Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) is a public university in Malaysia with a main campus in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. Formerly known as Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia (KUIM) which was established in 1998, USIM has nine faculties with 32 undergraduate programmes in economy, law, syariah, language, da'wah, management, Quran & Sunnah, Fiqh, counselling, communication, medicine, science and information technology, dentistry and accounting.

KUIM was made a public university on 13 March 1998. The university started operation in January 2000 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi. The first enrolment for KUIM began on 18 June 2000 in a temporary location at Institut Professional Baitulmal, Kuala Lumpur. In January 2002, KUIM moved again to another temporary campus in Tower A and B, Persiaran MPAJ, Pandan Indah at Kuala Lumpur. On 15 July 2005, KUIM moved to its permanent campus at Nilai, while the medical faculty remained at Kuala Lumpur. KUIM was officially upgraded to university status on 1 February 2007.

The objectives of USIM are to uphold Islamic studies, bring Islamic studies into the national main education stream, and emphasise the use of information technology in education and research systems. Focus is also put in mastering Arabic and English language as well as the national language.