Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS; en, University of Malaysia Sarawak) is a

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located in

Kota Samarahan Kota Samarahan, formerly known as Muara Tuang, is a town and the administrative seat of the Samarahan District in Samarahan Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is also a satellite town for Kuching due to its proximity to the city part of Greate ...

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ...

. UNIMAS was officially incorporated on 24 December 1992. Recently, UNIMAS has been ranked among top 200th in Asian University Rankings 2017 by

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. The university took in its first students numbering 118 in 1993 with the opening of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Resource Science and Technology. These students were temporarily located at Telekom Training College,

Simpang Tiga Simpang Tiga is a small township in Bagan Datuk District, Perak, Malaysia. This Township is formed by only a few rows of shop houses and a few hundred families, most of them farmers. This township is also the hometown for the Parliament Member ...

Kuching Kuching (), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River at the southwest tip of the state of Sar ...

until 1994 when the university moved to its East Campus in

. The university's East Campus at Kota Samarahan was officially launched by the Prime Minister, YAB Dato’ Seri Dr.

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Mohamad on Independence Day, 31 August 1993. At present, the university consists of 50 Faculties, three Institutes and 60 Centres. The Faculty of Language and Communication is the latest faculty formed recently. UNIMAS was awarded MS ISO 9001: 2008 quality certificate by SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd. and IQNet on 13 May 2010 for its core management process at Undergraduate Studies vision (BPPs) an
Centre for Academic Information Services
(CAIS). UNIMAS has implemented and maintains an Information Security Management System(ISMS) which fulfills the requirement of ISO/IEC 27001:2005 and MS ISO/IEC 27001:2007 standards. The scope covers the areas for the management of UNIMAS Data Centre covering equipment, system software, database and operating systems for the university's critical applications. The certification was issued to UNIMAS on 27 September 2013. An international competition was held for the master plan design of the permanent campus. The winning design for the proposed new university was by Peter Verity (PDRc) the international architect and city planner, who after detailed environmental analysis chose the present site for the West Campus.Peter Verity, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Development Plan, PDRc 1995. The objective of the plan was to create an environmentally sustainable urban campus which, in the manner of Louvain-la-Neuve, would form the centre of a significant university new town. The interface between the fresh water and saltwater systems of the site are expected to give the opportunity to create a biodiversity of considerable richness. The opening of the new West Campus by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi on 18 April 2006 was witnessed by 10,000 students, staff and members of the public. The event was also broadcast live over RTM1.

University Governance

* Vice-Chancellor - Prof Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim Suaidi * Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International) - Prof Dr Ahmad Hata Rasit * Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs & Alumni) - Prof Dr Haji Kamarudin Kana * Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) - Prof Dr Wan Hashim Wan Ibrahim

Niche Areas of development

UNIMAS commitment to research has already been recognised by the stakeholders and partners in industry by the provision of endowments for the establishment of eight research chairs; these include the Tun Zaidi Chair for Medicinal Chemistry, the Tun Openg Chair for Sago Technology, the Shell Chair for Environmental Studies, and the Sapura Chair for ICT. Today, UNIMAS’ research is focused on three niche areas of research: * Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation * Information Communication and Creative Technology * Sustainable Community Transformation

Students' Union

The UNIMAS Student Representative Council ( ms, Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar UNIMAS or ) is the student representative body for students at the University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the ultimate legislative body among the students. A general election is held every year to elect representatives to the Student Representative Council.

Rankings

Gallery

File:Chancellory Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.JPG, Unimas administrative building and Unimas square. File:Chancellory2 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.JPG, Chancellory. File:Universiti Malaysia Sarawak library.JPG, Unimas library. File:Universiti Malaysia Sarawak main entrance.JPG, Unimas main entrance. File:Universiti Malaysia Sarawak water sports day.JPG, Water sport day. File:Universiti Malaysia Sarawak lakeside.JPG, Unimas lakeside. File:Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Faculty of Engineering.JPG, Engineering Faculty. File:Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Faculty of Science.JPG, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology. File:Universiti Malaysia Sarawak bicycle lane and golf course.JPG, Bicycle lane and golf course in the background.

References

External links

Official Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Website
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