Universiti Teknologi Petronas


Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, established 10 January 1997, is one of the research universities in the region.
It is wholly owned by Petroliam Nasional Berhad, Malaysia’s oil and gas multinational corporation.
The campus is built on in the new township of Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia.
The university conducts research activities in collaboration with PETRONAS and other institutions and industries, locally and abroad, on six research focus and niche areas.  They are self-sustainable building, transport infrastructure, health analytics, hydrocarbon recovery, contaminant management and autonomous system.

History

In 1997, UTP was established in Perak, Malaysia when PETRONAS was invited by the Government of Malaysia to set up a university. Setting up a university from scratch poses formidable challenges, and the first step was taken
in December 1998 with the completion of the UTP academic master plan. This acted as the basis for the physical master plan studies and registration or accreditation of degree programmes. The process of master planning was completed in 2002 and the construction of
the area under consideration was completed in August 2004.
UTP has produced more than 15,000 graduates and currently has an enrolment of over 1,200 foundation students, 6,000 undergraduates and 1,200 postgraduates from more than 60 countries around the world.

Campus

The university site is located one kilometre from the village of Tronoh, a former mining town in the Perak Tengah district of Perak, the largest state on the west coast of the peninsula. The 2 site lies within the commercial corridor between Kuala Lumpur and Penang, some from the town of Batu Gajah and from the city of Ipoh.

Academic Complex

The new academic complex was designed by Foster and Partners, and the first-phase construction was completed in 2004. The design received an Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007. The overall layout of the new academic complex is in the shape of a five-pointed star made up by five semicircles. The new academic complex was officially opened by the former chairman of PETRONAS and ITPSB Board, YBhg Tun Azizan Zainul Abidin. Currently, almost all of the academic activities have been shifted to the new campus. A ‘star concept’ diagram, overlaying vision, site, programme and quality, was used as a template to zone various facilities and initiate the preliminary design,
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Sports

The university has a centralised sport facilities, commonly known as the sports complex. It consists of a swimming pool, several football fields, three futsal courts, three takraw courts, five basketball courts, five tennis courts, three volleyball courts, four squash courts, three badminton courts, a jogging track and a netball court.

Education

The foundation programmes are offered for students that enrol to UTP with SPM level or other equivalent levels to prepare them for degree programmes. Newly enrolled students with STPM level or other equivalent levels are exempted from the foundation programmes. Other newly enrolled diploma graduates are exempted from certain courses according to their academic performance and courses taken during their diploma programmes.
Currently, UTP offers three foundation programmes, seven bachelor engineering degree programmes, three science degree programmes, three bachelor technology degree programmes and one bachelor business management degree programme.

Foundation programmes

The foundation programmes offered in UTP are engineering foundation programme, science foundation programme and technology foundation programme. As the names suggest, these foundation programmes prepare students to pursue their degree programmes.

Undergraduate degree programmes

The engineering degree programmes take a total of four years to complete, while science and technology degree programmes take three and a half years. All engineering students are welcomed to enroll in Management minor starting academic year of 2009. There are currently 14 degree programmes offered by the university as follows:

Postgraduate degree programmes

UTP also offers postgraduate degree programmes by research, and by coursework and dissertation.

Student industrial internship programme

UTP offers one of the longest industrial internship programmes in the country. The students are posted as interns for 28 weeks. The length of the internship duration allows students to engage in more significant work assignments and is widely thought as a major strength of the academic curriculum.

Achievements

Leadership

Pro Chancellor

Board of Directors