. In 1999, the ISP was upgraded to become the
Department of International and Strategic Studies (JPAS).
The Department had offered Postgraduate Diploma in
Strategic Studies in collaboration with the Royal Malaysian
Police (RMP) and the Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College
(MTAT). In November 1999, the Department offered the
Master Degree of Strategic and Defence Studies (MSDS).

Today, the Department is one of the leading departments in
the discipline of International Relations, where we are ranked
No.1 at the national level and in terms of subject ranking in
QS, we are currently at 101-150 at the global level. We are
proud that excellent students from all around the world have
chosen our Department for their undergraduate and
postgraduate studies in the last two decades. The
Department also has a student body, the International
Relations Society (IRSOC), which serves as a supporting
bridge between the Department and the students. We also
have the IR Alumni Society, with whom we engage actively in
teaching and learning of the Department. The Department
also has its annual publication, the Malaysian Journal of
International Relations (MJIR), introduced in 2013.

092 | fass researcher profile book 2024