Universiti Malaya (UM / University of Malaya)

Country

Malaysia (MY)

City

Kuala Lumpur

Control

public

Language

Bahasa Malaysia + English (HE bilingual medium)

Accreditation

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE / Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia) operating jointly with the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA / Agensi Kelayakan Malaysia, established 2007 by Act 679 of 2007 by merger of LAN — Lembaga Akreditasi Negara — and the Quality Assurance Division of MOHE). MQA administers the Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF) and operates the MQA Register of accredited HEIs and programmes. The Department of Higher Education (JPT / Jabatan Pendidikan Tinggi) handles operational HE management. Malaysia's top 5 public universities have been formally designated as "Research Universities" (Universiti Penyelidikan / RU) since 2006-2010 with enhanced research funding and autonomy: UM, USM, UKM, UPM, and UTM. Beyond RUs, Malaysian HE includes ~20 other public universities, several foreign branch campuses (Monash, Nottingham, Swinburne, Heriot-Watt, Reading, Newcastle, Xiamen), and a large private-HE sector.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-14.

Source

Universiti Malaya (UM / University of Malaya) — collector batch + MQA / MOHE Malaysia cross-verification (Day 14) · tier: tier_2_directory

Website

https://www.um.edu.my

Founded 1949 (chartered as the University of Malaya in Singapore on 8 October 1949 through merger of King Edward VII College of Medicine 1905 and Raffles College 1928 — both established under British colonial rule; split into University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur and University of Singapore in 1962 when Singapore prepared to leave Malaysia; the Kuala Lumpur branch became simply University of Malaya / Universiti Malaya after 1962 — Malaysia's OLDEST university). Malaysia's OLDEST and most prestigious university — chartered 8 October 1949 in Singapore through merger of King Edward VII College of Medicine (founded 1905 — Malaysia/Singapore's first medical school) and Raffles College (founded 1928). Both predecessor institutions were established under British colonial rule. The University of Malaya was split in 1962 into the Kuala Lumpur branch (which became today's Universiti Malaya) and the Singapore branch (which became today's National University of Singapore — NUS) when Singapore prepared to leave Malaysia. ~22,000+ students across 13 faculties + several academies and centres. Faculties: Arts and Social Sciences, Business and Accountancy, Built Environment, Computer Science and IT, Dentistry, Economics and Administration, Education, Engineering, Language and Linguistics, Law (UM Law — premier Malaysian law school), Medicine (oldest in Malaysia — 1905 heritage), Pharmacy, Science. Bilingual Bahasa Malaysia and English instruction. Member of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). Designated RESEARCH UNIVERSITY (Universiti Penyelidikan) by MOHE 2006 — Malaysia's elite top tier.

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