UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

The Universiti Putra Malaysia , better known as UPM, can trace its origins to the School of Agriculture which was instituted on 21st May 1931. In 1942 the School was upgraded to the College of Agriculture. In 1948 it was proposed that the College be upgraded to a university. However, the proposal was shelved due to the declaration of Emergency in the middle of the year. In 1960, the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Malaya was established, and in 1962 it was upgraded to Agricultural College of Malaya. The establishment of an Agricultural University of Malaysia was proposed in 1969 and was enacted on 4th October 1971. It started its operation with three faculties and since then has been continuously growing.

Today the University has ten faculties and six centres, enrolling more than 14000 students in 24 bachelor programmes, ten diploma programmes, one professional diploma programme, one pre-diploma programme, and several graduate studies programmes at Master’s and Ph.D. levels.

Presently the University has two campuses. The main University Campus has been established on 1200 hectors of lush green plateau near Serdang, a small town about 23 kilometres from Kuala-Lumpore, the capital city of Malaysia. The other Campuse is in Kuala Terengganu (Terengganu). In addition to these two campuses, the University also operates a number of stations/farms at various locations throughout Peninsular Malaysia.

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