National University of Malaysia

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), was established on 18 May 1970 as the national university with the mission of promoting Bahasa Melayu (Malay language)  as the  language of knowledge at the pinnacle of the national education system.

With an excellent track record in research, academic programmes, community engagement and internationalisation, UKM has evolved into one of the leading universities in the region. It is well supported by modern infrastructure in a sustainable green campus.

Based on the excellence of its multi-discipline research fields for the past three decades, UKM has been chosen as one of the Research Universities in Malaysia. That position is further enhanced when a national and an international research organisations are placed in UKM, namely the Malaysia Genome Institute (MGI) and the International Institute of Global Health, United Nations University. UKM is also a recipient of the Prime Minister Quality Award 2006. The award is in recognition of its excellent achievements in the fields of academic distinction and management. With these strong foundations, UKM is committed to  uphold the standards achieve with its slogan, ‘Inspiring Future, Nurturing Possibility’.

In its 39 years of existence, UKM has produced a total of 131,259 graduates consisting of 113,975 first degree holders, 15,895 masters graduates and 1,389 PhDs. This is from more than 103 undergraduate and 170 postgraduate programmes offered. There is also an increasing number of foreign students studying at the university lending credence to international acceptance of its various fields of study and research. Currently a total of 2,415 international students from 55 countries are enrolled at the university.

Faculties

• Social Science and Humanities
• Science and Technology
• Islamic Studies
• Medicine
• Allied Health Sciences
• Dentistry
• Economics and Management
• Education
• Engineering and Built Environment
• Graduate School of Business
• Information Science and Technology
• Law
• Pharmacy

Campus

The main campus spans an area of about 1,096.29 hectares located in Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan approximately 35 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur city centre. The main campus houses eight faculties and 12 institutes. In addition UKM also has a Medical Campus in Kuala Lumpur with four faculties: the Faculty of Medicine (Pre-clinical), Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Pharmacy. UKM also has a Medical Centre (UKMMC) located in a 22.3 hectares area in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. UKMMC consists of a hospital, the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute of Medical Molecular Research (UMBI).

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