Malaysia University of Science & Technology

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president = Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Omar Abdul Rahman
vice-president = Encik Badly Shah Bin Ariff Shah & Dr. Ahmad Bin Ibrahim
provost = Professor Dr. Mohd. Nizam Hj. Isa
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city = Petaling Jaya
state = Selangor
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country = Malaysia
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website = http://www.must.edu.my/

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Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST) was conceived and planned within the context of Malaysia's Second Industrial Master Plan (IMP2), in response to the Prime Minister's call for the creation of a world-class university to cater for the needs of the science and technology sector, towards Vision 2020. Despite the timely pronouncement of MUST in 1997, the economic downturn of 1998 significantly hampered the establishment and growth of the university. The idea was resurrected and deemed viable again only in December 2000 after MUST received financial assistance from the government in the form of a conditional grant to train highly skilled researchers and scientists for Malaysia in the areas of science, engineering and information technology especially biotechnology, energy, telecommunications, software applications, animation, and intelligent transportation systems.

MUST serves and operates as a not-for-profit, post-graduate research university. During its formative years it was assisted and supported by a team of Faculty and administrators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA, a world-renowned university noted for its education and research in advanced science and technology. This MIT team was paid approximately US $25 million (RM 100 million) for their services.

MUST aims to produce R&D leaders and critical thinkers in science and technology, to develop and manage cutting-edge indigenous technologies. It is a research-driven post-graduate university that is structured to "emulate" MIT's style of learning and training according to local standards. With this strategic partnership, MUST benefited from MIT's extensive expertise in nurturing a research culture that is vibrant, innovative and purposive to our local environment. Since it's first intake of MSc students, MUST has graduated approximately 60 students. In 2008, its overall student intake numbers about 5.

Among its near-term objectives, MUST seeks to emerge as a center of excellence dedicated to education and training in the areas of science and technology deemed relevant and critical to the needs of the country and region. It will do so through:

* Developing indigenous R&D capabilities and entrepreneurship and producing knowledge workers for the K-economy;

* Promoting innovation and creativity in the fields of science and technology hence helping Malaysian industry become more productive and globally competitive;

* Accelerating the development and application of multimedia technology in consonance with the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC).

The faculty of MUST comprises full-time and part-time adjunct professors, with a mixture of highly trained and well-experienced Malaysians and foreigners who meet the MIT team's standards and requirements.

The top management team of MUST consists of the President, VP Corporate Affairs / CFO, VP Academic Affairs and VP Industry Affairs.

MUST seeks to emerge as a center of academic and research excellence for a host of carefully selected areas of science and technology deemed relevant to the needs of Malaysia and its neighbors. It will achieve this through the creation and sustenance of critical mass in chosen areas of interest through working closely with world-renowned faculty of MIT and other internationally acclaimed universities.

As a research university, MUST encourages and builds a spirit of cooperation and open enquiry in our community of researchers and postgraduate students with both the public and the industrial sector of this region.

MUST is currently active in soliciting R&D sponsorship and forging strategic partnership with both local and international industries in pertinent niche area research through the establishment of Centers of Excellence in the areas of: Energy and Environment, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Multimedia, Automotive, Transportation and Logistics.