Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
UNIMAS.svg
Official seal
MottoCommunity-Driven University for a Sustainable World
Type Public
Established24 December 1992;32 years ago (1992-12-24)
Academic affiliations
 Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL)
Chancellor TYT Tun Pehin Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(Governor of Sarawak)
Vice-Chancellor Ahmad Hata Rasit
Address
Jln Datuk Mohammad Musa, 94300
,
Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
,
Malaysia
Campus Kota Samarahan (main campus), Kuching and Sibu (branch campus)
Website www.unimas.my
UNIMAS logo.png

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) is a Malaysian public university located in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. UNIMAS was officially incorporated on 24 December 1992. Recently, UNIMAS has been ranked among the top 200 in Asian University Rankings 2017 by QS World University Rankings. [1]

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The university took in its first students, numbering 118, in 1993 with the opening of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Resource Science and Technology. [2] These students were temporarily located at Telekom Training College, Simpang Tiga, Kuching, until 1994, when the university moved to its East Campus in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. The university's East Campus at Kota Samarahan was officially launched by the Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad on Independence Day, 31 August 1993.

At present, the university consists of 10 faculties, 7 institutes and 35 centres. The Faculty of Built Environment is the latest faculty to be formed recently.

UNIMAS was awarded an MS ISO 9001: 2008 quality certificate by SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd. and IQNet on 13 May 2010 for its core management process at the Undergraduate Studies Division (BPPs) and Centre for Academic Information Services (CAIS). [3]

UNIMAS has implemented and maintains an Information Security Management System (ISMS) that fulfils the requirements of ISO/IEC 27001:2005 and MS ISO/IEC 27001:2007 standards. The scope covers the areas for the management of UNIMAS Data Centre, covering equipment, system software, databases, and operating systems for the university's critical applications. The certification was issued to UNIMAS on 27 September 2013.

An international competition was held for the master plan design of the permanent campus. The winning design for the proposed new university was by Peter Verity (PDRc), the international architect and city planner, who, after detailed environmental analysis chose the present site for the Main Campus. [4] The objective of the plan was to create an environmentally sustainable urban campus that, in the manner of Louvain-la-Neuve, would form the centre of a significant university new town. The interface between the fresh water and saltwater systems of the site is expected to give the opportunity to create a biodiversity of considerable richness. [5]

The opening of the new Main Campus by Prime Minister Dato' Seri (now Tun) Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi on 18 April 2006 was witnessed by 10,000 students, staff and members of the public. [6] The event was also broadcast live over RTM1.

On 2015, the university is granted autonomy status. [7]

Administrations

Research

UNIMAS commitment to research has already been recognised by the stakeholders and partners in industry through the provision of endowments for the establishment of eight research chairs; these include the Tun Zaidi Chair for Medicinal Chemistry, the Tun Openg Chair for Sago Technology, the Shell Chair for Environmental Studies, and the Sapura Chair for ICT. Today, UNIMAS’ research is focused on three niche areas of research:

Students' Union

The UNIMAS Student Representative Council (Malay : Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar UNIMAS or MPP UNIMAS) is the student representative body for students at the University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the ultimate legislative body among the students. A general election is held every year to elect representatives to the Student Representative Council.

Rankings

YearRankValuer
2012161-170 QS Asian University Rankings
2013181-190 QS Asian University Rankings
2014201-250 QS Asian University Rankings
2015201 [8] QS Asian University Rankings
2016251 [9] QS Asian University Rankings
2017251-300 [10] QS Asian University Rankings
2018247 [11] QS Asian University Rankings
2019236 [12] QS Asian University Rankings
2020243 [13] QS Asian University Rankings
2021251-260 [14] QS Asian University Rankings

Notable alumni

• Azhan Rani - actor, batch for Faculty Creative and Arts (from Tanjung Karang, Selangor; among the first batch of students from Peninsula Malaysia enrolled in UNIMAS)

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