University Teknologi Mara in Malaysia

UiTM started offering degree programme in 1996 and it was upgraded to a university status in 1999 after which postgraduate degree were first offered. Since then the number of post graduate programme has increased to more than 60 where each can be categorized into three nexus: Science & Technology, Business & Management and Social Sciences & Humanities. There are a mixture of research, course work and mixed mode programmes. We see an average addition of 1000 students per year in the last 5 years with a steady increase in PhD students.The increase aligns with the increase in research grants, publication and also citations. UiTM is a comprehensive university offering a wide range of programmes from a wide variety of fields; from Music, Performing Arts, Arts & Design, Architecture and Built Environment, Law, Computer Science & Mathematics, Engineering, Business and Accounting and up to Dentistry and Medicine. Meanwhile there are also Centre of Excellence catering for research in areas of like Accounting, Pharmacogenomics, Bigdata and Transport. About half of the 500 over programmes are degree and post graduate programme and almost all of that are offered in the main campus in Shah Alam and the UiTM Selangor Campus. About 40,000 full time students enrolled there and slightly about 5 percent are enrolled in the part time mode of study. Only starting 2017 UiTM were given the permission to enroll International students in to its post graduate programme.