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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, also known as the National University of Malaysia, is one of the country's premier research institutions and is best known for its excellence in medicine, engineering, social sciences, and Malay language and culture. The university offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees taught in English, particularly within its internationalized business, science, and technology faculties. For international students, the experience is supported by the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Global Centre, which assists with visa processing, arrival services, and ongoing cultural integration programs on its sprawling green campus in Bangi. A distinctive characteristic of the university is its status as one of Malaysia's elite Research Universities, giving students unique opportunities to engage in high-impact national and regional research projects alongside leading academics. The diverse student body, which includes thousands of international scholars from over thirty countries, ensures a vibrant and multicultural campus community.
Background
The National University of Malaysia (Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, abbreviated as UKM) is a public research university located in Bandar Baru Bangi, Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), is located in Cheras and also has a branch campus in Kuala Lumpur. The university also has an overseas branch campus in Lusail City, Doha since 2023. In 2022, there were 39,524 students enrolled at the university: 22,127 undergraduate students, 14,744 are postgraduate students, with 9,083 being Master's degree students and 5,691 being PhD students. Other than that, there are also 413 Asasi Pintar students, 2,175 postgraduate diploma students, and 35 graduate diploma students. Among the students, 4,914 of them are international students from 66 countries, of which 60% are postgraduate while 40% are undergraduate. The majority of UKM's international students are from China, and then followed by Indonesia and Iraq. UKM is the first university in Malaysia to use the Malay language as its main medium of instruction and it has been...
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- Universiti Malaysia Sabah · Kota Kinabalu
- Universiti Malaysia Sarawak · Kota Samarahan
- Universiti Malaysia Terengganu · Kuala Nerus
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