Malay: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | |
Former names | Technical School (1904–1941) Technical College (1942–1971) Institut Teknologi Kebangsaan (1971–1975) |
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Motto | Kerana Tuhan Untuk Manusia |
Motto in English | In the Name of God for Mankind |
Type | Public research university |
Established | 14 March 1972 |
Chancellor | Raja Zarith Sofiah |
Vice-Chancellor | Ahmad Fauzi Ismail |
Academic staff | 2,624 [1] |
Students | 32.325 (2020) [2] [1] |
Undergraduates | 14,538 (2020) [2] |
Postgraduates | 8,775 (2020) [2] |
4,555 (2020) [2] | |
Address | Jalan Iman, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia , , , |
Colours | Maroon and gold |
Affiliations | ASAIHL, FUIW, [3] APUCEN |
Website | www |
University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) (Malay : Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) is a premier Malaysian public research-intensive university ranked 188th in the world by QS University rankings. Its medium of instruction is English.
UTM has three campuses – the main campus is in Skudai, and was the first university in the state of Johor. It has an area of 1148 hectares and is the largest public university. The second largest was Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) with an area size of 1108.103 hectares. It is about 20 km north of the state capital, Johor Bahru.
No. | Vice Chancellor | Term In office |
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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 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.
University rankings | |
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Global – Overall | |
ARWU World [4] | 701-800 (2022) |
QS World [1] | 188 (2024) |
THE World [5] | 601-800 (2023) |
USNWR Global [6] | 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. [7] 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. [8]
Ranking | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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QS World University Rankings | 358 | 355 | 294 | 303 | 288 | 253 | 228 | 217 | 187 | 191 | 203 | 188 |
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