Malaya University (UM)

The University of Malaya (UM) is an open examination college placed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the most seasoned and most regarded college in Malaysia. The college's name was abridged as Malaya amid the preindependence period.

The college was established in 1949 as an open financed tertiary establishment. Today, it has more than 2,500 employees. In 2012, UM was allowed self-rule status by the Ministry of Higher Education. In 2014, the QS World University Rankings has positioned UM at the 151st spot of the world.

The foundation of the college started with the issue of deficiency of therapeutic collaborators in Singapore and Penang amid the late 1890s.The issue was tended to in a report distributed by the Education Commission in April 1902. In the report, it was expressed that the Commission was supportive of creating a medicinal school to satisfy the interest for restorative colleagues in government clinics. On the other hand, such view was not in support among the European community.

Enactment was passed by the Straits Legislative Council in June 1905 under Ordinance No. XV 1905. The school opened on 3 July 1905 and started working in September. On 28 September 1905, Sir John administered the school under the name 'The Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School.

The school was placed in the old Female Lunatic Asylum close to the Singapore General Hospital at Sepoy Lines off New Bridge Road, where four of the shelter structures were changed over into a restorative school. In 1907, an address corridor and lab were included. There were no library and space to keep neurotic specimens.

In 1905, there were 17 therapeutic understudies, four understudies going to the healing facility colleague course. After five years, the enrolments expanded to 90 therapeutic understudies and 30 trainee doctor's facility colleagues. The school had stand out changeless staff which was the Principal, the showing staff were utilized on low maintenance premise. The Principal was Dr Gerald Dudley Freer, who already served as Senior Colonial Surgeon Resident of Penang.

The School Council needed to pick up distinguishment of its Diploma by the General Council of Medical Education in the United Kingdom to guarantee that the Licentiate of Medicine and Surgery Diploma offered by the school would increase overall distinguishment. In 1916, the GCME perceived the Licentiate of Medicine and Surgery Diploma offered by the school. The licentiates were set on the General Council's Colonial List of the British Medical Register and were qualified for practice anyplace inside the British Empire.

In 1910, Dr Robert Donald Keith turned into the second Principal of the School. The initial two years of the five-year course were dedicated to immaculate science studies. Material science, science and science were taught in the first year, took after by physiology and rudimentary life systems in the second year. The staying three years were connection to clinical clerkships in solution, surgery and birthing assistance, which secured pathology, cleanliness and restorative law. Materia Medica was incorporated into the fourth year, where viable drug store was taught.

Understudies were presented on a few doctor's facilities, at first at the Singapore General Hospital. From 1908 onwards, connections were made to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (for drug and surgery) and Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital (for midwifery).

In 1912, the medicinal school got a blessing of $120,000 from the King Edward VII Memorial Fund, began by Dr Lim Boon Keng. Hence, on 18 November 1913, the name of the school was changed to the King Edward VII School of Medicine.

In the first cluster of 16 understudies of 1905, just seven made to the last and graduated in May 1910 while the staying six understudies graduated in after four months and others surrendered from the school. In 1919, the drop-out rate had climbed to 35%, while in 1939 the quantity of understudies fizzled in their last examinations remained at 44%.

As of now an inn was constructed to suit 72 male understudies from the Federated Malay States.

In 1921, the school was lifted in status to school. Somewhere around 1920 and 1930, the school experienced a progression of changes, by supplanting the old showing staff with a more youthful era of experts furthermore nine new Chairs were made, the first in Anatomy in 1920, emulated by Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery & Gynecology in 1922 and Clinical Surgery, Bacteriology, Biology, Bio-Chemistry, and Dental Surgery in 1926. What's more the tenth Chair for Pathology was made in 1935.

In 1923, the school's new building at Outram Road was initiated. It was finished in November 1925 and authoritatively opened by Sir Laurence Guillemard in February 1926. Amid the opening function, the College presented Honorary Diplomas on Sir David James Galloway, Dr Malcolm Watson and Dr Lim Boon Keng.

In 1929, Dr George V. Allen the new key took the steerage, succeeding his antecedent Dr MacAlister.

Address: Jalan Universiti, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Registration: 25.474 (2010)

Phone: +60 3-7955 2595

Established: 8 Oktober 1949

Motto: Ilmu punca kemajuan 

Rankings

Year	Rank	Valuer
2004	89	Times Higher Education World University Rankings – QS World University Rankings
2005	169	Times Higher Education World University Rankings – QS World University Rankings
2006	192	Times Higher Education World University Rankings – QS World University Rankings
2007	246	Times Higher Education World University Rankings – QS World University Rankings
2008	230	Times Higher Education World University Rankings – QS World University Rankings
2009	180	Times Higher Education World University Rankings – QS World University Rankings
2010	207	QS World University Rankings
2011	167	QS World University Rankings
2012	156	QS World University Rankings
2013	167[28]	QS World University Rankings
2014	151	QS World University Rankings
2014	N/A (did not submit data)	Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Notable Students

University of Malaya have produce notable alumni that have contributed significantly towards the development of Malaysia and aboard.

1. Syed Amin Aljeffri
2. Amani Williams Hunt Abdullah
3. Sudirman Arshad
4. Azalina Othman Said
5. Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
6. Mohamed Khaled Nordin
7. Anwar Ibrahim
8. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
9. Mahathir Mohamad
10. Musa Hitam
11. Mohd Khalil Yaakob
12. Adnan Yaakob
13. Ungku Aziz
14. Mohamad Hassan
15. Muhyiddin Yassin
16. Daniel Dorall
17. Fadzilah Kamsah
18. Khasnor Johan
19. Lee Hong Susan Lim
20. Lim Hock Siew
21. Mohd Sidek Hassan
22. Ramon Navaratnam
23. Ong Pang Boon
24. S. R. Nathan
25. Rex Shelley
26. Gary Yap
27. Mohd Shafei Abdullah

source: UM wikipedia