University of Technology Malaysia

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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)
MottoKerana Tuhan Untuk Manusia
Motto in English
In the Name of God for Mankind
Type Public research university
Established14 March 1972;51 years ago (1972-03-14)
Chancellor Raja Zarith Sofiah
Vice-Chancellor Ahmad Fauzi Ismail
Academic staff
2,624 [1]
Students32.325 (2020) [2] [1]
Undergraduates 14,538 (2020) [2]
Postgraduates 8,775 (2020) [2]
4,555 (2020) [2]
Address
Jalan Iman, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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Colours Maroon and gold
  
Affiliations ASAIHL, FUIW, [3] APUCEN
Website www.utm.my
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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.

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Campuses

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.

Vice Chancellor of University of Technology Malaysia

No.Vice ChancellorTerm
In office
1. Ainuddin Wahid 1975 – 1989
2.Muhammad Ridzuan Salleh1990 – 1994
3.Ahmad Zaharudin Idrus1994 – 2001
4.Mohd. Zulkifli Mohd Ghazali2001 – 2008
5.Zaini Ujang2008 – 2013
6. Wahid Omar 2013 – 2020
7.Ahmad Fauzi Ismail2020 – present

Research University

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 [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]

Ranking201220142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
QS World University Rankings 358355294303288253228217187191203188

Notable 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.

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