The University of Malaya (UM) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. King Edward VII College of Medicine, the predecessor of UM, was established on 28 September 1905 in Singapore, a territory of the British Empire. In October 1949, the merger of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College created UM. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of higher education according to two international ranking agencies. The university has cultivated three prime ministers of Malaysia, and other political, business, and cultural figures of national prominence.
In the latest QS World University Rankings, UM is currently ranked 65th in the world, 9th in Asia, 3rd in Southeast Asia and the highest ranked learning institution in Malaysia. What’s more, UKM is also evaluated as a 5-Star University by QS.
