University of Technology Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malay: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Former names	Technical School (1904–1941) Technical College (1942–1971) Institut Teknologi Kebangsaan (1971–1975)
Motto	Kerana Tuhan Untuk Manusia
Motto in English	In the Name of God for Mankind
Type	Public research university
Established	14 March 1972;53 years ago (1972-03-14)
Chancellor	Raja Zarith Sofiah
Vice-Chancellor	Mohd Shafry Mohd Rahim
Academic staff	2,624 [1]
Students	32.325 (2020) [2] [1]
Undergraduates	14,538 (2020) [2]
Postgraduates	8,775 (2020) [2]
Doctoral students	4,555 (2020) [2]
Address	Jalan Iman, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia , Skudai, Iskandar Puteri , Johor , Malaysia
Colours	Maroon and gold
Affiliations	ASAIHL, FUIW, [3] APUCEN
Website	www.utm.my

University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) (Malay : Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) is a Malaysian public research university.

Campuses

UTM has three campuses – the main campus in Skudai with an area of 1144 hectares, the Pagoh campus in Muar District with an area of 50 hectares and the Kuala Lumpur campus with an area of 35 hectares. ^[4]

Vice-chancellors

No.	Vice Chancellor	Term In office
1.	Ainuddin Wahid	1975 – 1989
2.	Muhammad Ridzuan Salleh	1990 – 1994
3.	Ahmad Zaharudin Idrus	1994 – 2001
4.	Mohd Zulkifli Mohd Ghazali	2001 – 2008
5.	Zaini Ujang	2008 – 2013
6.	Wahid Omar	2013 – 2020
7.	Ahmad Fauzi Ismail	2020 – 2024
8.	Mohd Shafry Mohd Rahim	2025 – present

Research Management Centre

Research Management Centre was established in 1982. Formerly known as ‘Research and Consultation Unit’ and as ‘Research & Development Unit’ and finally renamed as ‘Research Management Centre’, in 1997.

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World [5]	701-800 (2022)
QS World [6]	=153 (2026)
THE World [7]	601-800 (2023)
USNWR Global [8]	379 (2023)

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities places UTM in the fourth place in the South East Asia Region, and the top in Malaysia. ^[9] In the QS University Rankings, it placed 100 in the "Engineering & Technology Universities" category among other world ranked universities in 2016 ^[1] UTM aims to achieve the status of a global university and rank among 50 of the world's best universities by 2020. ^[10]

Ranking	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
QS World University Rankings	358	355	294	303	288	253	228	217	187	191	203	188

Notable alumni

For a more comprehensive list, see List of University of Technology Malaysia alumni.

The alumni of University of Technology Malaysia include politicians and public service officials such as Wee Ka Siong, former Malaysian Minister of Transport, Annuar Musa, former Malaysian Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Hamzah Zainudin, former Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs, Saarani Mohamad, current Menteri Besar of Perak, Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani, former Malaysian Inspector-General of Police and former Malaysian Inspector-General of Police and current President of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, Dominic Lau Hoe Chai.

See also

• List of Islamic educational institutions
• List of universities in Malaysia

References

1. "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Top Universities". Quacquarelli Symonds(QS). Retrieved 7 March 2017.
2. "Facts and Figures – About UTM". Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Retrieved 7 March 2017.
3. "Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World". Archived from the original on 26 January 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
4. "UTM Profile" (PDF).
5. "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia". ARWU. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
6. "QS World University Rankings".
7. "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
8. "Universiti Teknologi Malaysia". USNWR. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
9. "Webometric Rankings of Universities in South East Asia". Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
10. Bernama. "UTM Strives to be Among World's Top 50 Universities". Malaysian Digest. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.

External links

• Official website