Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia

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Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (Malay)
Motto Malay: Dengan Hikmah Kita Meneroka [1]
Motto in English
With Wisdom, We Explore [2]
Type Public
Established1993
Academic affiliations
Chancellor DYAM Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim
Tunku Mahkota of Johor
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ts. Dr. Ruzairi bin Abdul Rahim
Pro-chancellors
    1. YAM Tunku Idris Iskandar Al-Haj Ibni Sultan Ibrahim
      Tunku Temenggong of Johor
    2. Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. Haji Azmi Rohani
      Johor State Secretary

Students19,421 (February 2022) [3]
Address
Persiaran Tun Dr. Ismail, 86400 Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia
CampusRural
Colours Red, blue and silver
   
Website www.uthm.edu.my
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UTHM entrance

Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia (Malay : Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; abbreviated as UTHM) is a public university in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. It was formerly known as the Tun Hussein Onn Institute of Technology (Malay : Institut Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (ITTHO)) and the Tun Hussein Onn University College of Technology (Malay : Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (KUiTTHO)). Along with other public university colleges, KUiTTHO was promoted to full university status since year 2007. The name UTHM was officially launched by the then education minister, Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein.

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UTHM is also a member of Malaysian Technical University Network (MTUN).

History

Establishment

The establishment history of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia started off on 16 September 1993. The university was formerly known as Pusat Latihan Staf Politeknik (PLSP). The core business of PLSP then was to train and produce polytechnics academic staff in various engineering fields. The training institute was jointly administered by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and the Ministry of Education Malaysia.

Three years later, PLSP was upgraded to Institut Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (ITTHO). Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak who was then the Minister of Education made the official announcement of the new status on 12 April 1996. This promotion is an acknowledgment to the institution that has excelled in producing human resources for technical education.

On 27 September 2000, the institute achieved another milestone when the Malaysian government agreed to award a university-college status to the institute. This was to recognise its contributions in science and technology-based development as well as in helping the nation to achieve its aspiration. With the new status, the institution was known as Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (KUiTTHO) and the official announcement was made by Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Musa bin Mohamed, the then Minister of Education.

The Malaysian government, on 20 September 2006, agreed to award the university-college a full university status and changed its name to Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. On 1 February 2007, Datuk Mustapha Mohamed, the Minister of Higher Education officially announced the change of status. Subsequently, Dato’ Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein Onn then made the official declaration of the change of name on 2 March 2007. [4]

Changes of names

Residential colleges

At UTHM, hostels for students are called "Kolej Kediaman" ("residential college"), or "KK". This term was first used when the institution received its "university" title. The former term was "desasiswa" ("hostel"). Prior to 2022, there are eight separate residential colleges. However, as of 2022 the residential colleges have been reorganised as follows. [5]

Tunku Tun Aminah Library

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Tunku Tun Aminah Library

The Tunku Tun Aminah Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Malaysia. [6] The building has four floors, with 16,000 square meters of total floor area. It can accommodate as many as 300,000 books and 3,000 users.

The library has 100 carrel rooms, 40 discussion rooms, 2 seminar rooms, a postgraduate research room, an auditorium, a closed reference room, a journal room and a 24-hour reading room. It provides a variety reference sources including printed and electronic material, especially in the areas of civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, information technology, education, science, social sciences, management and languages. The library has more than 200,000 books, 10,000 titles of these, 40 titles of printed journals, 380 titles of e-journals, 50 titles of magazines, and 22,000 items of audio-visual material. The library also subscribes to 26 online databases services with access to more than 120,000 journal titles and 4 e-books services giving access to 80,000 titles of books.

The library initiated an automation project in 1997. Currently, the library is using the SirsiDynix Symphony integrated library system to manage its operations, automate tasks and improve staff productivity.

Rankings

YearRankValuer
2012251-300 QS Asian University Rankings
2013251-300 QS Asian University Rankings
2014251-300 QS Asian University Rankings
2015251-300 [7] QS Asian University Rankings

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