University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) () is a

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

n public research-intensive university ranked 188th in the world by QS University rankings. Its medium of instruction is English.

Campuses

UTM has three campuses – the main campus is in

Skudai Skudai (also spelled Sekudai) is a town in Johor, Malaysia. It is about 13 km northwest from Johor Bahru's central business district. Location Skudai is located just outside the northwestern border of Johor Bahru, along national highway 1. The ...

, and was the first university in the state of

Johor Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore ...

. It has an area of 1148 hectares and is the largest public university. The second largest was

Universiti Putra Malaysia University of Putra Malaysia ( Malay: ''Universiti Putra Malaysia''), abbreviated as UPM, is a Malaysian public research university located in Serdang, Selangor. Formerly it was named Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (Agricultural University of ...

(UPM) with an area size of 1108.103 hectares. It is about 20 km north of the state capital, Johor Bahru.

Vice-chancellors

Research Management Centre

Research Management Centre was established in 1982. Formerly known as ‘Research and Consultation Unit’ and as ‘Research & Development Unit’ and finally renamed as ‘Research Management Centre’, in 1997.

Rankings

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities places UTM in the fourth place in the South East Asia Region, and the top in Malaysia. In the QS University Rankings, it placed 100 in the "''Engineering & Technology Universities''" category among other world ranked universities in 2016 UTM aims to achieve the status of a global university and rank among 50 of the world's best universities by 2020.

Notable alumni

The alumni of University of Technology Malaysia include politicians and public service officials such as

Wee Ka Siong Wee Ka Siong ( zh, t=, s=魏家祥, p=Wèi Jiāxiáng, c=, poj=Gūi Ka-siông; born 20 October 1968) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as the Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayer Hitam (federa ...

, former Malaysian Minister of Transport,

Annuar Musa Annuar bin Musa ( Jawi: أنور بن موسى; born 18 May 1956) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Communications and Multimedia in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaak ...

, former Malaysian Minister of Communications and Multimedia,

Hamzah Zainudin Hamzah bin Zainudin (; born 12 March 1957) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 17th Leader of the Opposition since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Larut since March 2008. He served as the Minister of Home Aff ...

, former Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs,

Saarani Mohamad Saarani bin Mohamad (born 13 March 1961) is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as 13th Menteri Besar of Perak since December 2020 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kota Tampan since March 2004. He s ...

, current

Menteri Besar of Perak The Menteri Besar of Perak or First Minister of Perak is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Perak. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Perak State Legislati ...

Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani Malay styles and titles#Tan Sri, Tan Sri Acryl Sani bin Haji Abdullah Sani (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: اقر الثاني عبدﷲ ثاني; born 3 October 1961) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian retired police officer who served as the 13th Inspecto ...

, former Malaysian Inspector-General of Police and former Malaysian Inspector-General of Police and current President of

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (; abbrev: GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general election when it defeated the ruling Alliance Party in Pen ...

Dominic Lau Hoe Chai Dominic Lau Hoe Chai ( Chinese: 刘华才; pinyin: ''Liú Huácái''; Jyutping: ''Lau4 Waa4 Coi4''; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ''Lâu Hôa-châi''; born 18 September 1967) is a Malaysian politician who had served as a Senator from November 2021 to Novembe ...

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