University of Malaya (UM)
| University of Malaya, Jalan Universiti, 50603 Kuala Lumpur. | |
| Education > University | |
| 03-7957 3273 / 03-7957 3423 | |
| http://www.um.edu.my/ |
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University of Malaya (UM) is the premier university in Malaysia with more than 100 years’ experience in producing leaders and thinkers of tomorrow. The university was established on 8 October, 1949 when the King Edward VII College of Medicine (1905) merged with Raffles College (1928), it later developed into two autonomous branches in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in 1956. Today, UM is located on a lush 900-acre campus in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur.
As a comprehensive research intensive university, UM is in good stead to lead and innovate in cutting edge research. National transformation plans in the delivery of higher education have certainly impacted the university in a very positive way. The past few years saw incremental upgrades in our infrastructure and facilities to meet international standards as we readied ourselves to receive top-notch visiting professors from abroad to teach in our classrooms and to collaborate with our researchers.
As a comprehensive research intensive university, UM is in good stead to lead and innovate in cutting edge research. National transformation plans in the delivery of higher education have certainly impacted the university in a very positive way. The past few years saw incremental upgrades in our infrastructure and facilities to meet international standards as we readied ourselves to receive top-notch visiting professors from abroad to teach in our classrooms and to collaborate with our researchers.
