ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

       IIUM WAS OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED ON 20 mAY 1983 WHEN THE UNIVERSITY RECEIVED ITS 'ESTABLISHMENT ORDER' FROM HIS MAJESTY THE YANG di-PERTUAN AGONG, HIS MAJESTY SULTAN HAJI AHMAD SHAH AL-MUSTA'IN BILLAH IBNI AL-MARHUM SULTAN ABU BAKAR RI'AYATUDDIN AL-MU'ADZAM SHAH, AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATIC NOTES OF CO-SPONSORSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA (HOST COUNTRY) AND A NUMBER OF MUSLIM GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC).

           THE UNIVERSITY HAS FOUR CAMPUSES. THE MAIN CAMPUS, WHICH IS IN KUALA LUMPUR CAMPUS, IS LOCATED ON A 288-HECTARE SITE IN GOMBAK NEAR KUALALUMPUR, THE NATION'S CAPITAL, AND THE KULIYYAH OF MEDICINE ON A 400-HECTARE SITE IN KUANTAN, ON THE EAST COAST OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA, WHILE THE IIUM MATRICULATION CENTRE IS LOCATED IN PETALING JAYA. THE FOURTH CAMPUS IS THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION OR ISTAC AND IS LOCATED IN DAMANSARA HEIGHT, KUALA LUMPUR.

THE UNIVERSITY HAS 13 FACULTIES. THESE ARE :

 TOGETHER THEY PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF INTERNATIONALLY DEGREE AND POST GRADUATE DEGREE COURSES IN A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHICH CONTAINS WELL EQUIPPED AND MODERN TEACHING AND RESEARCH FACILITIES. THE LECTURERS OF IIUM COME FROM MORE THAN 43 COUNTRIES THROUGH OUT THE WORLD AND ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED IN THEIR ACADEMIC FIELDS.

IIUM IS THE ONLY PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN MALAYSIA WHICH USES ENGLISH IN TEACHING PROGRAMMES AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, WHILE ARABIC IS ALSO USED IN THE KULLIYYAH OF ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN SCIENCES.

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