Universiti Teknologi Malaysia was established in 1904 as a technical school. It wasn’t until 1941 that the institute’s status of “college” was obtained and established UTM as a technical college. The college was built in Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur. In the early years the college offered engineering courses at diploma level. In 1960, the university upgraded its courses to the degree level.
On 1 April 1975, the institution became a university and changed their name to University Teknologi Malaysia. Subsequently, UTM moved to a new campus in Johor Bahru. The works began in 1978 and finished on September 1985.
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is now a research ugraduate-focused driven by innovation. Situated both in Kuala Lumpur, and Johor Bahru, the southern city in Iskandar Malaysia. The first campus is 38 hectares and the second campus is built on a 1148 hectare piece.
UTM has been awarded with numerous awards and achievements and below are some recent ones :
2017/2018 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings
2017 Times Higher Education World University Ranking (Asia)
2017 QS World University Rankings by Faculty / Subject
2017 University Ranking by Azademic Performance
2017 US News Best Global Universities
2017 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
2017 NTU Ranking by Subjects
2016 Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings
2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities
5 CWTS Leiden Ranking
Ranking Web of World
Webmeotric of the year 2017
3-Star ASEAN Energy Management Gold Standard Certification
