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Chief Executive Officer | Puvan Balachandran |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1997 |
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Ir. Dr. Sahol Hamid bin Abu Bakar |
Chancellor | Dato’ Mohamed Nizam Bin Tun Abdul Razak |
Location | , , 3°06′00″N101°36′00″E / 3.0999°N 101.6001°E |
Campus | Tierra Crest, Jalan SS6/3, Kelana Jaya |
Nickname | UNITAR |
Website | www |
UNITAR International University (UNITAR) is a private university in Selangor, Malaysia. [1] The university was established in 1997 and its main campus, which has a total built-up area of 280,000 sq ft spanning 15-storeys, is currently located at Kelana Jaya, Selangor. [2]
UNITAR is one of the first virtual university in Southeast Asia and among the earliest private universities that was established in Malaysia. [1]
Founded in 1997 as University of Management and Technology (UMTECH), [3] it was later rebranded as UNITAR International University and is currently owned and managed by Ekuiti Nasional Berhad (EKUINAS), [4] a private equity company owned by the Government of Malaysia. [5]
UNITAR currently offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in various fields such as Business, Law, Education, Information Technology and others on both physical and Online Distance Learning (ODL) format.
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