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Motto in English
  
Strive to Excel

Established
  
1994

Founded
  
1994

Type
  
Public

Phone
  
+60 88-320 000

Chairperson
  
Zaki Azmi

Chancellor
  
Tun Juhar Mahiruddin, Governor of State

Vice-Chancellor
  
Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Bin Abdullah

Pro-Chancellor
  
Musa Aman, Yeoh Tiong Lay

Address
  
Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Motto
  
Bertekad Cemerlang (Strive to Excel)

Affiliations
  
Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning

Similar
  
University of Science - Malaysia, National University of Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Utara Malaysia

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Introduction to universiti malaysia sabah ums


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. His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong proclaimed the establishment of UMS under Section 6(1) of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971.

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History

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).

Faculties (Science)

  • Faculty of Engineering (formerly known as the School of Engineering and Information Technology)
  • Faculty of Science and Natural Resources (combination of the School of Science and Technology and the School of International Tropical Forestry)
  • Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition (formerly known as the School of Food Science and Nutrition)
  • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (formerly known as the School of Medicine)
  • Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture (formerly known as the School of Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Faculty of Computing and Informatics (formerly known as the Labuan School of Science Informatics)

    • Faculties (Humanities)

  • Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage (FKSW) [1](combination of the School of Social Sciences and the School of Arts)
  • Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy (FPEP) [2] (formerly known as the School of Business and Economics)
  • Faculty of Psychology and Education (FPP) [3] (combination of the School of Psychology and the Social Work, and School of Education and Social Development)
  • Faculty of International Finance Labuan (FKAL) [4] (formerly known as the Labuan School of International Business and Finance)

    • Centres

  • Centre for Postgraduate Studies (CPS) [5]
  • Preparatory Centre for Science and Technology [6]
  • UMS Centre for External Education [7]
  • Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning [8], (Malay acronym for Pusat Penataran Ilmu dan Bahasa) was established at the end of 1994. The centre offers courses on foreign languages, open to all undergraduates from the schools in UMS.
  • Centre for Co-curricular and Student Development [9], established in 2002.
  • UMS Centre for Accounting [10], incorporated on 16 October 2006.

    • Borneo Marine Research Institute

    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.

    Biotechnology Research Institute

    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.

    Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation

    The Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ITBC) was founded in 1996. With the co-ordinating assistance of the institute, local and international scientists are helped in their explorations of the biodiversity of terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems of the tropics, especially in Sabah.

    Research units

  • Entrepreneurship Research & Development Centre
  • Unit for Borneo Primate Studies
  • Unit for Orchid Studies
  • Unit for Remote Sensing & GIS
  • Ethnography Research & Development Unit
  • Psychology & Social Health Research Unit
  • Unit for Rural Education Research
  • Natural Disasters Research Unit
  • Minerals & Materials Research Unit
  • BIMP-EAGA Unit for Tourism Development
  • Water Research Unit
  • Artificial Intelligence Research Unit
  • Sustainable Palm Oil Research Unit
  • Food Safety and Quality Unit
  • Unit Penyelidikan Warisan Borneo (BOHRu)

    • Residential colleges

    With the Vice-Chancellor’s Message 2014, Prof. Datuk Harun announced the change of residential colleges’ names.

    References

    Universiti Malaysia Sabah Wikipedia
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