A Brief Introduction
Established in 1931 known as the School of Agriculture, the Universiti Putra Malaysia is situated in Peninsular Malaysia and lies close to Kuala Kumpur and Putrajaya.
The University is a research university which offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses with a research focus on agricultural sciences and its related fields.
According to QS Rankings, it was ranked 376th university in the world overall and 45th best for Agricultural Sciences by the World Report College and University Ranking.
Campus
The University has two campuses, apart from the main campus at Serdang, Selangor.
The UPM branch campuses were located in Bintulu, Sarawak and Mengabang Telipot, Terengganu.
The campus in Terengganu has now been upgraded to the University College of Science and Technology Malaysia (KUSTEM), with its own management and administration. KUSTEM officially broke away from UPM on 1 July 2001. The Medicine and Health Sciences faculty maintains a campus complex adjacent to a local hospital in Serdang.
Institutes Of University
Institute of Bioscience
Institute of Advanced Technology
Institute for Mathematical Research
Halal Product Research Institute
Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP)
Institute of Gerontology
Institute of Agricultural & Food Policy Studies
Institute for Social Science Studies
Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Schools
Courses
For complete details about the courses you can follow the link given below:
http://www.upm.edu.my/academic/ProgrammesCourses?LANG=en
Finances
For details about the fee structure you can follow the link given below:
http://www.akademik.upm.edu.my/dokumen/BGAKA1_ITEM__9_FEES.pdf
Accomodation
For information on the accommodation(on and off campus) available, please click on:
http://www.akademik.upm.edu.my/dokumen/BGAKA1_ITEM_5_ACCOMODATION.pdf
Food
To get detailed information on the food services on and around the campus, please click on:
http://www.upm.edu.my/Services/cafeteria?LANG=en
Notable Alumni
Tun Datu Haji Mustapha bin Datu Harun – First Governor of the Malaysian State of Sabah
Location
Address: Jalan Upm, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Phone: +60 3-8946 6000
