Multimedia University's Melaka Campus

Multimedia University is Malaysia's first private university. It has two campuses with one in Cyberjaya and another in Melaka. The distance between the two campuses are approximately 150 kilometers, via the North South highway. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Dr. Siti Hasmah bint Mohamad Ali is the wife of Mahathir, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 201 KB)The Melaka Campus of Multimedia University, Malaysia. ... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 201 KB)The Melaka Campus of Multimedia University, Malaysia. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Cyberjaya is a new planned township with a science park as the core that forms a key part of the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia. ... State motto: Bersatu Teguh (Malay, United We Stand) Capital Malacca Town Governor Tun Datuk Seri Utama Mohd Khalil Yaakob Chief Minister Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam Area 1,650 km² Population  - Estimated 648,500 State anthem Melaka Maju Jaya This article is about a state in Malaysia. ... The former Prime Minister Mahathir declared the North-South Expressway open on 8 September 1994. ...

History

The university was formerly known as University Telekom. Its Melaka campus was set up in 1997 by Telekom Malaysia Berhad, the largest telecommunications company in Malaysia. Located in the Ayer Keroh district, the initial setting up of the campus involved converting an old campus belonging to the Institute of Telecommunication and Information Technology, which is also a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Berhad. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) is the largest telecommunication company in Malaysia. ... Ayer Keroh is town in the Malaysian state of Malacca. ...

Its Cyberjaya campus opened in Malaysia's first intelligent city of Cyberjaya, on 8 July 1999. This campus was the brainchild of the country's fourth Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, as a center of learning and research for the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), a 750 km² area designated as the country's high-tech research and industrial area. The relationship between the campus and the MSC is intended to be similar to the relationship Stanford University shares with the Silicon Valley. Later, he requested the management to change the name of Universiti Telekom to Multimedia University. is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Mahathir bin Mohamad (born December 20, 1925 in Alor Star, Kedah) was the Prime Minister of Malaysia from July 16, 1981 to 2003. ... Situated in Malaysia, the Multimedia Super Corridor is a Government designated zone, designed to leapfrog Malaysia into the information and knowledge age. ... “Stanford” redirects here. ... A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ...

Within the first five years of its founding, the university's total student population grew beyond 10,000 in both campuses.

The university encourages students to participate in an evaluation of their lecturers at the end of every trimester. That evaluation is called the Online Academic Evaluation (OAE). In the OAE students rate their lecturers on a scale of 1 to 5 in different areas. These areas include availability for consultation, communication skills, teaching qualities and the likes. The OAE therefore acts as a tool to help the university grade its lecturers so that the university can further improve the quality of education in which it provides.

The university also implements a system named as Academic Advisory System (AAS) which is also practiced in other universities. This system appoints a lecturer to a group of students to be their mentor. Students can seek help or council from their advisors if they were to face any problems be it in the university or out. It's well known between students that such a system is useless & many advisors evaluate their advisees without even meeting them which can be considered as time saving for students.

A number of lab equipment has been donated by well known companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Nokia and other major companies as well. These labs act as a place for students to conduct their practical sessions so that they may apply the theories in which they have learned during lecture hours.Most students are not allowed to use the labs above mentioned,since they are dedicated for research purposes. IBM redirects here. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is an American multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... Cisco may refer to: Cisco Systems, a computer networking company Cisco IOS, an internet router operating system CISCO Security Private Limited, a security company in Singapore Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation, a statutory board in Singapore Abbreviation for San Francisco, California Cisco (wine) The Cisco Kid, a fictional character created... This article is about the telecommunications corporation. ...

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Campuses

Cyberjaya Campus

New futuristic Stad Building in Cyberjaya campus

New swimming pool in Cyberjaya campus

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At the moment, many new buildings are under construction ie. Faculty of Management, Olympic-sized swimming pool, Soccer Stadium. The Grand Hall and Faculty of Information Technology and STAD building has opened beginning 2007 and has received good feedback about the design and structure of the building. To date, half of the phases of construction has been completed and students are looking forward to the completion of the remaining phases of the campus.

Melaka Campus

The campus is nestled in Bukit Beruang (lit: Bear Hill) and has greatly affected the local community. With increase in students, the community has seen growing numbers of residential area and commercial outlets. Bukit Beruang is a county in the state of Melaka. ...

In 2004, the course for Bachelors of Law (LLB) was introduced in this campus. With over 120 law undergraduates under its wings, Multimedia University had already build an entirely new Law Building.

Faculty

Multimedia University is globally recognized for its engineering and information technology departments. It boasts top-level faculty from several distinguished universities. Among Multimedia University faculty are 4 Fulbright Scholars, a Motorola Fellow, a NTT Fellow and Microsoft Student Ambassador.

Students

As of June 2006 the university has a total of 21,035 students enrolled in 110 different courses in both campuses, including undergraduate and graduate students. Approximately 12% of these are international students from 80 countries. The university has also set itself a deadline for 2010 whereby it intendes to increase the population of international students to 30% of the total student population. University students consistently score top placements in national business plan competitions. Students enjoy a rich variety of social activities with over 100 campus student groups. MMU graduates enjoy one of the best employment records of any Malaysian institutions. In a recent alumni society survey carried out by the University, it was discovered that 93% of MMU IT graduates had secured jobs within 6 months of graduation. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Technoprenuer Development

As an intergral part of MMU’s vision to be a premier university with excellence in learning, research, discovery and enterprise, Center for Technoprenuer Development was established at a very early stages of MMU

MMU fosters, promotes and facilitates a culture and environment of enterprise and commercialization of research and innovations among MMU staff and students. This culture is being implanted and nurtured through the following scope of work provided, facilitated and co-ordinated by CCTD, whose three strategic thrusts are: Technoprenuer Development, Commercialisation and Legal Services.

MMU Won several entrepreneur and technopreneur awards in recent years.

• The inaugural TeAM Award for "Most Progressive University Technopreneurship Initiative" at Putrajaya Mariott Hotel on 20th August 2005.
• In 2006, Hatchlings Games was awarded RM50, 000.00 grant to fully develop a playable electronic game by MSC Malaysia IP Challenge Series 2006.
  Nexwave emerged as one of the top 5 winners for Mobile Content Competition part of the same competition.

All these success puts MMU at the forefront of entrepreneurship activities in universities in the region.

Clubs and Societies

All clubs and societies are registered with the Student Affairs Division (STAD. Each club or society is allocated a specific budget to enable them to run their clubs efficiently. However, students are greatly encouraged to seek alternative means of funding their activities or functions.The student clubs and societies are categorized as follows:

1. Student Representative Council (SRC)
2. Faculty-based societies
3. Residential-based societies
4. Other societies: Sports Clubs, Recreation / Outdoor Clubs, Martial Arts Clubs

There are a large number of student bodies in both campuses, they include the MMU Debating Society(Voices MMU), Chinese Language Society (CLS), Engineering Society (ENGSOC), International Student Society (ISS), Persatuan Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Melayu (Malay language and cultural society), Tourism Club, IT society, History Society, Soccer Club, Indian Cultural Society (ICS), Emina Club, Society of Performing Arts and Creativity (SPARC). A Students Representative Council represents student interests in the government of a university. ... The Engineering Society of Multimedia University (Melaka Campus) or known as ENGSOC Melaka, is one of the learned society in Multimedia University, Malaysia. ...

The university also has professional Engineering/IT student bodies which are: IET Student Chapter (formerly known as IEE Student Chapter), IEEE Student Branch, IEM Student Chapter.

Among the more notable international events that have been organized by the students in MMU include the World Universities Debating Championship in 2005, the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships in 2003, and the All-Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships in 2000. The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) is the largest debating tournament, and one of the largest annual international student events in the world. ... The Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships (known colloquially as Australs) is one of the worlds largest debating tournaments, second only in size to the World Universities Debating Championship, and one of the largest annual student events in the world. ... The All-Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships are an annual debating tournament for teams from universities in Asia. ...

Organization

The university is headed by a President and is divided into eight faculties, five academic centers and one department:

Faculties :

Cyberjaya Campus

• Faculty of Information Technology (Cyberjaya Campus)
• Faculty of Engineering (Cyberjaya Campus)
• Faculty of Management
• Faculty of Creative Multimedia (Cyberjaya Campus)
• MBA Center

Melaka Campus

• Faculty of Engineering and Technology (Melaka Campus)
• Faculty of Information Science and Technology (Melaka Campus)
• Faculty of Life Sciences (Melaka Campus) **Parked under Faculty of Information Science & Technology
• Faculty of Business and Law (Melaka Campus)
• Foundation Studies And Extension Education (Melaka Campus)

Academic Centers :

Cyberjaya Campus

• Centre For Modern Languages And Communications (Cyberjaya Campus)
• Internet Based Degree Programme (Cyberjaya Campus)
• Distance Education (Cyberjaya Campus)

Melaka Campus

• Centre For Affiliate And Diploma Programme (Melaka Campus)
• Institute Of International Languages Multimedia University (Melaka Campus)

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Notable professors

• Ghauth Jasmon, professor and President of MMU.
  

Formerly the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development) of the University of Malaya, before appointed to the current position. He was formerly a Secretary General and Vice President of the Association for Engineering Education in South East Asia and the Pacific. He is a Fellow of the IEE, Fellow of the IEAust, Senior Member of the IEEE and an Eisenhower Fellow. For his contributions, he was conferred the highest award of the state of Malacca: Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) which carries the title ‘Datuk’. The University of Malaya (or Universiti Malaya in Malay; commonly abbreviated as UM) is the oldest university in Malaysia, and is situated on a 750 acre (3. ... State motto: Bersatu Teguh State anthem: Melaka Maju Jaya Capital Malacca Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang di-Pertua Negeri Mohd Khalil Yaakob  - Ketua Menteri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam History    - Malacca Sultanate 13th century   - Portuguese control 24 August 1511   - Dutch control 14 January 1641   - British control 17 March 1824   - Japanese occupation...

• Chuah Hean Teik, Professor and Dean of Engineering.
  

Conferred awards include the 1990 Young Scientist Award at the 23rd General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) at Prague, Czechoslovakia; the 1993 Young Scientist Award at the 24th General Assembly of URSI at Kyoto, Japan; the 1995 Young Scientist Award (Industrial Sector) by the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment; the 1999 Malaysian Toray Science Foundation Science and Technology Award for his contributions in the area of microwave remote sensing; and the 2002 Sterling Award from the Sterling Group of Universities (research-based universities in UK with engineering faculties) for his services to promotion of engineering profession. In recognition of his services, the Governor of the State of Penang Malaysia conferred upon him an Order of Chivalry, Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri, which carries the title “Dato” in July 2005.

Notable alumni

• Tan Chui Mui

Winner of The Best New Asian Filmmaker of the Year 2006 (New Current Awards) at the Pusan International Film Festival, Fipresci Award (International Film Critics Award) for her debut feature film Love Conquers All which was nominated for Tiger Award in the 36th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2007. A Malaysian Filmmaker. ...

References

Official Website of Multimedia University
Official website of Students Affairs and Sports Division (STAD) of Multimedia University
Dr Ahmad Rafi Mohamed Eshaq

External links

• Official Website of Multimedia University
• Official Website of Multimedia University (Simplified Chinese)

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