​Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Office

UTP prides itself on not just offering a range of courses but aims to delight with multiple choices of academic pathways. Our courses carry a deep insight into the needs of our target groups.

Under the guidance of UTP's Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic (DVCA), Professor Ir. Dr. Hilmi bin Mukhtar, UTP’s academic curriculum has been designed with a consistent dedication to achieving excellence across a wide spectrum of academic and work-life environments. 

UTP offers 55 diverse programmes. This comprised one foundation course, 14 Bachelor’s degree courses and 40 postgraduate programmes. The postgraduate programmes consist of 12 MSc by Coursework, 6 MSc by Coursework via Online Distance Learning (ODL), 11 MSc by Research and 11 PhD. All these were designed to address the needs of the industry.

UTP has produced more than 19,000 graduates. It currently has an enrolment of more than 5,000 local students and 700 international students that comprises of 800 foundation students, more than 4,000 undergraduates and over 1,000 postgraduates from more than 50 countries around the world.

All programmes in UTP are supported by Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science & Information Technology, Centre for Foundation Studies (CFS), Centre for Graduate Studies (CGS), Centre for Academic Excellence (CAdEX), and Information Resource Centre (IRC). 

 
UTP ensures that all our programmes produce well-rounded graduates by enriching their experience through multi-mode delivery, Adjunct Lectures, Engineering Team Project, Student Internship Programme and many more.

All our programmes are acrredited by MQA and also accredited by:

Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC)

• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Computer Engineering

Malaysia Board of Technologits (MBOT) 

• Information Technology
• Information Systems
• Computer Science

The Royal Society of Chemistry

• Applied Chemistry

UTP continously take a strategic look at creating holistic, entrepreneurial and balanced graduates who would remain lifelong learners. The emphasis is to achieve financial sustainability and develop innovative educational ecosystems that would assure us sustainable global prominence. 

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)

• Ranked 439^th​ in the QS World University Rankings 2021
• Ranked 70^th in the QS Asia University Rankings 2021
• Ranked 230^th in the 2021 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
  
  UTP was ranked in 10 subjects (additional two subjects than last year’s rankings):
  
  i. Top 50 for Petroleum Engineering - ranked 23^rd in the world and 1^st in the nation
  ii. Top 50 for Mineral Engineering –- ranked 47^th worldwide and ranked 1^st in the nation
  iii. Top 150 for Chemical Engineering (ranked 3^rd in the nation)
  iv. Top 200 for Civil Engineering (ranked 6^th in the nation)
  v. Top 250 for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ranked 6^th in the nation)
  vi. Top 300 for Mechanical Engineering (ranked 6^th in the nation)
  vii. Top 450 for Computer Science and Information Systems (ranked 6^th in the nation)
  viii. Top 550 for Chemistry (ranked 7^th in the nation)
  ix. Top 500 for Business and Management Studies – new entrant (ranked 12^th in the nation)
  x. Top 600 for Physics – new entrant (ranked 6^th in the nation)

• Ranked at the 61-70 band in the QS Top 50 under 50 2021

Times Higher Education (THE)

• Ranked 601-800 in the THE World University Rankings

• Ranked 124^th in the THE Asia University Rankings 2020

• Ranked 101-150 in the THE Young University Rankings 2020
• Ranked 62^ndin the THE Emerging Economies Rankings 2021

Malaysia Research Assessment Rating System (MyRA)

• Retained its six-star rating (the highest performance level) in MyRA for its research development and commercialisation programme.

Rating System for Malaysian Higher Education (SETARA)

• Rated Six Star or outstanding status in SETARA 2018/2019.

Our wide range of Advisory Boards provides expert insights into the opportunities, challenges and strategies for sustained prominence in terms of academic research, educational excellence and financial resilience:

1. Industry Advisory Panel (IAP)
2. International External Examiners
3. Academic Advisory Council
4. Expert Panel Workshop
5. Adjunct Professors

In today’s fast evolving and competitive environment, UTP continues to distinguish itself for its academic excellence by responding strategically to the needs of industry and community in four ways; close stakeholder engagement, employ a range of delivery modes for academic courses and increase digitised platform for teaching and learning and a close scrutiny and review of the curriculum.