Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia


Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia is a public university in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. It was formerly known as Institut Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn and Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn. Along with other public university colleges, KUiTTHO was promoted to full university status since year 2007. The name UTHM was officially launched by the then education minister, Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein.
UTHM is also a member of Malaysian Technical University Network.

History

Establishment

The establishment history of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia started off on 16 September 1993. The university was formerly known as Pusat Latihan Staf Politeknik. The core business of PLSP then was to train and produce polytechnics academic staff in various engineering fields. The training institute was jointly administered by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and the Ministry of Education Malaysia.
Three years later, PLSP was upgraded to Institut Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn. Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak who was then the Minister of Education made the official announcement of the new status on 12 April 1996. This promotion is an acknowledgment to the institution that has excelled in producing human resources for technical education.
On 27 September 2000, the institute achieved another milestone when the Malaysian government agreed to award a university-college status to the institute. This was to recognise its contributions in science and technology-based development as well as in helping the nation to achieve its aspiration. With the new status, the institution was known as Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn and the official announcement was made by Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Musa bin Mohamed, the then Minister of Education.
The Malaysian government, on 20 September 2006, agreed to award the university-college a full university status and changed its name to Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. On 1 February 2007, Datuk Mustapha Mohamed, the Minister of Higher Education officially announced the change of status. Subsequently, Dato’ Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein Onn then made the official declaration of the change of name on 2 March 2007.

Changes of names

There are eight faculties and three academic centres as follows.
List of programmes offered in UTHM:

Diploma programs

Diploma level of studies are offered to applicants with SPM/SPMV or equivalent certification.

Degree programs

Degree level of studies are offered to applicants with STPM/STAM / Matriculation / diploma / equivalent certification.

Postgraduate programs

UTHM offers Doctor of Philosophy and Master's degree programs on a full-time and part-time basis.

Offshore programs

UTHM offshore programs are offered at UTHM campuses in Kota Bharu, Arau, Jitra, Kuantan, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Beranang and Dungun. For the time being, programs offered are only at master's degree level.

Executive programs

These programs are designed for working people at mid-career professionals from the public sector, international organisations, business and civil society organisations. The Executive Programs are organised on a flexible, credit-accumulation basis that can be completed within 6 months or more. Programs are offered in full-time as well as part-time modes.

Short courses

Short courses programs are designed to enhance applicants knowledge and skill from introductory to advanced levels.

Residential colleges

In UTHM, hostels for students are called "Kolej Kediaman", or "KK". This term was first used when the institution received its "university" title. The former term was "desasiswa". The residential college can be divided into two categories, residential colleges inside the campus and outside the campus.
Inside campus:
Outside campus:
The Tunku Tun Aminah Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Malaysia. The building has four floors, with 16,000 square meters of total floor area. It can accommodate as many as 300,000 books and 3,000 users. It provides a spacious and conducive learning environment.
The library has 100 carrel rooms, 40 discussion rooms, 2 seminar rooms, a postgraduate research room, an auditorium, a closed reference room, a journal room and a 24-hour reading room. It provides a variety reference sources including printed and electronic material, especially in the areas of civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, information technology, education, science, social sciences, management and languages. The library has more than 200,000 books, 10,000 titles of these, 40 titles of printed journals, 380 titles of e-journals, 50 titles of magazines, and 22,000 items of audio-visual material. The library also subscribes to 26 online databases services with access to more than 120,000 journal titles and 4 e-books services giving access to 80,000 titles of books.
The library initiated an automation project in 1997. Currently, the library is using the SirsiDynix Symphony integrated library system to manage its operations, automate tasks and improve staff productivity.

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