Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) is a public university based in Bachok, Kelantan, on Malaysia's east coast马来西亚吉兰丹大学（UMK）是马来西亚东海岸吉兰丹州巴西富地的一所公立大学

It was approved by the cabinet in June 2006 and took effect on 1 September 2006 as the country's 19th public university, with a curriculum that the government required to be built around entrepreneurship该校于2006年6月获内阁批准，并于2006年9月1日正式生效，成为马来西亚第19所公立大学，其课程按要求以创业教育为核心

UMK teaches across three campuses, the main campus at Bachok, a second campus at Jeli and a city campus at Pengkalan Chepa in Kota Bharu, and its ten faculties cover entrepreneurship, creative technology and heritage, agro-industry, veterinary medicine, earth science, hospitality, architecture, languages and computing该校在三个校区办学，即巴西富地主校区、日里第二校区以及哥打巴鲁的彭加兰芝柏城市校区，其十个学院涵盖创业、创意技术与遗产、农基工业、兽医学、地球科学、酒店旅游、建筑、语言与计算学科

History

• The creation of a university in Kelantan was announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on 31 March 2006 as a component of the Ninth Malaysia Plan, which ran from 2006 to 2010 and set out to widen access to higher education - at the time Kelantan had no full public university of its own2006年3月31日，总理阿卜杜拉·艾哈迈德·巴达维在第九个马来西亚计划中宣布在吉兰丹设立一所大学，该计划覆盖2006年至2010年，旨在扩大高等教育入学机会，当时吉兰丹尚无属于自己的完整公立大学
• On 14 June 2006 the cabinet approved the establishment and stipulated that entrepreneurship and enterprise education should shape the curriculum of every study programme2006年6月14日，内阁批准建校，并规定创业与企业教育应贯穿所有学习计划的课程
• The university took effect on 1 September 2006 and was gazetted on 7 December 2006 as P.U.(A) 415, making it Malaysia's 19th public university - the university was constituted under the University and University Colleges Act 1971, the statute that governs Malaysia's public universities该校于2006年9月1日生效，并于2006年12月7日以P.U.(A) 415号文宪报公布，成为马来西亚第19所公立大学，并依据1971年《大学与大学学院法》设立，该法规范马来西亚各公立大学
• Zainai Mohamed, an engineer, was appointed the first vice-chancellor on 1 October 2006 and led the university through its temporary-campus years工程师再纳伊·穆罕默德于2006年10月1日获任首任校长，带领学校度过临时校区时期
• Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan became the first chancellor on 1 May 2007 for a five-year term ending on 30 April 2012吉兰丹苏丹伊斯迈·佩特拉于2007年5月1日出任首任校监，任期五年，至2012年4月30日结束
• The first senate met on 19 June 2007 at a hotel in Subang Jaya, the first board of directors met on 22 June 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, and the University Executive Committee, the university's top management body, held its first meeting on 19 June 2007首届校务委员会于2007年6月19日在梳邦再也一家酒店召开会议，首届董事会于2007年6月22日在吉隆坡开会，该校最高管理层机构大学执行委员会也于2007年6月19日召开首次会议
• The university's first site was the Kota Bharu Technology Institute, and teaching opened at the temporary campus in Taman Bendahara, Pengkalan Chepa, on 1 July 2007 with 295 pioneering students该校最初的校址是哥打巴鲁技术学院，随后于2007年7月1日在彭加兰芝柏的珍珠花园临时校区开课，迎来295名首批学生
• A second intake of 332 students registered in July 2008, and the university began planning the permanent campuses at Bachok and Jeli2008年7月，第二批332名学生注册入学，学校随即着手规划巴西富地与日里的永久校区
• The university's logo was introduced on 16 March 2008, its song Terbilang UMK, composed by Ariffin Pawanchik with lyrics by Marwan Ismail, followed on 8 June 2008, and the university's colours are blue, orange and red该校校徽于2008年3月16日启用，由阿里芬·帕万奇克作曲、马尔万·伊斯迈作词的校歌《光辉的UMK》于2008年6月8日推出，学校色彩为蓝、橙、红三色
• Ceremonial regalia were introduced on 10 August 2008 during the proclamation of the chancellor, giving the young university a formal ceremonial tradition2008年8月10日，学校在校监宣告典礼上启用礼仪礼服，为这所年轻大学奠定了正式的典礼传统
• The first convocation was held on 19 September 2011 at the Grand Riverview Hotel in Kota Bharu, when 266 bachelor's graduates received degrees alongside three master's graduates首届毕业典礼于2011年9月19日在哥打巴鲁大河景酒店举行，266名本科毕业生与3名硕士毕业生获授学位
• The 2011 cohort was distributed across faculties, with 141 graduates in creative technology and heritage, 83 in entrepreneurship and business and 42 in agro industry and natural resources2011年首届毕业生分布于各学院，其中创意技术与遗产学院141人、创业与商学院83人、农基工业与自然资源学院42人
• Sultan Muhammad V was proclaimed chancellor at the 2011 convocation, and the university has since listed him as its chancellor苏丹莫哈末五世在2011年毕业典礼上被宣告为校监，此后学校一直将其列为校监
• From September 2011 students were placed at the Bachok and Jeli campuses according to faculty, and the Pengkalan Chepa site became the city campus自2011年9月起，学生按所属学院被安排到巴西富地与日里校区，彭加兰芝柏校址则转为城市校区
• The Faculty of Agro Industry and Natural Resources moved from Taman Bendahara to a new campus at Gemang, Jeli, on 19 January 20122012年1月19日，农基工业与自然资源学院从珍珠花园迁往日里格孟的新校区
• In April 2012 that faculty was dissolved into three successors, namely agro-based industry, earth science, and bioengineering and technology2012年4月，该学院拆分为三个后继学院，即农基工业学院、地球科学学院以及生物工程与技术学院
• The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine graduated its first cohort in 2014, adding a clinical profession to the university's portfolio兽医学院于2014年迎来首批毕业生，为该大学的学科版图增添了临床专业
• By 2022 the Jeli campus enrolled 2,489 undergraduate and postgraduate students across ten undergraduate programmes and postgraduate research到2022年，日里校区在十个本科课程与研究生研究中注册了2489名本科生与研究生
• Arham Abdullah took office as vice-chancellor in 2025, inheriting a university that had grown from 295 students in 2007 to more than 15,000阿尔汉·阿卜杜拉于2025年就任校长，接手的这所大学已从2007年的295名学生增长到逾1.5万名学生
• The university held its 16th convocation in 2026, twenty years after its establishment, and reported 13,980 undergraduates, 824 postgraduates and 734 foundation students in October of that year, a total of 15,538 students该校于2026年、即建校二十周年之际举行第16届毕业典礼，并在同年10月公布13980名本科生、824名研究生与734名预科生，合计15538名学生

Academics

• UMK is organised around ten faculties that sit within three broad fields, namely entrepreneurship and business, creative technology and heritage, and agro-industry and natural resource sciences, a structure set out in the founding plan马来西亚吉兰丹大学以十个学院为基础，归于三大领域，即创业与商业、创意技术与遗产、农基工业与自然资源科学，这一结构在建校规划中即已确定
• The Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business (FKP) is the institutional core, reflecting the cabinet's 2006 requirement that entrepreneurship be taught in every programme创业与商学院（FKP）是学校的核心，体现了内阁2006年关于所有课程均须教授创业学的要求
• The Faculty of Creative Technology and Heritage (FTKW) covers heritage studies, creative media and design, and supplied the largest share of the first graduating class创意技术与遗产学院（FTKW）涵盖遗产研究、创意媒体与设计，在首届毕业生中所占比例最大
• The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FPV) offers the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency, and sends students for clinical training at overseas institutions兽医学院（FPV）开设兽医学博士课程，获马来西亚学术资格机构认证，并安排学生赴海外机构进行临床训练
• The Faculty of Agro Based Industry (FIAT) works on plantation crops, livestock and food production and is based at the Jeli campus农基工业学院（FIAT）研究种植作物、畜牧与食品生产，院址设于日里校区
• The Faculty of Earth Science (FSB) teaches geology, geophysics and natural resource management, disciplines that draw on Kelantan's geological record地球科学学院（FSB）教授地质学、地球物理学与自然资源管理，这些学科受益于吉兰丹的地质记录
• The Faculty of Bioengineering and Technology (FBKT) applies engineering and biotechnology to agricultural and biological systems and shares the Jeli campus with the agro and earth science faculties生物工程与技术学院（FBKT）把工程与生物技术应用于农业和生物系统，并与农基工业、地球科学两院共用日里校区
• The Faculty of Hospitality, Tourism and Wellness (FHPK) draws on Kelantan's tourism and craft economy and covers hospitality management, tourism and wellness studies酒店、旅游与健康学院（FHPK）依托吉兰丹的旅游与手工艺经济，开设酒店管理、旅游与健康研究课程
• The Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics (FAE) teaches architecture and ekistics, the study of human settlements, a specialism that is rare in Malaysian higher education建筑与人类聚居学院（FAE）教授建筑学与聚居学，后者研究人类聚落，在马来西亚高等教育中较为少见
• The Faculty of Language Studies and Human Development (FBI) provides language teaching and soft-skills training that the founding plan required alongside the three main fields语言研究与人类发展学院（FBI）承担语言教学与软技能训练，这是建校规划在三大领域之外提出的要求
• The Faculty of Data Science and Computing (FSDK) adds data science, computing and information systems to a portfolio that was originally built around agriculture, business and heritage数据科学与计算学院（FSDK）为原本以农业、商业与遗产为主的学科版图增添了数据科学、计算与信息系统
• Entrepreneurship is embedded across the curriculum, and students take entrepreneurship courses whatever their faculty, a structure fixed by the cabinet in 2006创业学嵌入整个课程体系，无论所属学院，学生都须修读创业课程，这一结构由内阁于2006年确定
• A foundation programme prepares school leavers for undergraduate study and enrolled 734 students in October 2026预科课程为中学毕业生升读本科做准备，2026年10月有734名学生就读
• Postgraduate study is coordinated by the Centre for Postgraduate Studies and the Malaysia Graduate School of Entrepreneurship and Business, with 824 postgraduates reported in October 2026研究生教育由研究生学习中心与马来西亚创业与商业研究生院协调，2026年10月报告有824名研究生
• Research is organised through the Research Management and Innovation Centre and three institutes, INSPEK for poverty research and management, IFSSA for food security and sustainable agriculture and AIBIG for artificial intelligence and big data - INSPEK and IFSSA reflect the university's rural and agricultural setting, while AIBIG supports data-intensive work across the faculties科研通过研究管理与创新中心以及三个研究所组织，即贫困研究与管理研究所INSPEK、粮食安全与可持续农业研究所IFSSA、人工智能与大数据研究所AIBIG，其中INSPEK与IFSSA呼应学校的乡村与农业背景，AIBIG则支持各学院的数据密集型研究
• The Agro Techno Park and the Creative Techno Park give staff and students commercial-scale sites for applied research in agriculture and the creative industries, and both are listed among the university's research services农业科技园与创意科技园为师生提供商业化规模的场地，用于农业与创意产业的应用研究，两者均被列入该校的研究服务机构
• In October 2026 the university employed 539 academic and 770 administrative staff, and 377 of its students came from outside Malaysia, giving a student-to-academic-staff ratio of about 29 to 12026年10月，该校聘有539名学术人员与770名行政人员，在校学生中有377人来自马来西亚以外，师生比约为29比1
• Programmes are accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency and approved by the Ministry of Higher Education, and graduates receive nationally recognised qualifications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学历资格
• Teaching emphasises languages, soft skills and business formation alongside technical content, in line with the university's Entrepreneurship is Our Thrust philosophy, and its official tagline also styles UMK as the Entrepreneurial University教学在技术内容之外强调语言、软技能与创业实践，与该校“创业是我们的使命”理念相一致，其官方标语还把UMK称为创业型大学

Campus

• UMK operates three campuses in Kelantan, the main campus at Bachok, a second campus at Jeli and the city campus at Pengkalan Chepa in Kota Bharu马来西亚吉兰丹大学在吉兰丹州运营三个校区，即巴西富地主校区、日里第二校区以及哥打巴鲁的彭加兰芝柏城市校区
• The Bachok campus covers 779 acres near Tok Bali beach and is being developed in phases, with the first phase occupying 254 acres on land that was formerly paddy fields巴西富地校区占地779英亩，靠近托巴厘海滩，分阶段开发，其中第一期占地254英亩，用地原为稻田
• Bachok is planned in eight zones, with the first phase containing academic, commercial, residential and public zones and a mosque whose minaret marks the main entrance, and the mosque and Islamic centre form the spiritual heart of the campus巴西富地校区规划为八个功能区，第一期包含学术、商业、住宿与公共区，以及一座以宣礼塔作为主入口标志的清真寺，清真寺与伊斯兰中心构成校区的精神核心
• Buildings at Bachok are spaced about 400 metres apart and linked by pedestrian routes, and the first phase was designed to house around 2,160 undergraduates and 500 staff巴西富地校区的建筑间隔约400米，由步行道相连，第一期设计可容纳约2160名本科生与500名教职员
• The Jeli campus occupies 270 acres at Gemang and houses the agro-based industry, earth science, and bioengineering and technology faculties日里校区位于格孟，占地270英亩，设农基工业、地球科学以及生物工程与技术三个学院
• Jeli has lecture rooms, laboratories, two halls, a library and student hostels, and in 2022 it enrolled 2,489 students with 174 academic and 55 non-academic staff, including 12 international academic staff - the library and hostels serve students from the three Jeli faculties, who are a long drive from Kota Bharu日里校区设有讲堂、实验室、两座礼堂、图书馆与学生宿舍，2022年注册2489名学生，拥有174名学术人员与55名非学术人员，其中包括12名国际学术人员，图书馆与宿舍服务三个日里学院的学生，这些学生距哥打巴鲁路途遥远
• The city campus at Pengkalan Chepa covers about 9 acres, made up of the Taman Bendahara site of 10,600 square metres and a hostel site of 10,530 square metres, and it sits close to Kota Bharu's airport and city centre彭加兰芝柏城市校区占地约9英亩，由10600平方米的珍珠花园校址与10530平方米的宿舍用地组成，靠近哥打巴鲁机场与市中心
• Campus addresses place the university at 16300 Bachok, 16100 Kota Bharu and 17600 Jeli, all within Kelantan校区地址分别位于吉兰丹州巴西富地16300、哥打巴鲁16100与日里17600
• The second phase at Bachok is planned to add a sports complex, a park, staff housing, a commercial zone and a wetland park巴西富地校区第二期计划增设体育综合体、公园、教职员宿舍、商业区与湿地公园
• Bachok lies a short drive east of Kota Bharu on the South China Sea coast, while Jeli sits inland near the Thai border, giving the university contrasting coastal and rainforest environments - Kelantan also hosts a branch campus of MARA University of Technology, formerly the MARA Institute of Technology, and the health campus of the Science University of Malaysia at Kubang Kerian巴西富地位于哥打巴鲁以东不远处的南中国海沿岸，日里则地处内陆靠近泰国边境，使该校拥有海岸与雨林两种截然不同的环境，吉兰丹州还设有玛拉工艺大学分校以及马来西亚理科大学在古邦基里安的健康校区

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings UMK is placed in the 1401+ band, the open-ended group that follows the individually ranked institutions and is shared by a large number of universities在2027年QS世界大学排名中，马来西亚吉兰丹大学处于1401+并列区间，即排在逐个排名院校之后的开放区间，该区间由众多大学共同占据
• It appears in the 1601-1800 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, a tier that sits below the top 1600 but above the unranked institutions该校进入2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名的1601-1800区间，这一层级位于前1600名之后、未上榜院校之前
• It did not enter the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking and is absent from the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities该校未进入2026-2027年《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名，也未出现在2026年软科世界大学学术排名中
• UMK's reputation rests on its policy mandate, since it is the Malaysian public university whose curriculum was explicitly required by cabinet to be built around entrepreneurship该校的声誉建立在其政策使命之上，它是马来西亚按内阁明确要求把创业学贯穿课程的公立大学
• Its research office describes it as the country's number one entrepreneurial university, a claim tied to its mandatory entrepreneurship curriculum and student venture programmes该校研究办公室称其为马来西亚第一所创业型大学，这一说法与其必修创业课程和学生创业计划相关
• The university counted 172 student entrepreneurs in October 2026, and its faculties maintain student business directories and venture showcases2026年10月，该校统计有172名学生创业者，各学院还维护学生企业名录与创业展示
• UMK30, the university's strategic plan, is published alongside the national Entrepreneurship Action Plan for higher education institutions on the university's website该校战略规划UMK30与面向高等院校的国家创业行动计划一同发布在该校网站上
• Its strongest disciplinary niches are veterinary medicine, earth science, agro-based industry and heritage studies, fields that few Malaysian universities combine across one campus network其最强的学科特色是兽医学、地球科学、农基工业与遗产研究，鲜有马来西亚大学能在同一校网内兼有这些领域
• The 2006 founding made it the 19th public university in Malaysia, and it remains one of the youngest institutions in the public system2006年建校使其成为马来西亚第19所公立大学，至今仍是公立体系中最年轻的院校之一
• Its ranking profile is modest beside older Malaysian universities, and its visibility is strongest in Kelantan, in veterinary and agro-industry circles and in entrepreneurship education policy与历史更久的马来西亚大学相比，其排名表现较为温和，影响力主要集中在吉兰丹州、兽医与农基工业界以及创业教育政策领域

Student life

• Student life is shaped by the three campuses, and many undergraduates live in hostels at Bachok or Jeli学生生活围绕三个校区展开，许多本科生住在巴西富地或日里的学生宿舍
• The city campus in Kota Bharu gives students access to the state capital's hospitals, shops and transport links, while Bachok and Jeli are quieter settings near the coast and the interior哥打巴鲁的城市校区让学生得以使用州首府的医院、商店与交通网络，巴西富地与日里则是靠近海岸与内陆的宁静环境
• SUKSIS, the Police Undergraduate Voluntary Corps, is active on campus, the university publishes a SUKSIS corps programme book, and the corps is part of the national police volunteer scheme for undergraduates警察大学生志愿团SUKSIS在校园内开展活动，学校出版SUKSIS团活动手册，该团属于面向本科生的全国警察志愿计划
• KOR SISPA, the student civil defence corps, also has a programme book and trains students in disaster response and community service学生民防团KOR SISPA同样有活动手册，训练学生应对灾害与服务社区
• Entrepreneurship extends into student life through venture activities, and the university reported 172 student entrepreneurs in October 2026创业精神通过创业活动延伸到学生生活，2026年10月该校报告有172名学生创业者
• Each faculty runs student clubs and societies tied to its discipline, faculty websites list student clubs, awards and business directories, and open days give these groups a public audience各学院设有与学科相关的学生社团，学院网站列出学生社团、奖项与企业名录，开放日则为这些团体提供面向公众的展示机会
• The university song Terbilang UMK is performed at convocation and official events, and the first alumni received the song Detik Ini as a memento in 2011校歌《光辉的UMK》在毕业典礼与官方活动中演唱，首届校友于2011年获得歌曲《此刻》作为纪念
• Ramadan and Hari Raya are observed across the campuses, with religious activities and campus gatherings forming part of the annual calendar斋月与开斋节在各校区均受重视，宗教活动与校园聚会构成年度日历的一部分
• The 16th convocation in 2026 brought graduates back to Bachok, and the ceremony remains the main annual gathering of the university community2026年第16届毕业典礼把毕业生带回巴西富地，这一典礼仍是全校社群每年最主要的聚会
• Sport and recreation are served by campus halls and playing fields, while a sports complex is planned for the second phase at Bachok校园礼堂与运动场满足体育和休闲需求，巴西富地第二期还规划了体育综合体

Notable people

• Sultan Muhammad V, the Sultan of Kelantan, is the university's chancellor and reigned as Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Malaysia's head of state, from 2016 to 2019吉兰丹苏丹莫哈末五世担任该校校监，并于2016年至2019年出任马来西亚最高元首
• Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra, the Tengku Mahkota or crown prince of Kelantan, serves as pro-chancellor吉兰丹王储东姑莫哈末法赫里·佩特拉担任副校监
• Ismail Petra, Sultan of Kelantan from 1979 to 2010, was the university's first chancellor from 2007 to 20121979年至2010年在位的吉兰丹苏丹伊斯迈·佩特拉于2007年至2012年担任该校首任校监
• Zainai Mohamed, the founding vice-chancellor appointed in 2006, a year before teaching began, set up the university's initial academic and governance structures2006年获任、即开课一年前的创校校长再纳伊·穆罕默德搭建了学校最初的学术与治理架构
• Arham Abdullah has served as vice-chancellor since 2025 and previously worked in Malaysian technical and engineering education阿尔汉·阿卜杜拉自2025年起担任校长，此前从事马来西亚技术与工程教育方面的工作
• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia's fifth prime minister, announced the university's creation in 2006 and later received an honorary doctorate in entrepreneurship from UMK马来西亚第五任总理阿卜杜拉·艾哈迈德·巴达维于2006年宣布建校，后来获该校授予创业学荣誉博士学位
• Mohamed Khaled Nordin was higher education minister from 1999 to 2013 and presided over the ministry when UMK was approved and opened穆罕默德·哈立德·诺丁于1999年至2013年担任高等教育部长，在该校获批与开办期间主政教育部
• Mustapa Mohamed represented Jeli in parliament from 2004 to 2022 and served as higher education minister, a period that overlapped with the planning of the Jeli campus穆斯塔法·穆罕默德于2004年至2022年出任日里国会议员，并曾任高等教育部长，其任期与日里校区的规划相重叠
• Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra was named pro-chancellor when Sultan Muhammad V was proclaimed chancellor in 2011, a role later held by his younger brother Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra东姑莫哈末法伊兹·佩特拉在2011年苏丹莫哈末五世被宣告为校监时获任副校监，该职其后由其弟东姑莫哈末法赫里·佩特拉担任
• Anwar Ibrahim, prime minister since 2022, heads the government whose higher education ministry funds and oversees the university安瓦尔·易卜拉欣自2022年起担任总理，其政府的高等教育部为该校提供经费并实施监管