Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Missing image
Logo-utm.gif
UTM Logo

Motto Kerana Tuhan Untuk Manusia
Established 1975
Chancellor Sultanah Zanariah binti Almarhum Tunku Ahmad
Vice-Chancellor Prof Ir. Dr. Mohd. Zulkifli b. Tan Sri Mohd. Chazali
Location Main campus in Skudai, Johor and second branch in Kuala Lumpur
Students 25,000 to 30,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students
Homepage http://www.utm.my

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia started as a technical university and is widely known with the abbreviation UTM. The main campus is in Skudai, which is the first university located in the state of Johor. It has an area of 1222 hectares, whereas the branch campus is located in Kuala Lumpur with an area of 18 hectares.

Contents

History

UTM was given university status in 1972 and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia was officially established in 1975.

General Profile

Philosophy
The divine law of Allah is the foundation for science and technology. UTM strives with total and unified efforts to attain excellence in science and technology for universal peace and prosperity in accordance with His will.

Vision
To be a world-class centre of academic and technological excellence through creativity.

Mission
To lead in the development of creative human resource and technology in line with the aspirations of the nation.

Aims
To lead in the development of science, engineering and technology, which are contributory to national wealth. To improve the quality of education in order to produce competitive and creative human resources. To spur and strengthen the fields of manufacturing technology and technological management in order to meet national requirements. To enhance student's character development in order to fulfil national aspirations of producing competitive future generations. To improve the University's management performance through the sharing of common values and visions.

Campus

The main Campus in Skudai is ideally located almost centrally between the city of Johor Bahru and the Sultan Ismail Airport of Johor Bahru. Regular flights are available from our capital Kuala Lumpur. You can also get connecting flights from Sultan Ismail Airport to Kuching, Miri and Kota Kinabalu in East Malaysia.

Academic

There are 10 faculties and a centre:


Malaysia | List of universities in Malaysia
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | Universiti Malaya | Universiti Malaysia Sabah | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris | Universiti Utara Malaysia | Universiti Teknologi MARA | Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia | Multimedia University

See also: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Allah, International Islamic University Malaysia, Johor, Kuala Lumpur, List of universities in Malaysia, Malaysia, Multimedia University