Why Should You Choose UMS?
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is an institution of higher education that produces human resources, experts and professional in a variety of fields with the focus on the quality of graduates, quality of institutions, and quality of the overall system. With the vision to strive to be an innovative university of global standing, UMS strives to achieve academic excellence and international recognition through its attention to learning and teaching, research and publications, social services and balance in knowledge.
The university also prioritizes the personal growth of its students, resulting in greater innovation and productivity for the benefit of the society and nation as a whole. UMS is committed to education transformation to fulfill the core aspirations outlined in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education) in preparing Malaysia's youth to thrive in the complex and ever-changing future.
UMS strived to attract, develop, and retain excellent talents. At presents, UMS has more than 1200 academicians, where 483 are with PhD or its equivalent. Many of these highly committed and dedicated academics have published in high impact journal and won awards nationally and internationally.
Our Academicians
UMS employs a holistic approach towards teaching and learning, where both theory and practice are equally emphasized to get the best out of students' academic development. Our teaching and learning modules and niche areas of research are designed to impart knowledge of current issues and modern perspectives.UMS has committed to harness the power of online learning to widen access to good quality content and enhance the quality content and enhance the quality of teaching and learning.
UMS with a total of ten faculties offers 64 bachelor programs, in science, engineering, medical, food science, agriculture, forestry, arts, humanities, business, accounting, and economics. Under the Ministry of Higher Education Star Rating project (MyMOHES), our university has achieved 5-star ranking (98%) and is currently second in the comprehensive university category. UMS was recently ranked among the top 200 in QS World Ranking by Subject in Agriculture and Forestry.
Our Programs
UMS is one of the most beautiful university campuses in the country, with a fascinating landscape, lush greenies, and impressive structures. Indeed, UMS is the only University in Malaysia with its own beach and jetty. Ever since its establishment, UMS has made consistent efforts to develop modern infrastructures while conserving the existing biota. Various academic and non-academic facilities such as highly-resourced libraries, high-end teaching and research instruments and laboratories, sport centres, students' centres and hostels are available to enrich the students' varsity life.
Our Campus and Facilities
UMS is also among the key-player in contributing to the to the growth of learned and skilled human capital in the nation. So far, UMS graduates are more than 53,000 including international students fromvarious countries such as China, Brunei, Iraq and Indonesia. Our alumni are working in many renowed organization
Our Graduates
Our Teaching and Learning