University of Malaya
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| University of Malaya | |
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| Motto: | Ilmu Puncha Kemajuan "Knowledge is the Key to Progress" |
| Established: | 1949 |
| Type: | Public |
| Chancellor: | Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-Lah |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Datuk Rafiah Salim |
| Location: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Affiliations: | ASAIHL, ASEAN University Network |
| Website: | www.um.edu.my |
The University of Malaya (or Universiti Malaya in Malay; commonly abbreviated as UM) is the oldest university in Malaysia, and is situated on a 750 acre (3.0 km²) campus in southwest Kuala Lumpur, the capital city. It is widely recognised as one of the top universities in Malaysia but university rankings in recent years have seen the decline of UM's glory. Many prominent Malaysians are alumni of UM.
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[edit] History
In September 1904, Tan Jiak Kim led a group of representatives of the Chinese and other non-European communities, and petitioned the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir John Anderson, to establish a medical school in Singapore. Tan, who was the first president of the Straits Chinese British Association, managed to raise $87,077, of which the largest amount of $12,000 came from himself. On 3 July 1905, the medical school was founded, and was known as the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School. The medical library was first housed in the students' reading room within the school, converted from the vacant old female lunatic asylum in Sepoy Lines.
In 1912, the medical school received a donation of $120,000 from the King Edward VII Memorial Fund, started by Dr Lim Boon Keng. Subsequently on 18 November 1913, the name of the school was changed to the King Edward VII Medical School. In 1921, it was again changed to the King Edward VII College of Medicine to reflect its academic status.
In 1929, Raffles College was established to promote arts and social sciences at tertiary level for Singapore students.
Two decades later, Raffles College was merged with the King Edward VII College of Medicine to form the University of Malaya on 8 October 1949. The two highly respected institutions were merged to perform together an even greater service by providing for the higher education needs of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore and to help lay the foundations of a new nation by producing a generation of skilled and educated men and women.
The growth of the University was very rapid during the first decade of its establishment and resulted in the setting up of two autonomous Divisions in 1959, one located in Singapore and the other in Kuala Lumpur.
In 1960, the Government of the Federation of Malaysia and the state government of Singapore indicated their desire to change the status of the Divisions into that of a national university. Legislation was passed in 1961 founding the University of Malaya on 1 January 1962.
In 1962, the division in Singapore became the University of Singapore, which was the predecessor of the National University of Singapore, while the division in Kuala Lumpur retained the name University of Malaya.
The university motto, "Ilmu Punca Kemajuan" (Knowledge is the Key to Success), reflects the philosophy of the University in its constant endeavour to seek knowledge in all fields to produce successful graduates and a successful nation.
The Universiti of Malaya is headed by a woman for the first time when Datuk Rafiah Salim RS profile was appointed Vice-Chancellor on May 1, 2006.
The university was ranked 89th in 2004, and dropped to 169th in 2005, among the world's best universities table, according to The Times' Higher Education guide[1]. THES Ranking 2006 for world university brought University of Malaya to 192 position. In 2007, it has dropped out of the list of top 200 universities in the world.[1]
[edit] Vice-Chancellors
- Prof A Oppenheim (1956 - 1965)
- Dr JHE. Griffiths (1967 - 1968)
- Royal Professor Dr. Ungku Abdul Aziz (1968 - 1988)
- Allahyarham Prof Dato' Dr Syed Hussein Alatas (1988 - 1991)
- Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Taib Osman (1991 - 1994)
- Allahyarham Tan Sri Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad (1994 - 2000)
- Professor Dato' Dr. Anuar Zaini Md Zain (2000 - 2003)
- Datuk Prof Dr Hashim Yaacob (2003 - 2006)
- Datuk Rafiah Salim (2006 - present)
[edit] Varsity Anthem
University Malaya
Kebanggaan kita semua
Bertambah para ilmuwan
Di pelbagai lapangan
Kami bertekad di hati
Mencapai cita murni
Tradisi kecemerlangan
Menepati wawasan
Di sini kami sedia berbakti
Terus berinovasi
Kami harapan generasi muka
Teras nusa dan bangsa
Varsiti kesayanganku
Sungguh banyak jasamu
Membentuk insan mulia
Berilmu berbudaya
[edit] Residential Colleges
The following campus residential halls offer lodgings and related services which may include facilities such as game courts, reading rooms, grocery shops, cyber cafes and computer labs.[2]
- First Residential College (Asrama Tunku Abdul Rahman)
- Second Residential College (Asrama Tunku Bahiyah)
- Third Residential College (Asrama Tunku Kurshiah)
- Fourth Residential College (Asrama Bestari)
- Fifth Residential College (Asrama Dayasari)
- Sixth Residential College (Asrama Ibnu Sina)
- Seventh Residential College (Asrama Pendeta Za'aba)
- Eighth Residential College (Asrama Kinabalu)
- Ninth Residential College (Asrama Tun Zahid Zahirrudin)
- Tenth Residential College (Asrama Tun Ahmad Zaidi)
- Eleventh Residential College (Asrama Ungku Aziz)
- Twelfth Residential College
- Section 17 Residential College
[edit] Notable alumni
King Edward VII College of Medicine/Raffles College era (pre 1949)
- Tun Abdul Razak - 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Mahathir bin Mohamad - 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Ismail Abdul Rahman - former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Benjamin Sheares - 2nd President of Singapore
- Lee Kuan Yew - former Prime Minister of Singapore
- Goh Keng Swee - former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
- Toh Chin Chye - former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
University of Malaya era (1949 - present)
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi - the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- Anwar Fazal - Consumer and Civil Society Advocate.
- Anwar Ibrahim - ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Aznil Hj Nawawi - award-winning TV host and actor
- Chan Sek Keong - Chief Justice of Singapore
- Chuah Hean Teik - President/CEO of UTAR, award-winning engineering researcher, and former Senior Professor, Vice President (R&D and Academic Development) & Dean of Faculty of Engineering at the Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
- Shirley Geok-lin Lim - award-winning poet and English Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara
- Teresa Kok Suh Sim - Democratic Action Party Member of Parliament for Seputeh
- Sellapan Ramanathan - President of Singapore and Chancellor of the National University of Singapore
- Sha'ari Tadin - former Senior Parliamentary Secretary and first Malay graduate PAP Member of Parliament, Singapore
- Sim Kee Boon - Former Head of Civil Service, Singapore.
[edit] Notable faculty members
- Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid, who once served as the university's vice chancellor
- Wang Gungwu, a former Professor of History at the Department of History (left UM in 1968). Prof. Wang is currently the Director of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.
- Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof, a former Professor of University Malaya and also a former Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the University Hospital. Retired in 1997 and was honored with the title of Emeritus by the University. Currently Professor Emeritus Dato Paduka Dr. Khairuddin bin Mohamed Yusof is the Director of Telemedicine Malaysia (World Care Inc)
- Khoo Kay Kim, a former Professor of Malaysian History at the Department of History. Retired in 2001, currently a Professor Emeritus at the University.
- Jomo Kwame Sundaram, a former Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration (left UM in 2004). Prof. Jomo is currently the Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
- Ho Peng Yoke, a former Professor of Chinese at the Department of Chinese Studies. Prof. Ho is the Director Emeritus of Needham Research Institute, Cambridge.
- Terence Edmund Gomez, an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and administration. He is currently one of the six research coordinators at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development UNRISD.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Malaysian varsities fail to make top 200 ranking", New Straits Times, November 9, 2007
- ^ http://www.um.edu.my/um_life/services/accommodation/residential_colleges.php?intPrefLangID=1& - accessed 18 January 2008
[edit] References
- "Akujanji 'Prayers'". Retrieved Nov. 3, 2005.
- Citizen Nades (Nov. 9, 2005). "Do leaders accept UM's slide?" The Sun, p. 13.
- Gomez, Edmund Terence (2005). "Don%u2019t victimise my wife and family too". Retrieved Nov. 3, 2005.
- Kaur, S. & Chapman, K. (2005) "UM and USM Fall in World Rankings". Star Education p. 2–5.
- Kaur, Simrit (Nov. 18, 2005). "Rankings issue arose from error". The Star.
- Kuppusamy, Baradan (Aug. 9, 2005). "Malaysia: Racism Alleged in Firing of Popular Professor". globalinfo.org.
- Lim, Kit Siang (2005). "UM VC - another binge of self-glorification over 80-pt fall in Top 200 varsities". Retrieved Nov. 16, 2005.
- Lim, Kit Siang (2005). "University of Malaya - 'A Picture is worth a Thousand Words'". Retrieved Nov. 2, 2005.
- Lim, Kit Siang (2005). "Hashim Yaacob - Resign or be sacked as UM VC". Retrieved Nov. 3, 2005.
- Lim, Kit Siang (2005). "Will Najib/Shafie "sink or swim" with Hashim?". Retrieved Nov. 3, 2005.
- Ooi, Jeff (2005). "Gomez's case: Why the about-turn?". Retrieved Nov. 3, 2005.
- Ooi, Jeff (2005). "Higher education in crisis? (2)". Retrieved Nov. 3, 2005.
- Ooi, Jeff (2005). "Higher education in crisis? (22)". Retrieved Nov. 3, 2005.
- Ooi, Jeff (2005). "Jomo's appointment: Now I know...". Retrieved Nov. 3, 2005.
- "Oops... Universiti Malaya Has Done It Again". Retrieved Nov. 2, 2005.
- Singh, Sharanjit & Dermawan, Audrey (Oct. 30, 2005). "Abdullah 'very sad' over UM's slide in rankings". New Straits Times, p. 2.
- "Staff Profiles: Terence Gomez. Retrieved Nov. 2, 2005.
- "UM's Fall: Denial, Ignorance and Incredulity". Retrieved Oct. 30, 2005.
- "UM Vice Chancellor: Foot in Mouth Disease". Retrieved Nov. 2, 2005.
- "Universiti Malaya VC: We Have Improved!". Retrieved Nov. 2, 2005.
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