Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

About Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM / Northern University of Malaysia) is Malaysia’s premier specialist management public university, founded on 16 February 1984 under the visionary mandate of cultivating world-class managerial, entrepreneurial, economic, and computational leaders for the ASEAN region and the world. Nestled within an awe-inspiring 1,061-hectare (2,621-acre) tropical rainforest estate in Sintok, Kedah, UUM is affectionately celebrated as the 'Eminent Management University' (Universiti Pengurusan Terkemuka). Holding the world-renowned 'Double Crown' business accreditation from AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and AMBA (Association of MBAs), UUM ranks among the top 5% of business and management institutions worldwide. Academic and research activities are structured across three multidisciplinary collegiate faculties: the UUM College of Business (COB), the UUM College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), and the UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies (COLGIS), alongside the prestigious Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (OYAGSB). Operating both its sprawling flagship Sintok campus and a dynamic city campus in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur (UUMKL), UUM educates over 32,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from more than 65 countries. With global subject standing in the Top 150 for Business & Management Studies and Accounting & Finance in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, UUM graduates are heavily recruited by Fortune 500 corporations, Big Four accounting firms, international central banks, multilateral government ministries, and leading technology enterprises across the globe.