Institution Overview
Background of Institution
Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) was established by the Government of Malaysia on 16 February, 2002. UMP was set up as a competency-based technical university which specialises in the fields of engineering and technology.
UMP is located on the east coast state of Pahang, the biggest state in Peninsular Malaysia with vast areas of rainforest endowed with a wide range of biodiversity and natural resources.
The campus is also strategically located in the East Coast Industrial Belt of Peninsular Malaysia, which hosts a large number of multinational corporations in the chemical, petrochemical, manufacturing, automotive and biotechnology industries.
UMP offers a wide range of skills-based tertiary education programmes in engineering and technology to produce competent engineers.
What Makes Us Special?
Why UMP is your choice for an outstanding and unique technological education experience?
- Ranked and rated…
- MSC-status tertiary education provider since 2004
- 5-Star for the university’s official website in the Malaysia Government Portals and Websites Assessment (MGPWA)
- 5-Star for the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education’s MyMoHES database
- First local public university…
- to be conferred a “Digital University” status in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysiato be certified OHSAS 18001:1999 since 2007.
- to establish a state-of-the-art centralised laboratory in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia
- to establish a Mandarin Language & Cultural Centre
- to spearhead student apprenticeship programme, with the collaboration of Malaysian Automotive Institute (MAI)
- to spearhead soft skills programmes for human capital development since 2003
- Offers…
- a variety of accredited engineering and technical education programmes
- a culture of excellence in research and innovation
- collaborative partnerships with industries especially in the East Coast Industrial Belt
- dual degree programmes in engineering with Hochschule Karlsruhe Und Wirtschaft (HsKA) of Germany
- Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Pharmaceutical) in collaboration with Institute of Technology Tallaght, Ireland and Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Infrastructure Management) in collaboration with University of Southern Queensland, Australia
- good job prospects with 79% of UMP graduates securing a job six months after graduation (2012)
- Centre of Excellence (CoE):
- Centre for Earth Resources Research & Management (CERRM)
- Automotive Engineering Centre (AEC)
- Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Fluid Flow (CARIFF)
- IBM and HeiTech Padu Berhad
- Rare Earth Research Centre
- The home of Industry Centre of Excellence (I-CoE) for…
- Miyazu Sdn Bhd
- Agilent Technologies
- Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)
- Biotechnology
- Fully equipped with…
- 24/7 wireless broadband internet and on-campus e-Community system
- the largest TM HotZone bandwidth in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia
- the best and most sophisticated laboratories in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia
- world-class sports complex with the largest floor area among the public universities in Malaysia for various sporting events. UMP also has been given a national focus on basketball
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES under the following faculties:
- Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources
- Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
- Faculty of Computer Systems & Software Engineering
- Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering
- Faculty of Technology
- Faculty of Industrial Sciences & Technology
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES - By Research
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctor of Engineering
- Master of Engineering
- Master of Science
- Master of Technology Management
- Master of Humanities Technology
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES - By Course Work
- Master of Engineering
- Master of Science
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Mechanical Engineering
International Awards & Recognition
- Received MS ISO 9001:2000 certification for external training in 2005
- The first university college to be granted the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) status in 2004
- Finalist in the e-ASIA Award 2004 (Business in Public Sector Category)
- Finalist in the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) 2004 (Best of Education & Training Category)
- Winner of Anugerah Perdana Teknologi Maklumat 2003 (Information Technology Premier Award – Public Sector Category)
- Finalist in the Malaysian Computer Association (PIKOM)
- Computimes ICT Award 2003
- Received the APICTA 2003 Merit Award (Best of Education & Training Category)
- The first university in Malaysia to receive the OHSAS 18001:1999 certification from he National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOHS) in 2007
- Received medals (4 gold) at Invention And New Product Exposition (Inpex) 2012, Pittsburgh, United State of America
- Received medal (1 gold) at Taipei International Invention Show And Technomart 2012, Taipei, Taiwan
- Received medals (2 golds, 1 platinum and 1 silver) at Bristish Invention Show (BIS) 2012, London, United Kingdom
- Received medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) at Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF 2011) Seoul, Korea
- Received medals ( 3 gold and 1 platinum) at British Invention Show (BIS 2011) London, United Kingdom
- Received medal (2 golds) at The Invention & New Product Exposition (INPEX 2011), Pittsburgh, USA
- Received medals and special award (1 special award, 2 gold and 1 silver) at Moscow International Salon of Invention & Innovation Technologies (ARCHIMEDES 2011), Russia
