
Academics in the institution have conducted extensive researches that produced several engineering and scientific patents, which translate to Malaysian pride. Additional research centres had been established, while the institution had maintained a place among the 200 best universities in the “QS World University Rankings” across the globe.

I also found this resourcefulness replicated in the public universities, in particular at UM. I thought this must be the result of leadership ingenuity.


I had been in Malaysia only a year before, but I could not fathom how, in just a few months, gigantic infrastructural developments had replaced the ubiquitous palm tree plantations across the countryside.
