The University of Nottingham Malaysia

The University of Nottingham is described by The Times Good University Guide 2015 as “the nearest Britain has to a truly global university, with campuses in China and Malaysia modelled on a headquarters that is among the most attractive in Britain”.

The University of Nottingham is placed 99th in the world and in the top 100 of Universities internationally by the latest 2021 QS World University Rankings.

The University of Nottingham Malaysia opened in September 2000 and became the first British university to set up a campus both outside of the UK and in Malaysia, earning The University of Nottingham the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2001 and the Queen’s Award for Industry (International Trade) 2006. In December 2017, the Malaysia Campus was awarded with a 5-star rating for the quality of its research and innovation, making it among the highest rated international university in Malaysia in The Malaysia Research Assessment (MyRA). The Malaysia Campus again been confirmed the renewal of MyRA® 5-star research rating on 16 March 2020.

In September 2005, the Malaysia Campus moved to its own purpose-built site in Semenyih, 30km south of Kuala Lumpur. Designed to reflect University Park Campus in Nottingham, it is a self-contained, vibrant village situated on an attractive and landscaped 125-acre site. There are about 5,000 students and around 700 teaching and administrative staff from all 85 countries.

Foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate taught and research courses at UNM are taught within 17 schools and departments across the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences and Science and Engineering. The University’s graduates are highly sought after, about 90% employed or in further study six months after graduation* – one of the highest graduate employment rates in Malaysia.

The University of Nottingham is proud of its international reputation for world changing research, a reputation which extends across all of our campuses. It is rated No. 8 for research power in the latest Research Excellence Framework. Its research has a particular focus on addressing the challenges facing Southeast Asia and countries in the Islamic world. Over the last few years, research capacity has developed rapidly and an increased number of research grants has been funded from various sources in Malaysia, the EU and the UK.

The Malaysian Campus has granted by Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) a self-accrediting status, one of only a limited number of universities to be granted such an accolade.

It offers the best of UK education in an Asian setting. The programmes are identical to those offered at The University of Nottingham in the UK and follow the same quality assurance processes, and students are awarded University of Nottingham degree certificates when they complete their course.

It provides excellent opportunities for the students to study abroad at our UK and China Campuses, as well as at many of its partner universities across the globe, offering inter-campus, international exchange and summer school programs.

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