Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is a Malaysian public research-intensive university in engineering, science and technology located in Skudai, Johor and it has a branch campus in Kuala Lumpur.

UTM is a graduate-focused university with 56% of its student population consisting of postgraduate students, the highest in Malaysia. As of 2015, UTM has more than 5,000 international students from more than 120 countries, the highest research university in Malaysia.

The history of UTM began in 1904 when a technical school began operation on Weld Road (now Jalan Raja Chulan) to teach Technical Assistants for the Federated Malay States Departments of Railways, Survey and Public Works. The school was known as Treacher Technical School, named after Sir William Treacher, the Resident General. Students took classes on a part-time basis; they worked and trained according to the technical needs of their employment.