Open University Malaysia

In August 1999, the Minister of Education invited Multimedia Technology Enhancement Operations Sdn. Bhd. (METEOR), a consortium of 11 public universities in the country, to set up an open university.

The move by the Minister led to the establishment of Open University Malaysia (OUM) in August 2000 followed by its official launching on 26 August 2002 by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia YAB Dato Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. As the first open university in the country, OUM initially opened its doors to 753 learners in 2001. OUM has over 79,000 students in 70 academic programmes in its eighth year of operations, a record of some sort.

Faculties and Academic Programmes

OUM has established five faculties, a school and a centre for Graduate Studies offering programmes in various disciplines that are relevant to the current and emerging trends in the industry. Each programme undergoes a series of stringent quality checks ranging from curriculum design, content and assessment methods. 

The curriculum design is undertaken by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in the respective fields and verified by the Senate, comprising members of academia as well as professionals from industry. The syllabi of the programmes are frequently reviewed to reflect changes that in technology and industry. Each programme is approved by the National Accreditation Board prior to being offered to the public.

Our programmes cover a wide range of disciplines and all are accredited by the Malaysian Accreditation Board (MQA). Many of the the programmes are also offered by international universities to their students – further proof of the OUM quality

• Faculty of Business & Management
• Faculty of Education & Languages
• Faculty of Applied and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Information Technology & Multimedia Communication
• Faculty of Science and Technology
• Centre for Graduate Studies
• Institute of Professional Development

Campus

The main campus is at Jalan Tun Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. In addition to this, there are 61 learning centres throughout Malaysia, out of which 10 are regional learning centres.

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