The Universiti Malaya (lit 'University of Malaya'; abbreviated UM) is a

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located in

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. It is the oldest Malaysian institution of higher education, and was the only university in newly independent Malaya. The university has graduated five prime ministers of Malaysia, and other political, business, and cultural figures of national prominence. The predecessor of the university,

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, was established on 28 September 1905 in Singapore, then a territory of the

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. In October 1949, the merger of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College created the university. Rapid growth during its first decade caused the university to organize as two autonomous divisions on 15 January 1959, one located in Singapore and the other in Kuala Lumpur. In 1960, the governments of

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and Singapore indicated that these two divisions should become autonomous and separate national universities. One branch was located in Singapore, becoming the

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(merging into the National University of Singapore in 1980) after the independence of Singapore from Malaysia, and the other branch was located in Kuala Lumpur, retaining the name ''Universiti Malaya''. Legislation was passed in 1961 and the Universiti Malaya was established on 1 January 1962. In 2012, UM was granted autonomy by the Ministry of Higher Education. The university also collaborated with the

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in 2013 to establish International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW), a private university in Malaysia. Today, UM has more than 2,300 faculty members and is divided into fourteen faculties, two academies, three institutes and two academic centres.

History

King Edward VII College of Medicine

The establishment of the university began with the issue of a shortage of medical assistants in

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and

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during the late 1890s. The problem was addressed in a report published by the Education Commission in April 1902. The report stated that the commission was in favour of establishing a medical school to fulfil the demand for medical assistants in government hospitals. However, such a view was not in favour among the European community. Legislation was passed by the Straits Legislative Council in June 1905 under Ordinance No. XV 1905. The school opened on 3 July 1905 and began functioning in September. On 28 September 1905, Sir

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officiated the school under the name 'The Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School.' Malaya University Faculty of Laws Building

Malaya University Faculty of Laws Building

The school was located in the old Female Lunatic Asylum near the

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at Sepoy Lines off

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, where four of the asylum buildings were converted into a medical school. In 1907, a lecture hall and laboratory were added. There was no library and room to keep pathological specimens. In 1905, there were 17 medical students, four students attending the hospital assistant course. Five years later, the enrolments increased to 90 medical students and 30 trainee hospital assistants. The school had only one permanent staff which was the Principal; the teaching staff were employed on a part-time basis. The Principal was Dr Gerald Dudley Freer, who previously served as Senior Colonial Surgeon Resident of Penang. The School Council wanted to gain recognition of its Diploma by the General Council of Medical Education in the United Kingdom to ensure that the Licentiate of Medicine and Surgery Diploma offered by the school would gain worldwide recognition. In 1916, the GCME recognised the Licentiate of Medicine and Surgery Diploma offered by the school. The licentiates were placed on the General Council's Colonial List of the British Medical Register and were entitled to practise anywhere within the

. In 1910, Dr Robert Donald Keith became the second Principal of the School. The first two years of the five-year course were devoted to pure science studies. Physics, biology and chemistry were taught in the first year, followed by physiology and elementary anatomy in the second year. The remaining three years were attachment to clinical clerkships in medicine, surgery and midwifery, which covered pathology, hygiene, and medical jurisprudence.

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was integrated into the fourth year, where practical pharmacy was taught. Students were posted to several hospitals, initially at the Singapore General Hospital. From 1908 onwards, attachments were made to

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(for medicine and surgery) and Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital (for midwifery). In 1912, the medical school received an endowment of $120,000 from the

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Memorial Fund, started by Dr

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. Subsequently, on 18 November 1913, the name of the school was changed to the King Edward VII School of Medicine. In the first batch of 16 students of 1905, only seven made it to the final and graduated in May 1910, while the remaining six students graduated four months later, and others resigned from the school. In 1919, the drop-out rate had risen to 35%, while in 1939 the number of students who failed in their final examinations stood at 44%. At this time, a hostel was built to accommodate 72 male students from the Federated Malay States. In 1921, the school was elevated in status to a college. Between 1920 and 1930, the college went through a series of transformations, by replacing the old teaching staff with a younger generation of professionals and also nine new Chairs were created, the first in Anatomy in 1920, followed by Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery & Gynaecology in 1922 and Clinical Surgery, Bacteriology, Biology, Bio-Chemistry, and Dental Surgery in 1926. And the tenth chair for Pathology was created in 1935. In 1923, the college's new building at Outram Road was commenced. It was completed in November 1925 and officially opened by Sir

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in February 1926. During the opening ceremony, the college conferred Honorary Diplomas on Sir David James Galloway, Dr

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and Dr

. In 1929, Dr George V. Allen, the new principal, took the helm, succeeding his predecessor, Dr MacAlister.

Raffles College

The establishment of Raffles College was a brainchild of Sir

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and Dr Robert Morison. Sir Stamford had some knowledge of the Malay language and culture, while Morison was a distinguished sinologist missionary. Both men wanted to establish a centre dedicated to the study of Malays and Chinese at the tertiary level. On 5 June 1823, a site designated for an educational institution had its foundation stone laid by Sir Stamford. Soon after that, Raffles left for England and Morrison left for China, thus the establishment of the school never happened. The school building was revived as an English school named the

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In 1918, Sir

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, the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements, chaired the Maxwell Committee to review the scheme to commemorate the centenary of the founding of Singapore by Sir Stamford. The committee members were

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, A.W. Still, Seah Ling Seah, Dr

, Mohammed Yusoff bin Mohammed, N.V. Samy, and Mannesseh Meyer. The working committee, headed by H.W. Firmstone, recommended the establishment of a college for tertiary education to commemorate the centenary founding of Singapore. On 12 July 1919, the Government decided to undertake the construction of the building with a cost not more than $1,000,000 and would contribute $50,000 as annual recurrent expenditure as soon as the Centenary Committee had collected $2,000,000 for the Raffles College Endowment Fund. On 31 August 1920, the committee had achieved the figure, amounting to $2,391,040. On 31 May 1920,

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was appointed as the Acting Principal of Raffles College. The course offered was on a three-year basis. The establishment of the school was seen far more systematic compared to the King Edward VII Medical College. The school was situated at a site called the Economic Gardens and was designed by

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and Graham Dawbarn. And the construction took place in 1926. Following the completion of the first hostel,

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was opened informally to students on 12 June 1928. Of the first 43 students, nine were private students, and the rest were government-funded; there were two women among this first cohort. On 22 July 1929, Raffles College was formally established. Its students studied either arts or sciences, and graduated with a diploma after three years. Science students were permitted to use the labs of the King Edward VII College. Four years later, the College Council proposed changes in the curriculum, so that the Diploma could be furthered to a Degree through external examinations in collaboration with universities in England. In 1937, Sir

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declared the college would have a full-time Principal. The college had its fourth Principal, Alexander Keir, succeeding Frederick Joseph Morten. By 1939 war was waged in Europe, and had put a halt to the development of the college. The war in Europe came to Asia, and Singapore was invaded by the

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in February 1942. After the war, the school was reopened, and W.E. Dyer was the Principal. The future of Raffles College was uncertain until 1948 when Dr George V. Allen (later Sir), who was formerly the Principal of King Edward VII Medical College posted as the last Principal of Raffles College. The college was amalgamated with the former to establish a university for the Malayans.

Universiti Malaya (1949–1962)

In 1938, the government appointed a commission under the chairmanship of Sir William McLean to study the higher education potential and progress in Malaya. The Commission concluded that Malaya was not ready to have a university, and that a university college would be more suitable. In 1943,

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, the

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, appointed a commission of inquiry chaired by Cyril Asquith to consider the development of higher education in the colonies across the British Empire. The Asquith Commission, reporting in 1945, endorsed the McLean Commission's recommendations for Malaya. In 1946,

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, the Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham University and member of the previous Asquith Commission, was invited by the British Malaya Government to visit and discuss the application of the Asquith Commission's recommendations to Singapore and Malaya. Priestley again recommended the establishment of a university college as a first step. In January 1947, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, now

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, appointed Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders to chair a commission determining the details of establishing a university college in Malaya. In March of the same year, the other members of the commission were announced and George Allen, principal of King George VII College, was appointed principal-designate of the planned university college. Carr-Saunders listened to the thoughts of the alumni association and students' union of King Edward VII College; he was impressed with the ideas of the president of the students' union, Kanagaratnam Shanmugaratnam. In 1948, the Carr-Saunders Commission recommended the immediate establishment of a full university, bypassing the intermediate step of a university college recommended by previous commissions. University of Malaya City View

As a result, the institution named the Universiti Malaya was chartered under the Carr-Saunders Commission in 1949. The formation of the Universiti Malaya on 8 October 1949 in Bukit Timah Campus (Former site of Raffles College), Singapore came from the merger of King Edward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College, which had been established in 1905 and 1929, respectively. In the Carr-Saunders Commission's report in 1949, it was stated that "the university shall act as a single medium of mingle for enhancing the understanding among the multi-ethnics and religions in the back than Malaya. The University too should be modelled after the tertiary educations in the United Kingdom of Great Britain in term of academic system and administration structure". The Carr-Saunders Commission postulates "the principle that all children who show the necessary capacity should enjoy an equal chance of reaching the University; and, in particular, that no able child should be handicapped in climbing the educational ladder by race, religion, rural domicile, or lack of means." In 1959, the university was divided into two autonomous campuses, one in Singapore, known as University of Malaya in Singapore, and the other in Kuala Lumpur (Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur).

Universiti Malaya (re-established 1962)

In 1961, the governments of Malaysia and Singapore passed laws to split the Universiti Malaya into two national universities. As a result, on 1 January 1962, the Universiti Malaya was re-established on the 309 hectare campus in Kuala Lumpur, retaining its original name and became the only university in the post-independent Malaya. The Bukit Timah campus in Singapore became the University of Singapore (today the

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). On 16 June 1962, the newly independent university in Kuala Lumpur celebrated the installation of its first

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, Malaysia's first

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. The first

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was former Dean of Arts, Sir Alexander Oppenheim, the mathematician who formulated the

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in 1929. When Oppenheim left in 1965 with no successor in sight,

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who later became the Vice Chancellor of Nanyang University, Singapore in 1969 and in 1972 went on to become the first Asian Vice-Chancellor of the

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, was asked to take over as the Acting Vice-Chancellor. He served in that capacity for 12 months but declined reappointment to return to academic pursuits. Chin Fung Kee, an authority in

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, replaced Huang as Acting Vice-Chancellor until the university filling the position in 1967 by the appointment of James H.E. Griffiths. A distinguished physicist and a fellow of

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, Griffiths was also the former head of

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and one of the discoverers of

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. UM remained Malaysia's primary public university until 1 June 1969, when the nation's second public university –

Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia ( 'University of Science Malaysia'; abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body with its own constitution, it is the oldest institute of higher learning ...

was established in

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. On 1 March 1997, UM became the first university in Malaysia to be corporatised, in a move intended by the Federal Government to decentralise and transform public universities to become more effective and competitive.

Coat of arms

The UM's coat of arms was designed under a council established in 1961, chaired by Tan Sri Y.C. Foo. The members of the committee involved in the design were the chairman of the council, Y.C. Foo, Professor A. Oppenheim (the vice-chancellor) and Professor Ungku Aziz (later regius professor). The coat of arms was officially chartered in April 1962 by Tunku Abdul Rahman, the university's first chancellor. The coat of arms is divided into two parts, namely the chief (upper part) and the base (the remainder). The chief is a bundle of seventeen strips of the leaves of ''

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'' or the Palmrya palm. These strips were used as printed material for ancient books by the Malays, long before paper was invented. On the centre of these seventeen strips is the university's motto 'Ilmu Puncha Kemajuan'. The motto consists of 'Ilmu' derived from Arabic, 'Puncha' from

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(

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for 'Punca'), and 'Kemajuan' from Malay. These words mean knowledge is the source of progress. In the centre of the arms is a Bunga Raya or

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species encircled by three Malayan tigers. The tigers symbolise the three main races in Malaysia (Malays, Chinese and Indians), who work hand-in-hand to protect the nation and uphold the duty to serve the country. It is

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ed: The current arms design was derived from the original arms in 1949, which was blazoned as such: Since the late 1990s, the UM coat of arms was accompanied by the university's wordmark which is written in capital letters – 'UNIVERSITI MALAYA' in Malay or 'UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA' in English as seen on its corporate logo. This made UM the only university in Malaysia to have a different language versions of its logo. But in late 2019, the university have decided to only use its logo with its official name in Malay language and thus, the English version of its logo is no longer used. The reason given by the university for the change was to make its official Malay name easier to pronounce. In 2022, UM made a refreshment on its corporate logo where the university's wordmark is shown to be thinner instead and the red colour in the 'U' and 'M' letters were removed while its coat of arms remains unchanged. However, the university's previous logo would continue to be used for non-academic and non-corporate purposes. UM is currently one of the three public universities in Malaysia to adopt its coat of arms, the other two are University of Science Malaysia (USM) and the

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Academic profile

UM has been ranked consistently as the No. 1 university in Malaysia and among the top 3 universities in

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, as well as among the top 300 universities in the world according to reputed ranking publisher such as '' QS'', ''

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'', '' U.S. News & World Report'' in the recent few years. Currently UM is ranked 60th in the world in the

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2025, 281th in the USNWR 2024 global rankings, 293rd in the 2024

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, and among the top 300 universities in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. In 2015, it has been ranked 54th in

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in '' QS'' world ranking. UM rose to the top 100 universities in the

2019, and has consistently increased in ranking to 59th in the world and 9th in Asia in the 2021 series. In 2021,'' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked UM 17th and 87th in the world in

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and

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respectively by its subject ranking. The business school of UM has achieved two international accreditations i.e. Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (

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) and Association of MBAs (

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). The Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Japanese Language and Linguistic Course was awarded the Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation for their contributions to promotion of Japanese language education in Malaysia on 1 December 2020. University of Malaya Campus Signage

Covered walkway from Universiti LRT Station to UM KL gate

Organisation and administration

Vice-chancellors

Notable alumni

Throughout the years, UM has produced many alumni that have contributed significantly towards the development of

, and its graduates have been notable in various fields within the country. In politics, UM has produced the highest number of prime ministers in the country where out of ten Malaysian prime ministers, five of them attended UM, with

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becoming the only prime minister to be elected twice. Numerous UM graduates have been elected as members of parliament to the

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, senators to the

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, members of the State Legislative Assembly, as well as being ministers of the federal cabinet, chief ministers, governors, and speakers to both houses of representatives. Notable politicians include current

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, former

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, former Minister of Finance

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Malaysia's first

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Malaysian astronaut candidate UM has also produced a large number of lawyers, diplomats and public servants that have hold top posts within their respective fields. In diplomacy and foreign affairs, 51st

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, and 8th Secretary General of the ASEAN Ajit Singh, both studied at UM for their undergraduate degrees. More than half of the

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has been a graduate from UM where out of fifteen of them, eight has studied at UM, where Ismail Bakar is the most recent alumnus to hold the post. Two former Inspector-General of the Royal Malaysian Police Norian Mai and Mohamad Fuzi Harun also attended UM. In law, two

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, three

President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia The President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia (Malay: ''Presiden Mahkamah Rayuan''), is the office and title of the deputy head of the Malaysian judiciary system. The title has been in use since 24 June 1994, when the Court of Appeal of Mal ...

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and one

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have all attended UM Law School. Four governors of the Malaysian central bank,

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, Ali Abul Hassan bin Sulaiman,

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, and Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour all studied commerce at UM. Business people include billionaires such as the founder and chairman of

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, founder and chairman of

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, president and CEO of

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, co-founder of

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Pahamin Rajab, and former CEO of

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. Two of Malaysia's only

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and

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have been affiliated with UM during the early years of the university. All four out of five distinguished professors in Malaysia which include

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, Mohd Kamal Hassan, Harith Ahmad, and Looi Lai Meng have all studied at the university with the exception of Rajah Rasiah who is currently affiliated with UM. In literature and the arts, five Malaysian National Laureates have studied in UM which include writer and Tokoh Akademi Negara Muhammad Haji Salleh, novelists Anwar Ridhwan and Siti Zainon Ismail, writer Baha Zain and the first female recipient of the award, Zurinah Hassan. Moreover, various UM alumnus have won the

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, including novelist Malim Ghozali PK and author

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Student life

Student bodies

The UM's campus student bodies, known as Universiti Malaya Students' Union (UMSU) are elected by the students to have representatives engaging in policies and matters relating to student affairs. As such the elections, known as 'PRKUM' which is acronym for ''Pilihanraya Kampus Universiti Malaya'' in Malay language is seen as a precursor to a student leader. Whilst prior elections before 2019 was organised by the Student Affairs Department of the university, the first election managed by the students was conducted on 4 March 2019, marking a historic first whereby an all student affair made the elections a milestone. Suara Siswa, a pro-student group won the elections which saw 61% of 13,671 students cast their votes. UM also has its own radio station, UMalaya Radio which is under the auspices of its Student & Alumni Affairs Division.

Facilities

The university houses 13 residential colleges (11 in-campus, 2 off-campus), an Olympic-sized swimming pool, the Rimba Ilmu Botanical Gardens, the UM Arena which boasts a full course running track, several museums of different fields as well as numerous sports facilities (gymnasiums, courts and fields) in the campus. The university's teaching hospital, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) is located at the boundaries of UM near the

Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya (), colloquially referred to as "PJ", is a city in Petaling District, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Originally developed as a Satellite city, satellite township for Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, it is part of the G ...

gate.

Residential colleges

Unlike other global universities, colleges in UM does not function as accommodation and institution. They are only functioned as hostels for students. During the pandemic, all colleges were at limited capacity or closed. In September 2021, they were in the process of being reopened in conjunction with the loosening of pandemic measures by the government. Many colleges have their own basic facilities, such as a restaurant. In the 12th college (UM labels their residential colleges by name and dedicated number) lies a well known hipster cafe called He and She Coffee. # Tuanku Abdul Rahman Residential College # Tuanku Bahiyah Residential College # Tuanku Kurshiah Residential College # Bestari Residential College # Dayasari Residential College # Ibnu Sina Residential College (Clinical & Health Profession Students Hostel:

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

Nursing Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

, Dental, Biomedic,

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) # Za'ba Residential College # Kinabalu Residential College # Tun Syed Zahiruddin Residential College (off-campus limits) # Tun Ahmad Zaidi Residential College # Ungku Aziz Residential College # Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah Residential College # 13th Residential College (Formerly

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Petaling Jaya foundation campus)

Dewan Tunku Canselor (Tunku Chancellor Hall)

The Dewan Tunku Canselor, also popularly known as DTC, is one of the 47 buildings listed under the National Heritage list, as well as a UNESCO Heritage Building. The building was named and officiated by the first prime minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman on 25 June 1966 where he became the university's chancellor at that time. It was designed by Dato' Kington Loo/CHR Bailey, an architect from the firm BEP Arkitek.

Panggung Eksperimen (Experimental Theatre)

Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC)

The UMMC formerly known as University Hospital, is a government-funded medical institution located in Pantai Dalam, southwest corner of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was established by Statute in September 1962 and is part of Universiti Malaya.

Rimba Ilmu Botanical Gardens

Museums and galleries

* Museum of Asian Art * Museum of Zoology @ Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science * Museum of Geology * Malay Studies Museum @ Academy of Malay Studies * Malaya Art Gallery @ Chancellery Building

Libraries

Central Library

* Main Library

Branch libraries

* T.J. Danaraj Medical Library * Ahmad Ibrahim Law Library * Za'ba Memorial Library

Special libraries

* Dental Library * Built Environment Library * East Asian Studies Library * Education Library * Engineering Library * Indian Studies Library * Islamic Studies Library * Languages and Linguistics Library * Malay Studies Library

In the media

UM became a subject matter in the 1987 documentary film, ''Dari Desa Ke Kampus'' (lit. ''From the Countryside to the Campus''), produced by

Filem Negara Malaysia The National Film Department of Malaysia (), abbreviated FNM, sometimes ''Jabatan Filem Negara'' (JFN) or informally the Malaysian Film Unit; was a Malaysian film production house and the government department under the Malaysian Ministry of Co ...

References

Citations

Sources

* https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings

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History

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Coat of arms

Academic profile

Organisation and administration

Vice-chancellors

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Student bodies

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Residential colleges

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Panggung Eksperimen (Experimental Theatre)

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Rimba Ilmu Botanical Gardens

Museums and galleries

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Central Library

Branch libraries

Special libraries

In the media

See also

References

Citations

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