City University Malaysia is a private university established in

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

in April 1984. City University is accredited by the

Malaysian Qualifications Agency The Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA; ms, Agensi Kelayakan Malaysia) is a statutory body in Malaysia set up under the Malaysian Qualifications Act 2007 to accredit academic programs provided by educational institutions providing post secon ...

. Under a Sino-Malaysian bilateral agreement in 2009, City University's degrees are acknowledged by the

Chinese Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China is a cabinet-level department under the State Council responsible for basic education, vocational education, higher education, and other educational affairs across the country. The Min ...

. According to the Malaysian government's official SETARA ratings of Malaysian universities, CityU is rated as 4-Star or "Very Good". City University Press publishes the CUeJAR, a double-blind peer reviewed quarterly international open access e-journal. As a research university, CityU offers five MQA-accredited doctoral programs in the fields of business, information technology, design, and education.

Partnerships

Academic partners

CityU's international academic partners include

University of Central Oklahoma The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO or Central State) is a public university in Edmond, Oklahoma. It is the third largest university in Oklahoma, with more than 17,000 students and approximately 434 full-time and 400 adjunct faculty. Founde ...

Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University (BNU, ), colloquially known as Beishida (), is a public research university located in Beijing, China, with a strong emphasis on humanities and sciences. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China ...

, Vatel,

Anglia Ruskin University Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom. Its origins are in the Cambridge School of Art, founded by William John Beamont in 1858. It became a university in 1992, and was renamed after John Ruskin in ...

and

Southern Cross University Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta, the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is ranked in the top ...

. It partners with

Jinan University Jinan University (JNU, ) is a public research university based in Guangzhou, China. "Jinan" literally means "reaching southward", indicating the university's original mission to disseminate Chinese learning and culture from North to South when i ...

to form an international think tank on Sino-Malaysian cooperation under the

Belt and Road Initiative The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, or B&R), formerly known as One Belt One Road ( zh, link=no, 一带一路) or OBOR for short, is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government in 2013 to invest in nearly 150 ...

International academic collaborations

CityU had collaborated with overseas universities to offer joint degree programmes in Malaysia, including: *Bachelor's in Hospitality Management with Vatel

Vatel's campus in Malaysia

Vatel international business school launched its campus in CityU in 2017. CityU and Vatel jointly launched a degree programme in hospitality management on their Malaysian campus.

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