University Malaysia Perlis

Universiti Malaysia Perlis (English: University of Malaysia, Perlis) or UniMAP is in the northernmost part of the Malaysian peninsula.

Ranking

According to the most recent government’s official ranking system MyRA, UniMAP ranked fifth amongst all 20 Malaysian public universities. Between 2003 and 2010, it accumulated RM 33.5 million (approximately 7.7 million Euro or 6.9 million GBP) worth of research grants including from abroad. UniMAP’s research products have won hundreds of gold, silver and bronze medals in more than 20 exhibitions and competitions held in Malaysia and overseas, including in Geneva, Brussels, Warsaw, London, Seoul, and Pittsburgh. In Webometric’s ‘Ranking of Repositories’, it is placed at number 239 in the world; in ‘EduRoute’, it is number 749 in the world and number 4 in Malaysia. Measured against SCORPUS, UniMAP is number 10 amongst Malaysian public universities.

Schools

From its beginnings of two schools offering two undergraduate engineering degree programmes — Microelectronic Engineering and Computer Engineering — UniMAP now offers 23 programmes leading to B. Eng and B. Business and six programmes leading to diploma (Engineering), offered through eight engineering schools and one business school. In addition, it has 12 postgraduate programmes leading to MSc (Engineering) and Ph.D.

• School of Communication & Computer Engineering
• School of Microelectronic Engineering
• School of Mechatronic Engineering
• School of Materials Engineering
• School of Manufacturing Engineering
• School of Bioprocess Engineering
• School of Environmental Engineering
• School of Business Innovation & Technopreneurship

Campus

Universiti Malaysia Perlis or UniMAP is located at the northernmost part of the Malaysian peninsula, less than 35 km from the Thailand border in the town of Arau, Perlis.

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