University of
Malaya,(UM) is Malaysia's oldest university and situated on a 750 acre (309
hectare) campus in the southwest of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It
was founded on 28 September 1905 in Singapore as the King Edward VII College of
Medicine and on 8th October 1949, it became the University of Malaya with the
merger of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College (founded
in 1928).
The University
of Malaya derives its name from the term 'Malaya' as the country was then
known. 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 Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah is the Chancellor of the
University of Malaya. In 2015, the QS World University Rankings has ranked UM
at the 146th place in the world. Also in the same year, the university is
ranked 29th place in the QS Asian University Rankings, 3rd in Southeast Asia
and is the highest ranked learning institution in Malaysia.
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Tunku Abdul Rahman
Putra Al-Haj
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| Professor Oppenheim |
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| Sultan Nazrin Muizzudin Shah |
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