University of Malaya
The predecessor of the university, King Edward VII College of Medicine, was established on 28 September 1905 in Singapore, then a territory of the British Empire.
Rapid growth during its first decade caused the university to organize as two autonomous divisions on 15 January 1959, one located in Singapore and the other in Kuala Lumpur.
The Principal was Dr Gerald Dudley Freer, who previously served as Senior Colonial Surgeon Resident of Penang.
The remaining three years were attachment to clinical clerkships in medicine, surgery and midwifery, which covered pathology, hygiene and medical jurisprudence.
[12]: 7 In 1912, the medical school received an endowment of $120,000 from the King Edward VII Memorial Fund, started by Dr Lim Boon Keng.
[12]: 25 On 12 July 1919, the Government decided to undertake the construction of the building with the cost not more than $1,000,000 and would contribute $50,000 as annual recurrent expenditure as soon as the Centenary Committee had collected $2,000,000 for the Raffles College Endowment Fund.
[14] Four years later, the College Council proposed changes in the curriculum, so that the Diploma could be furthered to a Degree through external examinations in collaboration with universities in England.
In 1938, the government appointed a commission under the chairmanship of Sir William McLean to study the higher education potential and progress in Malaya.
[20][21][22] In January 1947, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, now Arthur Creech Jones, appointed Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders to chair a commission determining the details of establishing a university college in Malaya.
[30] In Carr-Saunders Commission's report in 1949, it was stated that "the university shall act as a single medium of mingle for enhancing the understanding among the multi-ethnics and religions in the back than Malaya.
The University too should be modelled after the tertiary educations in the United Kingdom of Great Britain in term of academic system and administration structure".
The Carr-Saunders Commission postulates "the principle that all children who show the necessary capacity should enjoy an equal chance of reaching the University; and, in particular, that no able child should be handicapped in climbing the educational ladder by race, religion, rural domicile, or lack of means."
On 16 June 1962, the newly independent university in Kuala Lumpur celebrated the installation of its first Chancellor, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's first Prime Minister.
[33] Chin Fung Kee, an authority in geotechnical engineering,[34] replaced Huang as Acting Vice-Chancellor until the university filling the position in 1967 by the appointment of James H.E.
The tigers symbolise the three main races in Malaysia (Malays, Chinese and Indians), who work hand-in-hand to protect the nation and uphold the duty to serve the country.
In base a Bunga Raya or hibiscus flower between three tigers passant regardant two and one all proper; and in Chief a bundle of seventeen strips of the leaves of Palmyra Palm or borassus flabellifer Or inscribed with the words 'ILMU PUNCHA KEMAJUAN'.Since the late 1990s, the UM coat of arms was accompanied by the university's wordmark which is written in capital letters – 'UNIVERSITI MALAYA' in Malay or 'UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA' in English as seen on its corporate logo.
In 2022, UM made a refreshment on its corporate logo where the university's wordmark is shown to be thinner instead and the red colour in the 'U' and 'M' letters were removed while its coat of arms remains unchanged.
The campus can be accessed by alighting from KJ19 Universiti on LRT Kelana Jaya Line, with a 15-minute walk to the Kuala Lumpur (KL) entrance.
The latter is 3 km from the campus' Petaling Jaya (PJ) main entrance, supplemented by T815 MRT Feeder Bus service.
Several bus routes operated by Rapid KL include T815 and T789, both of which connect to Phileo Damansara and Universiti stations respectively.
[50] Throughout the years, UM has produced many alumni that have contributed significantly towards the development of Malaysia, and its graduates have been notable in various fields within the country.
Notable politicians include current Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Johari Abdul,[51] former President of the Dewan Negara Vigneswaran Sanasee,[52] former Minister of Finance Daim Zainuddin who finished his doctoral thesis at UM,[53] former Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca and Menteri Besar of Pahang Mohd Khalil Yaakob,[54] and Member of Parliament for Sungai Buloh and Rhodes Scholar Sivarasa Rasiah.
[55] UM has also produced a large number of lawyers, diplomats and public servants that have hold top posts within their respective fields.
[71] Two of Malaysia's only regius professors Ungku Aziz and Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas have been affiliated with UM during the early years of the university.
All four out of five distinguished professors in Malaysia which include Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, Mohd Kamal Hassan, Harith Ahmad, and Looi Lai Meng have all studied at the university with the exception of Rajah Rasiah who is currently affiliated with UM.
In literature and the arts, five Malaysian National Laureates have studied in UM which include writer and Tokoh Akademi Negara Muhammad Haji Salleh,[72] novelists Anwar Ridhwan[73] and Siti Zainon Ismail,[74] writer Baha Zain[75] and the first female recipient of the award, Zurinah Hassan.
[76] Moreover, various UM alumnus have won the Southeast Asian Writers Award, including novelist Malim Ghozali PK[77] and author Adibah Amin.
The university houses 13 residential colleges (11 in-campus, 2 off-campus), an Olympic-sized swimming pool, the Rimba Ilmu Botanical Gardens, the UM Arena which boasts a full course running track, several museums of different fields as well as numerous sports facilities (gymnasiums, courts and fields) in the campus.
The building was named and officiated by the first prime minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman on 25 June 1966 where he became the university's chancellor at that time.
The UMMC formerly known as University Hospital, is a government-funded medical institution located in Pantai Dalam, southwest corner of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
