- Student-faculty ratios: 17.1
- Male to female ratio: 66 : 34
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.uitm.edu.my/index.php/en/
- Address: 40450 Shah Alam,Darul Ehsan,Malaysia
- Phone: -
The Universiti Teknologi MARA (UITM) is one of Malaysia’s largest universities. UITM was founded in 1956 as Dewan Latehan RIDA, a development a training centre for the Rural and Industrial Development Authority. The acronym MARA stands for Majlis Amanah Rakyat, or People’s Trust Council. MARA is a government agency, the role of which is to train indigenous Mayasian people for roles in business and industry. UITM was governed by MARA for several years, but is now independent under the Ministry of Education. There are 24 faculties and 3 academic centres at UITM. The faculties are grouped into three clusters: Science and Technology, Business and Management and Social Sciences and Humanities. UITM alumni have gone on to hold important positions in government, business and the judiciary. They include Minister Azalina Othman Said, Chief Judge Richard Malanjum and Air Asia co-founder Kamarudin Meranun. The university is based on 13 state campuses and 21 satellite campuses. The state of Selangor has the largest number of UITM campuses, and the main anchor campus is located in the state capital, Shah Alam. Known for its Blue Mosque, one of the largest in Southeast Asia, and its Garden of Islamic Arts, Shah Alam is a cultural Mecca. Malaysia is a country cut in two by ocean. The capital city, Kuala Lumpur, and many other major cities can be found on peninsular Malaysia, with the wild jungle of Malaysian Borneo on a separate island. UITM’s campuses can be found across both parts of Malaysia.
- Global score 28.5
- Global research reputation #740
- Regional research reputation #147
- Publications #1,145
- Books #754
- Conferences #22
- Normalized citation impact #1,215
- Total citations #1,257
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #1,228
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #1,142
- International collaboration #907
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #509
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #1,153
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #1,047
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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Percentage of International Students
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17.1
No. of students per staff
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54,483
Number of FTE Students
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66 : 34
Student Ratio of Females to Males
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2016
601-800
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2017
> 800
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2019
1001+
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2020
1001+
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Asia University Rankings
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2017
251+
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2019
351–400
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Young University Rankings
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2019
301+
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Arts & humanities
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2019
401+
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2019
501–600
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Engineering & technology
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2019
801+
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Physical sciences
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2019
801+
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Social sciences
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2019
601+
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Business & Economics
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2019
501+
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Computer Science
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2019
601+
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Education
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2019
401+
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Emerging Economies
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2017
251-300
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2019
351+
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES