Date established (incorporated)

24th December 1992.(the first public university to be etablished in the state of Sarawak)

Campus Site

Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia (about 25 km from the city of Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak

Present Vice Chancellor

Professor Dr Khairuddin Bin Ab Hamid

Student’s enrolments – 2008/2009

Undergraduate : 6,500
Post-graduate : 613

Total : 7,113

Breakdown of Postgraduate Students (As at 2 September 2008)

Masters by Research : 270
Masters by Coursework : 262
Ph.D : 81

Staff Population (full-time) (as of December 2009)

Academic : 704
Management : 155
Support : 1093

Total : 1952

Faculties

1. Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts (FACA)
2. Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development (FCSHD)
3. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FCSIT)
4. Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
5. Faculty of Engineering (FE)
6. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS)
7. Faculty of Resource Science and Technology (FRST)
8. Faculty of Social Science (FSS)

Centres

1. Centre for Language Studies (CLS)
2. Centre for Academic Information Services (CAIS)
3. Centre for Student Development (CSD)
4. Centre for Technology Transfer and Consultancy (CTTC)
5. Centre for Information and Communication Technology Services (CICTS)
6. Centre for Applied Learning and Multimedia (CALM)
7. Research and Innovation Management Centre (RIMC)
8. Centre for Graduate Studies (CGS)

Institute

1. Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (IBEC)
2. Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS)
3. Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM)

Number of Academic Staff by Faculty/Centre (as of November 2009)

Undergraduate Degree Programmes

• International Economics
• Industrial Economics
• Marketing
• Finance
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Systems
• Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
• Electronics and Computer Engineering
• Chemical Enginering
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Human Resource Development
• Cognitive Science
• Resource Biotechnology
• Resource Chemistry
• Aquatic Resource Science and Management
• Plant Resource Science and Management
• Animal Resource Science and Management
• Information Systems
• Network Computing
• Software Engineering
• Computational Science
• Multimedia Computing
• International Studies
• Industrial Relations and Labour Studies
• Social Work Studies
• Communication Studies
• Development Planning and Management
• Politics and Government Studies
• Fine Arts
• Design Technology
• Cinematography
• Music
• Arts Management

Postgraduate Programmes (By Course Work)

1. Corporate Master of Business Administration (CMBA)
2. Master of Advanced Information Technology (MAIT)
3. Master of Environmental Management/Master of Environmental Science (Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management Malaysia-SLUSE-M)
4. Master of Science in Human Resource Development (HRD)
5. Master of Public Health (MPH)

Postgraduate Programmes (By Research)

The University offers a wide range of Masters and PhD Degrees by research in a broad range of area, offered in all faculties and institute. Currently over 150 different areas of studies are undertaken by students in these programmes.

Research

UNIMAS commitment to research has been recognised by the stakeholders and partners in industry through provision of endowments for the establishment of eight research chairs; these include the:

• Tun Zaidi Chair for Medicinal Chemistry
• Tun Openg Chair for Sago Technology
• Shell Chair for Environmental Studies
• Sapura Chair for ICT
• Nusantara Chair for Socio-anthropological Studies

UNIMAS has also been successful in securing numerous research grants from the Government (e.g. the IRPA grants) as well as other grants for contract research from local and international agencies. Some of the recent grants secured from international agencies include:

• Wellcome Trust grant
• Computerised Automative Technology Reconfiguration System for Mass Customisation (CATER)
• Carbon-Climate Human Interactions in Tropical Peatlands (CARBOPEAT)
• PEATWISE

Centres of Excellence

• The Malaria Research Centre
• The Centre for Water Research
• Rural Informatics
• Image Analysis and Spatial Technologies

International Awards Received (in recent years) in Research/Innovations

• Industry Innovators Award for System Development and Applications awarded by Society for Satellite Professional International (E-Bario Project)
• E Asia Award under category Bridging Digital Divide (E-Bario Project)
• Mondialogo Engineering Award 2005 : Special Jury Recognition Award
• 34th Geneva International Invention Exposition 2006 – Special Award, Gold, Silver and Bronze
• Gold Medal for E-Bario Project - Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM), 2006, Australia

International Linkages

54 international partners worldwide

Centre for Academic Information Services (CAIS)

• Users can access the Centre's collection through Web OPAC, an online public access catalog.
• CAIS has subscribed to both Online and CD-ROM databases. In addition to printed material and e-books, CAIS has subscribed to a growing number of e-journals to further enhance the accessibility of information and knowledge.
• New Integrated Library System, which consists of 3 main subsystems i.e. Library Management System Millennium, Materials Flow Management System and Extended Modules.
• Total area of building: 22,600 square metres, spreads over 5 floors. It is a contemporary building specially designed to be one of the pull centres in the campus. The Centre offers a variety of services and facilities such as a big exhibition area, an auditorium, seminar rooms, discussion rooms, computer laboratories, carrel rooms, media room, 24-hour reading room as well as chill-out rooms.
• As at 21 October 2009, CAIS has the following:

Volumes Of Books : 177, 476

Sets Of Media Materials : 9, 465

Journal Titles (Print and Electronic): 31, 613

E-books : 1, 016, 090