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Friday, 11 April 2014 10:56:19 PM THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Public universities in Malaysia are categorized as research universities,focused universities and comprehensive universities. To date, 20 PublicHigher Education Institutions (established under UUCA 1971) have beenestablished, comprising four (4) research universities, four (4) comprehensiveuniversities and twelve (12) focused universities.

Research universities focus on research activities and teaching based onresearch and development (R&D).

Research Universities:

University of Malaya (UM)National University of Malaysia (UKM)Putra University of Malaysia (UPM)Science University of Malaysia (USM)

Comprehensive Universities offer courses in various fields of studies for alllevels of education including pre-undergraduate, undergraduate, and postgraduate degrees.

Comprehensive Universities:

MARA University of Technology (UiTM)International Islamic University Malaysia (UIAM)University of Malaysia Sabah (UMS)University of Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

Focused Universities focus on specific fields such as technical, education, management and defence.

Focused Universities:

Northern University of Malaysia (UUM), Sultan Idris University of Education (UPSI),University of Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia (UTHM),University of Technical Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), University of Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP),Darul Iman Universitiy of Malaysia (UDM), Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM),University of Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), University of Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) andNational Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM).

The responsibilities borne by the Apex University are indeed challenging. It needs to be placed withinthe top 100 universities of the world within five years apart from being ranked in the top 50 universitiesin the world by the year 2020. On 27th August 2008 the Cabinet unanimously agreed to select theScience University of Malaysia (USM) as the first Apex University of Malaysia. USM succeeded againstthree of its closest rivals, namely, University of Malaya (UM), Putra University of Malaysia (UPM) andNational University of Malaysia (UKM) in a fierce competition to win this coveted position.

The criteria and evaluation used in the selection of USM as an Apex University were based on thereadiness of USM to undergo transformation and academic achievement in the international arena. It ishoped that USM will be able to break new grounds and motivate other universities in the country tocontinually strive to improve and achieve world-class status, and consequently, position Malaysia as arenowned hub of higher education in the world.

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