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| National University of Malaysia | |
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| Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | |
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| Motto | Ilmu Memimpin |
| Motto in English | Knowledge Guides |
| Established | 1970 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Dato' Dr. Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin |
| Pro-Chancellors | Tan Sri Dr Ahmad Rithauddeen Tunku Naquiyuddin Tan Sri Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid |
| Undergraduates | 17,500 (AY 2006-07) |
| Postgraduates | 5,105 (AY 2006-07) |
| Location | Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Affiliations | ACU, ASAIHL, AUN |
| Website | http://www.ukm.my/ |
National University of Malaysia (Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) is a public university located in Bangi, Selangor which is about 35 km south of Kuala Lumpur. There is also a teaching hospital in Cheras and a branch campus in Kuala Lumpur. Today, it has 17,500 undergraduate students, and 5,105 postgraduate students of which 1368 are foreign students from 35 different countries.[1]
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is recognised as one of the four research universities in Malaysia. It was ranked by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) at number 185 in its annual ranking of the world's top 200 universities for 2006.[2] However, it has dropped out of the list of top 200 universities in the world in 2007.[3]
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia was formally established on 18 May 1970. It started operation in a temporary campus located at Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur with its first cohort of 192 students and 3 faculty. In October 1977, it moved to its present location in Bangi, a campus of 1,096 hectares located in a green, attractive valley. In 2007, the university has expanded to 12 well-established faculties, four institutes and nine academic centres.
Postgraduate programmes are managed by the Centre for Graduate Studies, which was established in 1983. The Centre offers coursework or research-based programmes on both part time and full time basis. The Centre also collaborates with other national and international institutions of higher learning.
The university adapted a collegiate system which was based on Oxford and Cambridge.It consists of 13 residential colleges, namely Dato Onn, Aminuddin Baki, Ungku Omar, Burhanuddin Helmi, Ibrahim Yaakob, Rahim Kajai, Ibu Zain, Keris Mas, Pendeta Za'ba, Tun Hussein Onn, Tun Syed Nasir, Tun Dr. Ismail, and Idris al-Marbawi. Of the 13 residential colleges, Tun Syed Nasir and Tun Dr. Ismail are located in the Kuala Lumpur and Cheras campuses respectively, while Idris al-Marbawi is located just outside of the Bangi campus area.
Among the more famous alumni of the university include Sheikh Muzaphar Shukor, Malaysia's first astronaut, and Syed Hussein Alatas.
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