Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM / Putra University of Malaysia, formerly Universiti Pertanian Malaysia / Agricultural University of Malaysia)

Country

Malaysia (MY)

City

Serdang

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 Putra Malaysia (UPM / Putra University of Malaysia, formerly Universiti Pertanian Malaysia / Agricultural University of Malaysia) — collector batch + MQA / MOHE Malaysia cross-verification (Day 14) · tier: tier_2_directory

Website

https://www.upm.edu.my

Founded 1971 (chartered as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia — Agricultural University of Malaysia — on 4 October 1971 through merger of College of Agriculture Malaya 1931 in Serdang and the Faculty of Agriculture University of Malaya; renamed Universiti Putra Malaysia 1997 — "Putra" referring to Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Malaysia's first Prime Minister; agricultural focus broadened to comprehensive). Malaysia's premier agricultural-and-applied-sciences public research university. Heritage traces to 1931 College of Agriculture Malaya in Serdang (founded by British colonial government). Chartered as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (Agricultural University of Malaysia) on 4 October 1971 through merger of the College of Agriculture Malaya and the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Malaya. RENAMED Universiti Putra Malaysia 1997 — 'Putra' honouring Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Malaysia's first Prime Minister and Father of Independence — and broadened its mission from agricultural specialisation to a comprehensive research university (though agriculture remains a flagship strength). ~30,000+ students. 16 faculties including the prestigious Faculty of Agriculture (premier in Southeast Asia), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering, Forestry, Food Science and Technology, Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Computer Science and IT, Economics and Management, Educational Studies, Human Ecology, Medicine and Health Sciences, Modern Languages and Communication, and Science. Designated RESEARCH UNIVERSITY (RU) by MOHE.

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