Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) officially launched in 2002 as a non-profit private university providing affordable quality education
UTAR is known as one of the fastest growing private higher education institutions in the country with significant growth in all aspects of its development since its inception
It now has campuses located in Kampar, Perak and Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor; offering more than 110 academic programmes from Foundation Studies to Bachelor's, Master’s, and PhD degrees in the fields of Accounting, Business and Economics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics and Process Management, Agriculture and Food Science, Arts, Social Sciences and Education, Creative Industries and Design, Engineering and Built Environment, Information and Communication Technology, Life and Physical Sciences, and Medicine and Health Sciences
Our University programmes conducted are recognised by local and international professional bodies such as The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, UK (RICS), The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (RSC), The Society of Actuaries, USA (SOA), The Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC), Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Certified Public Accountants Australia (CPA), The Society of Logisticians Malaysia (LogM), The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), ACCA, CIMA, ICSA, MIA, Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (ctim), Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia (LAM), Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM) and many more.
Assets of the university include:
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More than 280 memoranda with industry partners and universities from 25 countries
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95% graduate employability rate within six months of graduation
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ISO 9001 certified and MSC status
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2013 PAM Malaysia (Malaysian Institute of Architects) Gold Award (Education Category/Architectural Excellence) for UTAR Kampar Campus
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5-Star (Excellent) for the “Emerging University” category under the Rating System for Malaysian Higher Education Institutions 2017 (SETARA’17)
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Tier 5 (Excellent) in D-SETARA for Engineering
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Tier 4 (Very Good) in D-SETARA for Health Sciences
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Top three Malaysian universities for number of citations per paper in 2015 as released by Quacquarelli Symonds’ (QS) Intelligence Unit and announced in 2016
