National University of Malaysia

The National University of Malaysia

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Motto	Mengilham Harapan, Mencipta Masa Depan
Motto in English	Inspiring Futures, Nurturing Possibilities
Type	Public
Established	18 May 1970 (18 May 1970)
Chancellor	Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Datuk Seri Dr. Noor Azlan Ghazali
Pro-Chancellors	Yang Amat Mulia Tunku Laxamana Tunku Dato’ Seri Utama Naquiyuddin Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar Tunku Naquiyuddin Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun (Dr) Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid Yang Teramat Mulia Tunku Panglima Besar Kedah, Dato’ Seri Diraja Tan Sri Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz Binti Tuanku Sultan Haji Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah
Students	26,961 (2016)
Undergraduates	12,897 (2016)
Postgraduates	14,064 (2016)
Location	Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Coordinates: 2°55′11″N 101°46′53″E / 2.91972°N 101.78139°E / 2.91972; 101.78139
Affiliations	ACU, ASAIHL, AUN, AUAP
Website	www.ukm.my

Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

The National University of Malaysia (abbreviation: UKM; Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; abbreviated UKM is a public university located in Bangi, Selangor which is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Kuala Lumpur. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM) is located in Cheras and also has a branch campus in Kuala Lumpur. There are 17,500 undergraduate students enrolled, and 5,105 postgraduate students of which 1,368 are foreign students from 35 countries.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is one of five research universities in the country. It was ranked number 259th in the world by QS World University Rankings in 2014. It is ranked 98th place in the 100 best new universities established within the last 50 years in the world. It is the only university from Malaysia that made it in the 2012 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Top 50 Universities Under 50 Years Old list ranked in the 31st place. It placed 56th and 56th in the QS Top 500 Asian University Rankings in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, the national university of Malaysia was born from the aspirations of the nationalists to uphold the Malay Language as a language of knowledge. The quest for a national university was suggested in 1923 by the writer Abdul Kadir Adabi as a move against British colonisation. This nationalist tide galvanised Malay intellectuals of the time but met British suppression. The nationalists never wavered and in 1969 the movement again blossomed. A Sponsoring Committee chaired by Syed Nasir Ismail, a Malay intellectual, was set up to prepare a report recommending the establishment of UKM. Other prominent members of this committee include Dr. Mahathir Mohamed (Tun), Malaysia's fourth Prime Minister who was then the Education Minister, and Dr. Mohd Rashdan Haji Baba, who later became UKM's first Vice-Chancellor.

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