Sunway University

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Sunway University
Universiti Sunway (Malay)
Sunway University (220711) 04.jpg
Former names
Sunway University College (2004–2011)
Motto Fortuna Eruditis Favet ("Fortune Favours the Prepared Mind")
TypePrivate - not for profit
Established2004;20 years ago (2004)
Chancellor Jeffrey Cheah [1]
President Sibrandes Poppema
Vice-Chancellor Sibrandes Poppema [1]
Provost Abhimanyu Veerakumarasivam [1]
Location, ,
3°04′05″N101°36′15″E / 3.0681°N 101.6041°E / 3.0681; 101.6041
Colours    
Gold, Black, and Light Blue
Affiliations Sunway College
Monash University
Lancaster University
Le Cordon Bleu
University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
Harvard University
ACCA
ICAEW
MAPCU
Website sunwayuniversity.edu.my
Sunway logo.jpg

Sunway University, located in Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, is a private university. The university is on a 10-hectare (24-acre) campus within Sunway City.

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The university offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes taught in English.

History

Sunway University was established in 2004 as Sunway University College. The Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education upgraded it to full university status in January 2011 and it then became Sunway University.

In 2021, Professor Sibrandes Poppema was appointed President of Sunway University. Professor Poppema, a Jeffrey Cheah Distinguished Professor, joined the university in 2019 after serving as the President of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Professor Poppema also serves as an advisor to the establishment of the new medical school at Sunway University.

Quality Recognition

Sunway University adheres to the framework established by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency.

Strategic International Partnerships and Collaborations

Sunway University has maintained a partnership with Lancaster University, UK since 2006. This collaboration allows certain degree programmes to be offered as dual awards by both institutions. The partnership model has been recognised and researched by the UK's Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, which produced a case study on it. Additionally, Sunway University has a collaboration with Le Cordon Bleu, an international culinary training organisation.

Through benefactions from the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, professorial fellowships have been established at Brasenose College, University of Oxford, [2] and at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. [3] These fellowships aim to foster academic ties between Sunway University and the respective institutions. The Jeffrey Cheah Scholars-in-Residence Programme, also supported by benefactions, allows academics or postgraduate students from Sunway University to spend up to four weeks each year for research or study at Brasenose College and Gonville and Caius College.

Sunway University supports the Harvard Leadership in Medicine Southeast Asia Programme delivered partly at Sunway University in collaboration with Harvard Medical School.

The university has articulation partnerships with various international universities, including a long-standing partnership with Western Michigan University, USA. These partnerships allow students to study at Sunway University and an overseas university to complete their degrees.

Sunway Education Group

Sunway University is a member of the Sunway Education Group, which is owned by the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation. The foundation was officially established as a registered charity in March 2010 from its predecessor Sunway Education Trust, set up in 1997. It was founded by Jeffrey Cheah, Founder and Chairman of the Sunway Group of companies. All of the educational institutions that operate under the foundation are not-for-profit; surpluses are channelled towards scholarships and bursaries to students, as well as towards grants for research. Besides Sunway University, the Sunway Education Group includes Sunway International School, Sunway College (several campuses), Sunway-TES Centre for Accounting Excellence, and Monash University Sunway Campus, besides several other institutions.

On 25 July 2017, Sunway Education Group celebrated its 30th anniversary. [4] The highlight of the celebration was the three-dimensional projection mapping show in which images were projected on the facade of the university's building from four projectors. [5]

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World [6] n/a (2022)
QS World [7] 586 (2024)
THE World [8] 801-1000 (2023)
USNWR Global [9] 1281 (2023)
Regional – Overall
QS Asia [10] 172 (2021)

Campus

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