University of Malaya (UM)
For information about admissions requirements or applying to University of Malaya:
Postgraduate Admissions
Postgraduate Admissions Section
Institute of Graduate Studies
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
Tel: +603-7967 4623 / 4528 / 4404
Fax: +603-7956 6634
Email: ips@um.edu.my
Website: http://www.ips.um.edu.my
Undergraduate Admissions (Malaysian)
Admission & Records Section
Academic Division
New Exam Building
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
Tel: +603-7967 3278 / 3440 / 3441 / 3502 / 3280
Fax: +603-7967 3449/ 3581
Email: skr@um.edu.my
Undergraduate Admissions for International Students
International Student Centre (ISC)
Level 1, Block G, Perdanasiswa Complex
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-7967 7711 / 7712 / 7713 / 7714 / 7715 / 7717 / 7718
Fax : +603 -7967 7710
Email : isc@um.edu.my
Website : www.isc.um.edu.my
Enquiries on Continuing Education
University of Malaya Centre for Continuing Education (UMCCeD)
Level 7, Wisma R&D
University of Malaya
Jalan Pantai Baharu
59990 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
Tel: +603-2246 3600
Fax : +603 -2617 3110
Email : umcced@um.edu.my
Website : www.umcced.edu.my
Enquiries on UM Research Activities
Institute of Research Management and Monitoring, (IPPP)
Research Management & Innovation Complex
University of Malaya,
50603 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Tel : +603-7967 4525 / 4697 / 4643 / 4698
Fax : +603-7967 4699
Email : ippp@um.edu.my
Website : www.um.edu.my/ippp
Have a general question about University of Malaya?
Our Frequently Asked Questions cover the most popular topics we see in our webmaster email or Contact Us :
General Line (Operator)
Tel: + 603-7967 7022
OR
International and Corporate Relations Office (ICR)
Level L, Chancellery Building
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
Tel: +603-7967 3238 / 3273
Fax:+603-7956 0027 / 7967 7096
Email : icr@um.edu.my
Website : http://icr.um.edu.my
University of Malaya, or UM, Malaysia’s oldest university, is situated on a 750 acre (309 hectare) campus in the southwest of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
It was established on 8th October 1949 on Singapore with the merger of the King Edward VII College of Medicine (founded in 1905) and Raffles College (founded in 1928).
The University of Malaya derives its name from the term ‘Malaya’ as the country was then known. The Carr-Saunders Commission on University Education in Malaya, which recommended the setting up of the university, noted in its Report in 1948: “The University of Malaya would provide for the first time a common centre where varieties of race, religion and economic interest could mingle in joint endeavour … For a University of Malaya must inevitably realise that it is a university for Malaya.”
The growth of the University was very rapid during the first decade of its establishment and this resulted in the setting up of two autonomous Divisions on 15 January 1959, one located in Singapore and the other in Kuala Lumpur. In 1960, the government of the two territories indicated their desire to change the status of the Divisions into that of a national university. Legislation was passed in 1961 and the University of Malaya was established on 1st January 1962.
On June 16th 1962, University of Malaya celebrated the installation of its first Chancellor, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, who was also the country’s first prime minister. The first Vice-Chancellor was Professor Oppenheim, a world-renowned Mathematician.
Currently, His Royal Highness The Sultan of Perak Darul Ridzuan, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah is the Chancellor of the University of Malaya.
Professor Dato’ Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin was appointed as the eleventh Vice-Chancellor of University of Malaya on 8th November 2013.