University of Nottingham Malaysia

University of Nottingham Malaysia
Universiti Nottingham Malaysia (Malay)
Former names
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC)
MottoLatin: Sapientia urbs conditur[1]
Motto in English
A City is Built on Wisdom[1]
TypePrivate
Established2000
ChairmanAdmiral Tan Sri Dato' Setia Mohd Anwar Bin Hj Mohd Nor (Retired)
ChancellorBaroness Young of Hornsey OBE
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Shearer West
ProvostProfessor David FitzPatrick Interim Provost and CEO
Students4,300 [2]
Undergraduates4,016[2]
Postgraduates955[2]
232
Location
Semenyih
,
Selangor
,
Malaysia

2°56′42″N 101°52′26″E / 2.945°N 101.874°E / 2.945; 101.874
Campus48-hectare
ColoursThe University: Notts Blue
                           

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Nickname"Notts"
AffiliationsUniversitas 21,[3]

Sutton 13. ACU, EUA.

Universities UK
Websitenottingham.edu.my
Branch campus of the University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham Malaysia is a private university branch campus of the University of Nottingham. The university is situated in Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia. The university is rated ‘Competitive’ in the SETARA 2025 rating system by the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE).[4]

The university is also ranked 136th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, placing it among the top institutions out of 2,092 ranked universities worldwide.

In 2025, the university of ranked 136th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025.[5]

The campus is run as a company called The University of Nottingham Malaysia Sdn Bhd (473520-K) with the provost being dual hatted as the CEO. The majority shareholder is Boustead Holdings.

The Malaysia campus was the first campus of a British university in Malaysia and one of the first to open outside Britain thus earning the distinction of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2001 and the Queen's Award for Industry (International Trade) 2006.[6][7][8]

The University of Nottingham's other overseas campus is located in Ningbo, China.

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  3. ^ "The University of Nottingham". Universitas 21. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
  4. ^ "University of Nottingham Malaysia's Ranking & Reputation".
  5. ^ "University of Nottingham". Times Higher Education (THE). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Malaysia Campus - The University of Nottingham". Nottingham.ac.uk. The University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  7. ^ "It's in the bag ... Firms and uni win recognition from Queen". TMCNet. Northcliffe Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  8. ^ Baker, R. "Nottingham Evening Post Business Awards: Our Sponsors". This is Nottingham. Nottingham Post. Retrieved 31 March 2011.