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At a Glance

niversiti Malaya (UM) merupakan
universiti pertama ditubuhkan niversiti Malaya (UM) is the
Udi Persekutuan Tanah Melayu first university to have been
(Malaya). Ia ditubuhkan pada 28 Uestablished in Malaya. Founded
September 1905 di Singapura sebagai on 28 September 1905 in Singapore as
King Edward VII College of Medicine the King Edward VII College of Medicine,
dan kemudian menjadi Universiti Malaya the University was formed following the
berikutan penggabungan King Edward merger of the King Edward VII College of
VII College of Medicine dan Raffles Medicine and Raffles College (founded
College (ditubuhkan pada tahun 1928) in 1928) on 8th October 1949.
pada 8 Oktober 1949.
Its establishment had helped to accelerate
the advancement of education in Malaya at the
Penubuhannya menjadi pemacu kepada time and eventually led to the founding of two
kemajuan pendidikan di Tanah Melayu pada ketika autonomous branches in Kuala Lumpur and
itu sehingga tertubuhnya dua cawangan yang Singapore in 1959. In efforts to strengthen higher
memiliki autonomi mereka sendiri, yang terletak education in both countries, there was a need to
di Kuala Lumpur dan Singapura, pada tahun 1959. upgrade the branches to public university status.
Bagi memperkukuhkan pendidikan tinggi di kedua- With the passing of the Universiti Malaya Act in 1961
dua negara, status universiti cawangan perlu dinaik by the Parliament, UM has since been recognised as
taraf kepada universiti awam. Dengan lulusnya Akta a public university in Malaysia.
Universiti Malaya pada tahun 1961 oleh Parlimen, UM
telah diiktiraf sebagai universiti awam di Malaysia. UM as it is known today, was officiated as
a public university in the Federation of Malaya
UM yang dikenali pada hari ini, secara rasminya on the 1st of January 1962. Its initial objective in
diiktiraf sebagai universiti awam untuk Persekutuan providing tertiary education to the people of Malaya
Tanah Melayu pada 1 Januari 1962. Matlamat awalnya

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