Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

On 10 June 2002, UTAR welcomed its first intake of 411 students to its former Petaling Jaya Campus.

On 13 August 2002, Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, then Prime Minister of Malaysia, officially launched UTAR. The University was then officially established and until today, it is still under the UTAR Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation.

On 16 November 2009, UTAR established its Faculty of Medicine and Health Science (FMHS) to educate and train medical students to provide quality healthcare services. The programmes offered in the Faculty include degree and postgraduate studies in Chinese Medicine, MBBS, Nursing, and Physiotherapy. The pioneer batch of FMHS medical students graduated in August 2015. This was a milestone achievement for the University.

As UTAR strategizes to progress and prepare to fulfill the nation’s requirements in the years ahead, the University recently embarked on the exciting journey of setting-up a hospital in Kampar offering both contemporary western medicine and traditional and complementary medicine (TCM).

UTAR now offers over 110 programmes in fields including Accounting, Business and Economics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics and Process Management, Agriculture and Food Science, Arts, Social Sciences and Education, Creative Industries and Design, Engineering and Built Environment, Information and Communication Technology, Life and Physical Sciences, and Medicine and Health Sciences to about 24,000 students in its nine faculties, three institutes and three centres located in the main campus in Kampar and in Sungai Long.