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Former name | King Edward VII College of Medicine Raffles College University of Malaya in Singapore |
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Motto | Ilmu Puncha Kemajuan (Malay) |
Motto in English | Knowledge is the Source of Progress |
Type | Public research university |
Established | 28 September 1905[1][2] |
Endowment | MYR633 million (2021)[3] (US$135 million) |
Chancellor | Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah (Sultan of Perak) |
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Dato' Seri Dr. Noor Azuan Abu Osman |
Pro-Chancellors | Toh Puan Dato' Seri Dr. Hajah Aishah Ong Tan Sri Datuk Zainun Ali Tan Sri Dato' Seri Diraja Ramli Ngah Talib |
Students | 35,054 (November 2023)[4] |
Undergraduates | 20,181 (November 2023)[4] |
Postgraduates | 14,873 (November 2023)[4] |
Address | Universiti Malaya, 50603 , , 3°07′15″N 101°39′23″E / 3.12083°N 101.65639°E |
Colours | Red, gold and blue |
Affiliations | ACU, APRU, ASAIHL, AUN, FUIW,[5] APUCEN, UAiTED |
Website | www |
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The Universiti Malaya (Malay: Universiti Malaya; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University and University of Malaya) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of higher education,[6][7] and was the only university in newly independent Malaya.[8] The university has graduated five prime ministers of Malaysia, and other political, business, and cultural figures of national prominence.
The predecessor of the university, King Edward VII College of Medicine, was established on 28 September 1905 in Singapore, then a territory of the British Empire. 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 Malaya and Singapore indicated that these two divisions should become autonomous and separate national universities. One branch was located in Singapore, becoming the University of Singapore (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.[1][9][10][2] In 2012, UM was granted autonomy by the Ministry of Higher Education.[11]
Today, UM has more than 2,300 faculty members[4] and is divided into thirteen faculties, two academies, five institutes and six academic centres. In the latest QS World University Rankings, UM is currently ranked 60th in the world, 11th in Asia, 3rd in Southeast Asia and the highest ranked learning institution in Malaysia.[7]
The university also collaborated with the University of Wales in 2013 to establish International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW), a private university in Malaysia.
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