This decision underscored the government's confidence in Telekom Malaysia's capacity to lead the privatization of higher education.

[3] The official theme song for MMU is "Permata Dunia" which means World's Jewel, composed by Intan Nazrahayu.

[4] In 1994, Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), established the Institute of Telecommunication and Information Technology (ITTM) in Taiping, Perak.

The first campus was established on TM's former northern region office where the first batch of 42 students were selected to undergo an experimental two-year telecommunication engineering diploma program.

In 1996, with the academic success of the first two batches, TM was invited by the Ministry of Education to set up the first private university in Malaysia.

The setting up of the campus involved redeveloping and repurposing of the former TM southern region office.

Both campuses provide accommodation both on-campus and off-campus, as well as digital libraries and extensive infrastructure such campus-wide Wi-Fi, health clinics, 24-hour security, food and beverage outlets and more.

The Putrajaya Line has two stations within the vicinity of the Cyberjaya campus accessible by feeder bus or car.

Located primarily at Jalan Gurney Kiri/Jalan Semarak Kuala Lumpur, MMC underwent a significant transformation in 2000, transitioning into a Private Institution of Higher Learning.

The Malaysian government – through the Malaysian Qualifications Agency under the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) has granted MMU Self-Accreditation status, formally acknowledging that the university is a trustworthy institution, whose programmes continuously meet or exceed strict specifications.

[11] by the Malaysian government, via MoHE, and is now officially recognised as one of the best places in the country to pursue computer and technology-related programmes.

The undergraduate programs in FCI offers specialisations in software engineering, data science, cybersecurity and game development.

[12] The Faculty has strong collaborations with multi-national companies such as ZTE, Huawei, Nokia, Intel, Microsoft (Microsoft IT Academy), Cisco (Cisco Networking Academy), Motorola, Oracle Workforce Development Program, Novell Academic Training Partner, Linux Professional Institute and EC-Council.

It offers bachelor's degrees accredited by the Washington Accord in electrical, electronics, computer, telecommunications, nanotechnology, and optical engineering.

The majors offered by the FET Electronics Engineering courses are robotics & automation, and telecommunications.

The Johor campus was established in 2013 to offer the cinematic arts program, which was designed in collaboration with the University of Southern California.

The Faculty of Applied Communication (FAC) was established in 2016 from its origin as the Learning Institute for Empowerment (LiFE).