University Malaysia Sarawak

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (English: University of Malaysia, Sarawak) or UNIMAS was officially incorporated on 24 December 1992. UNIMAS is Malaysia's eighth University, established just after the declaration of Vision 2020.

The students were registered in the two pioneering faculties, the Faculty of Social Science and the Faculty of Resource Science and Technology. Two academic support centres were also established: the Centre for Applied Learning and Multimedia, and the Centre for Academic Information Services. As of January 2011 the total student population of UNIMAS is 8,358 and the total number of staff is 2,042.

Ranking

Recently, UNIMAS has been ranked at 191st in Asian University Rankings 2011 by QS World University Rankings.

Faculties

UNIMAS has won the Premiere Information Technology Award from the Malaysian Government, the “Bridging the Digital Divide” category of AFAaCT’s eAsia Award. It has also won the Industry Innovators Award for System Development and Application from the US-based Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI), for its success in setting up a telecentre in the remote community of Bario, Sarawak, to assist the community in communication, education, e-commerce, health and government services.

UNIMAS has been successful in the acquisition of research grants, coming up with publications and useful scientific findings. The university’s Institute of Health and Community Medicine has successfully developed a candidate vaccine for dengue through collaboration with an international company, Bavarian Nordic. And the Faculty of Resource Science and Technology has successfully developed a process to convert sago starch to lactic acid for the production of environmentally-friendly plastic.

• Faculty of Applied & Creative Arts
• Faculty of Cognitive Sciences & Human Development
• Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology
• Faculty of Economics & Business
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
• Faculty of Resource Science & Technology
• Faculty of Social Sciences

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