University Malaysia Sabah
| Universiti Malaysia Sabah | |
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| Motto | Bertekad Cemerlang |
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Motto in English
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Strive to Excel |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1994 |
| Chairperson | Zaki Azmi |
| Chancellor | Tun Juhar Mahiruddin, Governor of State |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr. D Kamarudin D Mudin |
| Pro-Chancellor | Musa Aman, Yeoh Tiong Lay |
| Location | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Campus | Headquarters Campus in Kota Kinabalu International Campus in Labuan Agriculture Campus in Sandakan |
| Affiliations | ASAIHL, ACU,FUIW |
| Website | www |
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (English: Malaysian University of Sabah) or UMS is the ninth Malaysian public university located in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, established on 24 November 1994. Yang di-Pertuan Agong proclaimed the establishment of UMS under Section 6(1) of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971.
The first UMS campus was sited at the site of the then Sabah Foundation Community College, KKYS (now University College Sabah Foundation, UCSF) on their grounds. The first intake consisted of 205 undergraduates, with its residences located just beside the football field, on the compound of Yayasan Sabah.
Initially, the university management office operated at the Malaysian Ministry of Education in Kuala Lumpur. It shifted to Kota Kinabalu in 1995.
On August of the same year, physical development began to take place on a 999-acre (4 km²) land, located at the northern part of Kota Kinabalu City. The first phase of its construction was completed in 2000.
UMS opened an International Campus in Labuan in 1999, and an Agriculture Campus at Sandakan in 2011.
Before June 2014, there were 13 schools and nine research institutes in UMS. Starting 1 July 2014, the restructuring of 13 existing schools into 10 faculties has been done in line with the academic transformation in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).
Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) was established in 1995 with the aim of promoting education, research and training in Aquaculture, Marine conservation and sustainable development of marine resources and a rational deployment of biotechnology.
The Biotechnology Research Institute(BRI) was established in January 2002 to function as a Center of Excellence in the field of Biotechnology at UMS. The establishment runs research and development in biological or life sciences in relations to medicine, food, agricultural science and environmental protection.
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