Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)

Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) is a private technical university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, established on 20 August 2002 and wholly owned by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), the rural development agency that funds and governs it吉隆坡大学（UniKL）是马来西亚吉隆坡的一所私立技术大学，于2002年8月20日成立，由负责资助与管理的乡村发展机构人民信托局（MARA）全资拥有

It operates 14 institutes across 12 campuses in Peninsular Malaysia, offers more than 130 foundation, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and enrols about 15,600 students, including 720 international students according to its QS profile该校在马来西亚半岛的12个校区设有14所学院，开设130多个预科、文凭、本科与研究生课程，按QS档案约有1.56万名学生，其中720名为国际学生

History

• Its parent body, Majlis Amanah Rakyat, was created in 1966 as a statutory agency to raise Bumiputera participation in education, business and rural development, and it remains UniKL's owner and governing authority其母体人民信托局于1966年作为法定机构成立，旨在提升土著在教育、商业与乡村发展中的参与度，至今仍是吉隆坡大学的拥有者与管理机构
• The oldest strand of UniKL dates from 1982, when MARA's Electronic Data Processing School began teaching computer programming, the institution that later became the Malaysian Institute of Information Technology吉隆坡大学最久远的脉络可追溯至1982年，当时人民信托局的电子数据处理学校开始教授计算机编程，这一机构后来演变为马来西亚信息技术学院
• In February 1995 the Malaysia France Institute was established as a Malaysian-French collaborative project in Bandar Baru Bangi, offering technical programmes developed with French educational institutions1995年2月，马来西亚法国学院作为马法合作项目在万宜新镇成立，开设与法国教育机构共同开发的技术课程
• In 1998 the British Malaysian Institute was set up through a partnership between the Malaysian and British governments, with Malaysian infrastructure and British support from firms such as BAE Systems, British Airways, Standard Chartered and Rolls-Royce1998年，英国马来西亚学院在马来西亚与英国政府合作下成立，马方提供基础设施，英方由BAE系统、英国航空、渣打银行与罗尔斯·罗伊斯等企业提供支持
• Universiti Kuala Lumpur was registered on 20 August 2002, when MARA grouped its higher-education institutes into a single university with a mandate to upgrade technical education in Malaysia吉隆坡大学于2002年8月20日注册成立，人民信托局把旗下高等学院整合为一所大学，并赋予其提升马来西亚技术教育水平的使命
• The Malaysian Spanish Institute began operating in a temporary campus in August 2002, before moving to a permanent site in Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Kedah, in December 2003马来西亚西班牙学院于2002年8月在临时校区开始运作，随后于2003年12月迁入吉打州居林高科技园的永久校址
• The Malaysia France Institute became a branch campus of the new university in 2003, and the Royal College of Medicine Perak joined UniKL in 2005 as its medical school in Ipoh马来西亚法国学院于2003年成为新大学的属校，霹雳州皇家医学院则于2005年加入，成为该校在怡保的医学院
• The Institute of Medical Science Technology was incorporated in July 2008, and the Business School was established in the same year as the International School of Entrepreneurship医学技术学院于2008年7月组建，商学院也在同年以国际创业学院的名义成立
• In March 2008 the ground-breaking ceremony for the Pasir Gudang campus took place on a 24-hectare site, with an investment of RM 196.5 million and a planned capacity of 2,500 students2008年3月，巴西古当校区在24公顷土地上举行动工仪式，投资额为1.965亿林吉特，规划容纳2500名学生
• The Pasir Gudang campus, later renamed the Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology, was completed in 2010 and specialised in industrial logistics, quality engineering, plant maintenance and oil and gas technology巴西古当校区后来更名为马来西亚工业技术学院，于2010年建成，专长于工业物流、质量工程、设备维护以及石油与天然气技术
• UniKL was rated Tier-5, the highest category in Malaysia's SETARA university rating, in 2009, 2011 and 2013, a distinction it cites as evidence of its teaching quality该校在2009年、2011年与2013年三度获马来西亚SETARA大学评级最高等级第五级，并以此作为教学质量的佐证
• In 2012 the university had about 20,500 local and international students studying at 11 campuses, a period of rapid expansion before its network reached 12 campuses2012年，该校在11个校区共有约2.05万名本地与国际学生，这是其校网扩展至12个校区之前的快速增长期
• UniKL received a bronze Putra Brand Award in the education and learning category in 2016, an award based on a national survey of more than 6,000 respondents2016年，吉隆坡大学获得布特拉品牌奖教育与学习组铜奖，该奖基于一项覆盖6000多名受访者的全国调查
• Its researchers won six medals at the International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition in 2015, and the university later reported medals at the Malaysian Technology Expo and the International Engineering Invention and Innovation Exhibition其研究人员在2015年国际发明、创新与科技展上获得六枚奖牌，该校后来又在马来西亚科技展与国际工程发明与创新展上获得奖牌
• By 2020 the university operated 12 campuses and offered 131 programmes, and it had developed a complete pathway from foundation studies through bachelor and master's degrees to doctorates到2020年，该校运营12个校区并开设131个课程，形成了从预科、学士、硕士到博士的完整培养路径
• The Malaysia Italy Design Institute, formerly the Institute of Product Design and Manufacturing, became part of the university's Cheras campus and specialises in industrial and product design马来西亚意大利设计学院前身为产品设计与制造学院，后来成为该校蕉赖校区的一部分，专长于工业与产品设计
• The Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology traces its origins to MARA vocational training in Jasin, Malacca, and later became the first maintenance training organisation approved by the Malaysian civil aviation department马来西亚航空技术学院源于马六甲野新的人民信托局职业培训，后来成为马来西亚民航局批准的首家维修培训机构
• The Royal College of Medicine Perak, based in Ipoh, became UniKL's medical faculty in 2005 and offers medical and health sciences programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels位于怡保的霹雳州皇家医学院于2005年成为吉隆坡大学的医学院，开设本科与研究生层次的医学与健康科学课程
• The Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology, established with Australian training support, is based in Lumut, Perak, the home port of the Royal Malaysian Navy马来西亚海洋工程技术学院在澳大利亚培训支持下建立，校址位于霹雳州红土坎，即马来西亚皇家海军的主港
• The Malaysian Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering Technology is located in Alor Gajah, Malacca, within the Malaysian Bio Valley, and focuses on chemical, pharmaceutical and bioengineering technology马来西亚化学与生物工程技术学院位于马六甲亚罗牙也的马来西亚生物谷内，专注化学、制药与生物工程技术
• In 2016 the university's researchers entered six categories at the Malaysian Technology Expo, winning three silver and two bronze medals, adding to the six medals won at ITEX the previous year2016年，该校研究人员参加马来西亚科技展的六个类别，获得三枚银牌与两枚铜牌，在前一年ITEX六枚奖牌的基础上再添成绩

Academics

• UniKL's academic structure is built on 14 institutes, each with a specialised field, spread across 12 campuses and offering more than 130 programmes from foundation level to doctorate吉隆坡大学的学术结构以14所各有所长的学院为基础，分布于12个校区，开设从预科到博士的130多个课程
• The university's organising principle is "One Institute, One Specialisation", under which each institute concentrates on a single technical or professional domain and links teaching to industry research该校的组织原则是“一院一专业”，每所学院集中发展一个技术或职业领域，并把教学与产业研究联系起来
• Its fields cover engineering technology, aviation, marine engineering, chemical and bioengineering, medical science, information technology, business, industrial design and foundation studies其学科涵盖工程技术、航空、海洋工程、化学与生物工程、医学科学、信息技术、商科、工业设计与预科教育
• According to its QS profile the university has 15,599 students, 1,533 academic staff and 720 international students, figures that reflect its role as one of Malaysia's larger private technical universities and imply a ratio of roughly one academic staff member for every ten students按其QS档案，该校有15599名学生、1533名学术人员与720名国际学生，这些数字反映其作为马来西亚规模较大的私立技术大学之一的地位，并意味着约每十名学生对应一名学术人员
• A 2017 institutional profile recorded 27,157 local students and 558 international students, with 245 academic staff holding doctorates, 795 holding master's degrees and 129 holding bachelor's degrees一份2017年的机构简介记录该校有27157名本地学生与558名国际学生，师资中有245人拥有博士学位、795人拥有硕士学位、129人拥有学士学位
• The Malaysia France Institute works with French partner institutions and delivers programmes in mechanical, automotive, welding, refrigeration and industrial maintenance engineering马来西亚法国学院与法国伙伴院校合作，开设机械、汽车、焊接、制冷与工业维护工程等课程
• The British Malaysian Institute was developed with British industry and education partners, including BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, British Airways, Standard Chartered and the University of Hertfordshire英国马来西亚学院由英国产业与教育伙伴共同参与建设，包括BAE系统、罗尔斯·罗伊斯、英国航空、渣打银行与赫特福德大学
• The Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology is approved by the Department of Civil Aviation as a maintenance training organisation and offers aircraft engineering, avionics and aviation management programmes马来西亚航空技术学院获民航局批准为维修培训机构，开设飞机工程、航空电子与航空管理课程
• The Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology trains marine engineers and naval architects with support from International Training Australia and benefits from its location in Lumut naval base马来西亚海洋工程技术学院在国际培训澳大利亚公司的支持下培养海洋工程师与造船工程师，并受益于红土坎海军基地的区位
• The Malaysian Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering Technology offers chemical engineering, bioprocess, pharmaceutical and food technology programmes in the Bio Valley cluster in Malacca马来西亚化学与生物工程技术学院在马六甲生物谷集群内开设化学工程、生物工艺、制药与食品技术课程
• The Royal College of Medicine Perak runs medical, nursing and allied health programmes in Ipoh and cooperates with hospitals in Perak for clinical training霹雳州皇家医学院在怡保开设医学、护理与相关健康课程，并与霹雳州医院合作开展临床培训
• The Malaysia Italy Design Institute in Cheras teaches product design, industrial design and manufacturing engineering, with a curriculum influenced by Italian design practice位于蕉赖的马来西亚意大利设计学院教授产品设计、工业设计与制造工程，课程受到意大利设计实践的影响
• The Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology in Pasir Gudang specialises in industrial logistics, quality engineering, plant maintenance, instrumentation and oil and gas technology位于巴西古当的马来西亚工业技术学院专长于工业物流、质量工程、设备维护、仪器控制以及石油与天然气技术
• The Business School, formerly the International School of Entrepreneurship, offers management, accounting, finance, marketing and entrepreneurship degrees and is a member of AACSB International商学院前身为国际创业学院，开设管理、会计、金融、市场营销与创业学位，并且是国际商学院协会AACSB的成员
• The Institute of Medical Science Technology in Kajang, incorporated in 2008, offers medical laboratory technology, biomedical science and healthcare programmes位于加影的医学技术学院于2008年组建，开设医学检验技术、生物医学与医疗健康课程
• The Institute of Postgraduate Studies coordinates master's and doctoral programmes, while the Centre for Foundation Studies prepares students for diploma and degree entry研究生院协调硕士与博士课程，预科中心则为学生进入文凭与学位课程做准备
• Research at UniKL is applied and industry-oriented, and staff teams have won medals at ITEX 2015, the Malaysian Technology Expo 2016 and the International Engineering Invention and Innovation Exhibition, with much of the work carried out alongside industry partners in aerospace, oil and gas and medical technology吉隆坡大学的科研以应用与产业导向为主，教师团队曾在2015年ITEX、2016年马来西亚科技展以及国际工程发明与创新展上获得奖牌，许多研究还与企业伙伴在航空、石油天然气与医疗技术领域共同开展
• The university's programmes are accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency and approved by the Ministry of Higher Education, and its graduates receive nationally recognised diplomas and degrees该校课程获马来西亚学术资格机构认证并经高等教育部批准，毕业生获得国家承认的文凭与学位
• UniKL International College, based at the city campus, recruits international students into foundation, diploma and undergraduate programmes and provides English-language preparation before entry so that applicants can meet programme requirements吉隆坡大学国际学院设于城市校区，招收国际学生进入预科、文凭与本科课程，并在入学前提供英语准备以帮助学生达到课程要求

Campus

• The main city campus is at 1016 Jalan Sultan Ismail in the Wawasan area of central Kuala Lumpur, close to the Bukit Bintang shopping district and the city's monorail and light rail lines主城市校区位于吉隆坡市中心瓦瓦桑地区的苏丹伊斯梅尔街1016号，靠近武吉免登商业区以及城市单轨与轻轨线路
• UniKL's 12 campuses are spread across Kuala Lumpur, Gombak, Cheras, Bangi, Kajang, Sepang, Taboh Naning, Pasir Gudang, Ipoh, Lumut and Kulim, mostly in Peninsular Malaysia该校12个校区分布于吉隆坡、鹅麦、蕉赖、万宜、加影、雪邦、打波拿宁、巴西古当、怡保、红土坎与居林，大多位于马来西亚半岛
• The Bangi campus in Selangor, in Section 14 of Bandar Baru Bangi, houses the Malaysia France Institute, whose workshops and laboratories support mechanical, automotive and refrigeration engineering training位于雪兰莪万宜新镇第14区的校区设马来西亚法国学院，其车间与实验室支持机械、汽车与制冷工程培训
• The Gombak campus in Selangor hosts the British Malaysian Institute, with engineering laboratories built around the institute's British industry partnerships位于雪兰莪鹅麦的校区设英国马来西亚学院，其工程实验室围绕该院的英国产业合作关系建设
• The Kulim campus in Kedah places the Malaysian Spanish Institute inside Kulim Hi-Tech Park, close to electronics and manufacturing firms that host student placements吉打居林校区把马来西亚西班牙学院设在居林高科技园内，邻近接收学生实习的电子与制造企业
• The Lumut campus in Perak houses the marine engineering institute and uses proximity to the Royal Malaysian Navy base and shipyards for practical training霹雳红土坎校区设海洋工程学院，并利用邻近马来西亚皇家海军基地与船厂的条件开展实训
• The Ipoh campus in Perak is the base of the Royal College of Medicine Perak, with lecture halls, laboratories and clinical placements in local hospitals霹雳怡保校区是霹雳州皇家医学院的所在地，配有讲堂、实验室并在当地医院开展临床实习
• The Pasir Gudang campus in Johor, now the industrial technology institute, was built on a 24-hectare site at a cost of RM 196.5 million and can accommodate 2,500 students位于柔佛巴西古当的校区现为工业技术学院，占地24公顷，造价1.965亿林吉特，可容纳2500名学生
• The aviation institute operates at Jenderam Hulu in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and also has a facility within Subang airport for flight-related training航空技术学院在雪兰莪贞德兰胡卢运作，邻近吉隆坡国际机场，并在梳邦机场内设有设施用于飞行相关培训
• The Cheras campus in Kuala Lumpur, at Taman Shamelin Perkasa, houses the Malaysia Italy Design Institute and its studios for product, industrial and manufacturing design吉隆坡蕉赖校区位于沙美林柏卡萨花园，设马来西亚意大利设计学院及其产品、工业与制造设计工作室

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings UniKL is placed in the 1401+ band, the open-ended final group of the table shared by more than one hundred institutions在2027年QS世界大学排名中，吉隆坡大学位列1401+区间，这是榜单末尾的开放式并列组，全球有一百多所院校同处这一区间
• It is placed in the 1801-2000 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which groups universities with comparable overall scores在2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位列1801至2000区间，这一区间汇集综合得分相近的大学
• It did not enter the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking, and it is also absent from the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main table该校未进入2026至2027年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名，也未进入2026年软科世界大学学术排名主榜
• The university was rated Tier-5, the highest SETARA category, in 2009, 2011 and 2013, a national rating that assesses teaching, research and graduate employability该校在2009年、2011年与2013年获得SETARA最高等级的第五级评价，这一国家评级考察教学、科研与毕业生就业能力
• It received a bronze Putra Brand Award in the education and learning category in 2016, an award determined by a national consumer survey of more than 6,000 respondents该校于2016年获得布特拉品牌奖教育与学习组铜奖，该奖由覆盖6000多名受访者的全国消费者调查决定
• In the 2022 QS World University Rankings it was placed in the 801-1000 band, before falling to the 1201-1400 band in the mid-2020s and to the 1401+ band in 2027在2022年QS世界大学排名中，该校位列801至1000区间，此后在2020年代中期降至1201至1400区间，并在2027年降至1401+区间
• The 2021 Times Higher Education subject rankings placed UniKL among Malaysia's top ten universities in business and economics, computer science and engineering2021年泰晤士高等教育学科排名把吉隆坡大学列入马来西亚商科与经济、计算机科学以及工程领域的前十名大学
• The Business School is a member of AACSB International, and the university presents itself as Malaysia's leading technical university with an entrepreneurial mission其商学院是国际商学院协会AACSB的成员，该校则以马来西亚领先的技术大学自居，并强调创业使命
• Its strongest reputational assets are its industry-linked institutes in aviation, marine, oil and gas, medical science and design, which give graduates direct routes into specialised sectors, while MARA's ownership ties the university to a nationwide network of MARA schools, colleges and training centres其最强的声誉资产是航空、海洋、石油天然气、医学科学与设计等与产业紧密相连的学院，为毕业生进入专业领域提供直接通道，而人民信托局的拥有关系也把该校与遍布全国的MARA学校、学院与培训中心网络相连

Student life

• Rather than a Latin motto, UniKL promotes the slogan "Malaysia's leading technical university" and a vision of becoming a leading entrepreneurial technical university through research, training and consultancy吉隆坡大学并不使用拉丁校训，而是以“马来西亚领先的技术大学”为口号，并提出通过研究、培训与咨询成为领先创业型技术大学的愿景
• The city campus places students in the middle of Kuala Lumpur, within walking distance of Bukit Bintang, major shopping centres and the monorail, so that urban life is part of the student experience城市校区把学生置于吉隆坡市中心，步行可达武吉免登、主要购物中心与单轨车站，城市生活因此成为学生体验的一部分
• Most institutes provide hostel accommodation or linked residential colleges, and campus life is organised around the institute rather than a single central campus多数学院提供宿舍或关联住宿学院，校园生活围绕各自学院而非单一中心校区展开
• Each institute has a Student Representative Council and student clubs that organise orientation, sports, cultural nights and community service in their own specialised fields每所学院都设有学生代表理事会与学生社团，在各自专业领域组织迎新、体育、文化之夜与社区服务
• The "One Institute, One Specialisation" model means that students spend most of their time with peers in the same technical discipline, creating strong cohort identities“一院一专业”模式意味着学生大部分时间与同一技术学科的同侪相处，形成强烈的班级与学院认同
• Campus facilities include libraries, multipurpose halls, sports and recreation areas, gyms, cafeterias and wireless internet, most campuses provide bus services for students, and several institutes maintain industry-standard workshops, hangars and simulation laboratories for practical training校园设施包括图书馆、多功能礼堂、体育与休闲区、健身房、食堂与无线网络，多数校区还为学生提供巴士服务，部分学院更设有符合行业标准的车间、机库与模拟实验室用于实训
• As a Malaysian institution with a largely Malay student body, UniKL observes Ramadan and Hari Raya with campus iftars, religious activities and open houses that are part of its annual calendar作为以马来学生为主的马来西亚学府，吉隆坡大学在斋月与开斋节期间举办校园开斋宴、宗教活动与开放日活动，构成其年度日历的一部分
• International students, 720 of them according to its QS profile, join English-taught programmes and mix with local students in the Kuala Lumpur city campus and the specialist institutes按其QS档案，该校有720名国际学生，他们就读英语授课课程，并在吉隆坡城市校区与各专业学院同本地学生交流

Notable people

• Prof. Dato' Dr. Mazliham Mohd Su'ud served as UniKL's president and chief executive officer and has been the public face of its "One Institute, One Specialisation" strategy拿督马兹利哈姆·莫哈末苏乌德教授曾担任吉隆坡大学校长兼首席执行官，是该校“一院一专业”战略的对外代表
• Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, then Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development, officiated the ground-breaking of the Pasir Gudang campus in March 2008时任企业家与合作社发展部长的莫哈末哈立德·诺丁于2008年3月主持巴西古当校区动工仪式
• Mahathir Mohamad was Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2002, when UniKL was registered as a university within the government's drive to expand technical education马哈蒂尔·穆罕默德在2002年担任马来西亚总理，吉隆坡大学正是在政府推动技术教育扩张的背景下注册为大学
• Abdul Razak Hussein, the second Prime Minister, led the rural development portfolio when MARA was established in 1966, the agency that later founded UniKL第二任总理阿卜杜勒·拉扎克·侯赛因在1966年人民信托局成立时主管乡村发展事务，该机构后来创办了吉隆坡大学
• Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, as Minister of Rural and Regional Development, oversees the ministry to which MARA, UniKL's owner, reports阿末扎希·哈米迪作为乡村与区域发展部长，监管人民信托局所属的部门，而该局正是吉隆坡大学的拥有者
• Anwar Ibrahim has been Prime Minister since 2022, and his government's higher education and rural development ministries set the policy framework within which UniKL operates安瓦尔·易卜拉欣自2022年起担任总理，其政府的高等教育与乡村发展部门制定了吉隆坡大学运作的政策框架
• Mohd. Saidi, a UniKL researcher, was among the staff team that won six medals at the 2015 International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur吉隆坡大学研究人员莫哈末·赛迪是2015年在吉隆坡举行的国际发明、创新与科技展上获得六枚奖牌的教师团队成员之一
• Abdul Malik, another member of the same research team, worked on applied engineering projects that were exhibited at ITEX 2015 and later at the Malaysian Technology Expo同一研究团队的另一名成员阿卜杜勒·马利克从事应用工程研究，其项目在2015年ITEX及后来的马来西亚科技展上展出