City University Malaysia

Established in April 1984, City University Malaysia was founded by a group of scholars. Originally known as Petaling Jaya Community College. the University attained full university status in 2016.

City University Malaysia
Logo of City University Malaysia
Former names
City University College of Science and Technology
TypePrivate university
Established1984
ChairmanMohd Sham Mohd Sani
ChancellorYABhg. Tun Md Raus Bin Sharif
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Mustaffa Halabi Azahari
Students7,500
Address
Menara City U, No. 8, Jalan 51A/223, 46100
,
Petaling Jaya
,
Selangor
,
Malaysia
Websitecity.edu.my

The University, alongside City University Press, are subsidiaries of U.C.I. Education Sdn. Bhd. City University Press publishes the CUeJAR, a double-blind peer reviewed quarterly international open access e-journal.[1] City Education Group is composed of two institutions of higher learning, City University Malaysia and City Academy. The University also has three Centres of Excellence with a dedicated ‘Research and Management Centre’, ‘City Graduate School’ and a ‘Centre of Language Studies’. As a research university, the University offers five MQA-accredited doctoral programs in the fields of business, information technology, design, and education.[2]

the University now has, in addition to its main campus in Petaling Jaya (Greater Kuala Lumpur), a branch campus in Johor Bahru, together with regional centres in Kota Kinabalu and Penang. Plans are afoot for the University to extend its network with the addition of a campus in the multi-media super corridor of Cyberjaya.

Rated in the most recent Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education as a Very Good (4-Star) University in SETARA-2019 rating.[3] Aligned with its industry focus, the University was in year 2022 ranked 13th amongst ASEAN private universities for applied higher education.

The University has extensive global reach with international students constituting over 47% of the student population, drawn from over 70 nations.

Under a Sino-Malaysian bilateral agreement in 2009, City University Malaysia degree programmes are acknowledged by the Chinese Ministry of Education.[4][5]

Partnerships

Academic partners

It partners with Jinan University to form an international think tank on Sino-Malaysian cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.[6]

References
  1. "CITY U : CUeJAR".
  2. "DBA & PhD Programmes | City University".
  3. "Top Malaysian Universities According to SETARA 2017". 24 May 2022.
  4. "中国教育部承认的马来西亚高校名单". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. "中华人民共和国政府和马来西亚政府 关于相互承认高等教育学历和学位的协定". Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese).
  6. "马来西亚城市大学校长一行访问我校 共商成立"一带一路"中马联合智库 - 暨南大学新闻网". news.jnu.edu.cn. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

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