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UM as it is known today, was officially
UM yang dikenali pada hari ini, secara
recognised as a public university for the
rasminya bertapak kukuh sebagai universiti
Federation of Malaya on the 1 of January
awam untuk Persekutuan Tanah Melayu pada 1 st
1962. Its initial objective of providing tertiary
Januari 1962. Matlamat awal dalam menyediakan
education to the people in Malaya has
pendidikan tinggi kepada penduduk Tanah
successfully produced leaders and intellectuals
Melayu telah berjaya melahirkan pemimpin
in various fields. While Malaysia is undergoing
dan intelektual dalam pelbagai bidang.
a wide range of transformational process in the
Ketika Malaysia melalui pelbagai proses
world of education, UM continues to boost the
transformasi dalam dunia pendidikan, UM terus
efforts in order to meet its vision of becoming
melipatgandakan usahanya bagi menjayakan visi
an internationally renowned higher education
untuk menjadi sebuah institusi pengajian tinggi
institution in research, innovation, publication
yang ternama di peringkat antarabangsa dalam
and teaching.
penyelidikan, inovasi, penerbitan dan pengajaran.
Bagi menjayakan wawasan murni ini, UM To achieve the vision, UM is supported
disokong oleh hospital pengajaran terbesar by the University of Malaya Medical Centre
dan pertama di Malaysia iaitu Pusat Perubatan (UMMC), the first and biggest teaching hospital
UM (PPUM), dua akademi, dua belas fakulti, in Malaysia, two academies, twelve 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, the social sciences and the
Selain daripada itu, dalam usaha menyumbang humanities. Apart from that, in the effort to
kepada perkembangan ilmu, Kluster contribute towards knowledge development,
Penyelidikan telah diwujudkan. Penubuhan Research Clusters have been set up. The
kluster ini menawarkan penyelesaian dan establishment of these clusters offers solutions
penemuan terbaharu dalam pelbagai bidang. and new discoveries in numerous fields.
Penekanan terhadap bidang penyelidikan Emphasis on research is strengthened by the
diperkukuhkan dengan tertubuhnya pusat-pusat presence of centres of excellence at several
kecemerlangan di pelbagai pusat pengajian. learning centres. The core of UM’s contributions
Pengajaran, penyelidikan, penerbitan, inovasi to the academia world and society is through
dan komersialisasi menjadi tunjang usaha UM teaching, research, publication, innovation, and
menyumbang kepada dunia akademik dan commercialisation.
masyarakat.
On the 11 of October 2006, UM has been
th
recognised by the Ministers Council as one of the
Pada 11 Oktober 2006, UM telah diiktiraf
five research universities in Malaysia. On the 26
oleh Jemaah Menteri sebagai salah satu daripada th
of January 2012, UM was given the autonomy
lima universiti penyelidikan di Malaysia. Pada
status by the Ministry of Higher Education. For
26 Januari 2012 pula, UM telah diberikan
its success in research management, UM has
status autonomi oleh Kementerian Pendidikan
been maintaining its recognition as a research
Tinggi. Atas kejayaan UM dalam pengurusan
penyelidikan, UM kekal dengan pengiktirafan

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