malaysia-higher-education.com

Established only in 1995 UMS is one of the government’s efforts towards meeting the need of competent human  knowledge economy. One of the primary concerns of UMS is to develop a world-class quality education system that meets the demands and requirements of the new century.
The beginning of UMS started in 1995 with very limited resources. Being the ninth of seventeen public higher institutions in the Malaysia, UMS vision and mission was to look for opportunities for economic development of Malaysia to attain Vision 2020 towards status of a developed country. University Malaysia Sabah has been growing and developing progressively. Aspirating of becoming a quality university of world class standing in line with the University’s motto “Strive to Excel”.

Main focus of UMS Is to impart knowledge, skills  and instill the attitudes to the students and encourage the understanding of global context in academic strategies.

The main role of UMS is to produce a competent workforce equipped with skills, knowledge, attitude and behavior to meet the demands of the high-technology era. In that respect courses in Applied Science and Technology, Information Technology, Electronics, Engineering, Biotechnology, Manufacturing and Communication are being expanded.

UMS faculty exchange programs are to gain first hand experience. UMS believes that study abroad is necessary for her faculty members and administrative staff to become globally competent. In that respect, UMS tutors in particular are encourage to do their masters program abroad. We ‘democratizes the study-abroad experience’.

UMS has sent hundreds of  tutors abroad. Besides local Institution of higher Learning other favorite destination are countries such as Japan, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Large proportion of these tutors and junior lecturers undertake their masters and doctorate degrees in the United Kingdom.

Popularity: 22% [?]