Back جامعة ملايا Arabic جامعة مالايا ARZ Malaya Universiteti Azerbaijani مالایا بیلیم‌یوردو AZB Univérsitas Malaya BAN মালয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Bengali/Bangla Universität Malaya German Universiti Malaya DTP Universitato Malaja Esperanto Universidad de Malaya Spanish

University of Malaya

University of Malaya
Universiti Malaya (Malay)
اونيۏرسيتي ملايا (Jawi)
馬來亞大學 (Chinese)
மலாயா பல்கலைக்கழகம் (Tamil)
Former name
King Edward VII College of Medicine
Raffles College
University of Malaya in Singapore
MottoIlmu Puncha Kemajuan (Malay)
Motto in English
Knowledge is the Source of Progress
TypePublic research university
Established28 September 1905 (1905-09-28)[1][2]
EndowmentMYR633 million (2021)[3]
(US$135 million)
ChancellorSultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah (Sultan of Perak)
Vice-ChancellorProf. Dato' Seri Dr. Noor Azuan Abu Osman
Pro-Chancellors
Toh Puan Dato' Seri Dr. Hajah Aishah Ong
Tan Sri Datuk Zainun Ali
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Diraja Ramli Ngah Talib
Students36,444 (September 2024)[4]
Undergraduates19,134 (September 2024)[4]
Postgraduates17,310 (September 2024)[4]
Address
Universiti Malaya, 50603
,
Kuala Lumpur
,
Malaysia

3°07′15″N 101°39′23″E / 3.12083°N 101.65639°E / 3.12083; 101.65639
ColoursRed, gold and blue
     
AffiliationsACU, APRU, ASAIHL, AUN, FUIW,[5] APUCEN, UAiTED
Websitewww.um.edu.my

The University of Malaya (Malay: Universiti Malaya; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of higher education,[6][7] and was the only university in newly independent Malaya.[8] The university has graduated five prime ministers of Malaysia, and other political, business, and cultural figures of national prominence.

The predecessor of the university, King Edward VII College of Medicine, was established on 28 September 1905 in Singapore, then a territory of the British Empire. In October 1949, the merger of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College created the university. Rapid growth during its first decade caused the university to organize as two autonomous divisions on 15 January 1959, one located in Singapore and the other in Kuala Lumpur. In 1960, the governments of Malaya and Singapore indicated that these two divisions should become autonomous and separate national universities. One branch was located in Singapore, becoming the University of Singapore (merging into the National University of Singapore in 1980) after the independence of Singapore from Malaysia, and the other branch was located in Kuala Lumpur, retaining the name Universiti Malaya. Legislation was passed in 1961 and the Universiti Malaya was established on 1 January 1962.[1][9][10][2] In 2012, UM was granted autonomy by the Ministry of Higher Education.[11] The university also collaborated with the University of Wales in 2013 to establish International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW), a private university in Malaysia.

Today, UM has more than 2,300 faculty members[4] and is divided into fourteen faculties, two academies, three institutes and two academic centres. In the latest QS World University Rankings, UM is currently ranked 60th in the world, 11th in Asia, 3rd in Southeast Asia and the highest ranked learning institution in Malaysia.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Our History". um.edu.my. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "University of Malaya – The oldest university in Malaysia". Malaysia Central. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Financial Report 2021" (PDF). Universiti Malaya. 2021. p. 339.
  4. ^ a b c d "UM Fact Sheet". um.edu.my. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World". Archived from the original on 26 January 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  6. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Universiti Malaya (UM)". QS Top Universities. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Learning from Universiti Malaya's success stories". The New Straits Times. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. ^ humans.txt. "UM Fact Sheet". um.edu.my. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Our Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors : A biographical sketch : NUS History". Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  11. ^ AMINUDDIN, MOHSIN. "UM set for autonomy". The Star. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

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