UPMKB is situated 10 kilometers from the town of Bintulu, and is surrounded by an environment rich in flora and fauna, and this natural abundance is fully utilized to affirm UPM's mission to further explore the fields in agriculture and biosource.
[2] UPMKB was established on 10 August 1974 as a temporary campus under the National Resources Training Centre in Semenggok, Kuching.
During the month of September, 1994, UPMKB was closed down and brought under the wing of the Malaysia Ministry of Education to be converted into a temporary site for a teachers' training college.
[citation needed] The first batch of UPMKB graduates received their diploma during the Convocation held in the months of July and September, 2005.
The restructuring began in 2018 where five main thrusts have been identified, which are agriculture, forestry, industrial chemistry, renewable energy and ethnic study.