The University of Malaya is a comprehensive university of arts, science and medicine. It is one of the largest and most famous universities in Malaysia and the oldest institution in Malaysia. Its predecessor was King Edward VII founded in 1905 and Raffles founded in 1929. King Edward VII College mainly trains medical talents, while Raffles College trains educational talents. 10 8 These two colleges merged to form the University of Malaya. It mainly trained senior talents for Malaya and Singapore at that time. This university has developed rapidly, and set up two branches in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur on 1956. 1960 due to the partition of Singapore and Malaysia, the former Kuala Lumpur branch was accepted as a national university by the government, and the University of Malaya was formally established on 1962 1. The current honorary principal is Sultan Azlansha, the last supreme head of state in Perak, Malaysia, and the current principal is Dr. Abdullah Sanoussy Ahmed.
At present, the University of Malaya is the largest university in Malaysia with 65,438+3,600 students, 2,000 teachers and 2,500 faculty members. Its slogan is "Science is the foundation of progress". It inspires people to try to climb the peak of science. The University of Malaya is located in the capital Kuala Lumpur, covering an area of 304 hectares. It has two colleges, ten departments, five centers and an advanced college, as well as advanced teaching and research equipment and the largest university library in Malaysia. Its collection is very rich, with about 6,543,800 Chinese books, including 70,000 Chinese books. In addition, its engineering colleges, law schools, medical schools, etc. All countries have libraries with books ranging from 4,000 to 654.38+10,000 volumes. Its Chinese Department is the largest in Malaysian universities and the most influential in Malaysia. Some ministers and deputy ministers of China graduated from here. The University of Malaya has trained a group of talents for Malaysian society. The school has eight student dormitories, which can accommodate about 4560 students. But it still can't meet the demand. Many students need to rent dormitories off campus.