Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is the ninth Malaysian public university located in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, established on 24 November 1994.

Although UMS was established in 1994, UMS was only able to admit the first batch of 205 students in the following year. UMS was once situated at the site of the present University College of Sabah Foundation in Sembulan and, then, at the site of the present temporary Sabah Campus of Aminuddin Baki Institute in Manggatal.

UMS only has a permanent campus at Likas Bay in 2000. Before the completion of Kota Kinabalu Campus, Labuan Campus was earlier opened in 1999. In 2011, UMS got another campus dedicated for agriculture in Sandakan