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International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM)
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The International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) is a private publicly-funded university in Malaysia. The main IIUM campus is located in Gombak, Selangor. IIUM is sponsored by eight different governments from the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Although the university was founded on Islamic principles, it admits non-Muslim students as well.
IIUM was first conceived in 1982 by then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during a special meeting between OIC leaders to establish an international institution for tertiary education based on Islamic principles (the Islamization of Knowledge). It was officially opened on 10 May 1983 at Petaling Jaya, with the late Tun Hussein Onn elected as the first president.
IIUM is a private university and operates under the direction of a Board of Governors with representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) as well as eight sponsoring governments. Nevertheless, the Constitutional Head, President and Rector of this international university are all Malaysians. The current Constitutional Head is the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Hj Ahmad Shah al-Musta'in Billah. (The central mosque is named in his honour.)
Presently, the university has moved to a sprawling 700 acre (2.8 km²) campus at Gombak, Kuala Lumpur. The original campus in Petaling Jaya has been converted to a matriculation centre. Apart from these two campuses, IIUM has another two campuses—the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, about 250 km east in the state of Pahang; ISTAC might more properly be referred to as a research institute rather than a campus. Nevertheless it comes within the administration of the University.
IIUM has 10 faculties, called 'kulliyyah' in the University after the Arabic—the only institution in Malaysia to call them as such. Two faculties unique to IIUM are the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL) and the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS). Other courses offered include various disciplines of engineering, architecture, information technology, biological and chemical sciences, and economics and management sciences.
The faculties (kulliyyah) of IIUM are:
* Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws
* Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
* Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences
* Kulliyyah of Engineering
* Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design
* Kulliyyah of Science
* Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology
* Institute of Education
* Centre of Languages and Pre-University Academic Development
IIUM was first conceived in 1982 by then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during a special meeting between OIC leaders to establish an international institution for tertiary education based on Islamic principles (the Islamization of Knowledge). It was officially opened on 10 May 1983 at Petaling Jaya, with the late Tun Hussein Onn elected as the first president.
IIUM is a private university and operates under the direction of a Board of Governors with representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) as well as eight sponsoring governments. Nevertheless, the Constitutional Head, President and Rector of this international university are all Malaysians. The current Constitutional Head is the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Hj Ahmad Shah al-Musta'in Billah. (The central mosque is named in his honour.)
Presently, the university has moved to a sprawling 700 acre (2.8 km²) campus at Gombak, Kuala Lumpur. The original campus in Petaling Jaya has been converted to a matriculation centre. Apart from these two campuses, IIUM has another two campuses—the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, about 250 km east in the state of Pahang; ISTAC might more properly be referred to as a research institute rather than a campus. Nevertheless it comes within the administration of the University.
IIUM has 10 faculties, called 'kulliyyah' in the University after the Arabic—the only institution in Malaysia to call them as such. Two faculties unique to IIUM are the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL) and the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS). Other courses offered include various disciplines of engineering, architecture, information technology, biological and chemical sciences, and economics and management sciences.
The faculties (kulliyyah) of IIUM are:
* Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws
* Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
* Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences
* Kulliyyah of Engineering
* Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design
* Kulliyyah of Science
* Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology
* Institute of Education
* Centre of Languages and Pre-University Academic Development
Categories: university, invisible
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Islamic_University_Malaysia
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 3°15'13"N 101°44'10"E
- University of Malaya (UM) 17 km
- University Putra Malaysia (UPM) 27 km
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Puncak Alam Campus 33 km
- National University of Malaysia (UKM) 35 km
- Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM) 45 km
- Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (Sultan Azlan Shah Campus) 59 km
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Rembau Campus 83 km
- International Islamic University Malaysia Kuantan Campus 186 km
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) 280 km
- University of Riau 311 km
- Klang Gates Dam 3 km
- Taman Seri Gombak 3.9 km
- Site 4.3 km
- Mimaland (Abandoned) 4.3 km
- Batu Dam (Reservoir) 6.5 km
- Hutan Lipur Sungai Tua 7.9 km
- Gombak District 11 km
- Hulu Langat District 24 km
- Bentong 31 km
- Selangor 39 km
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