City University, Malaysia

City University
Former names
 City University College of Science and Technology
Type Private university
Established 1984
Chairman Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Mohd Sham Mohd Sani
Dean Professor A. Selvanathan
Director Professor Juhari Samidi
Address No.8, Jalan 223/51A, Selangor, Seksyen 51a, 46100 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Nickname CityU
Affiliations Malaysian Qualifications Agency, Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia)
Website www.city.edu.my

City University is a private university in Selangor, Malaysia. It was founded in April 1984 by a group of scholars in local public and overseas universities. Its chairman is Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Mohd Sham Mohd Sani,[1][2], the first Emeritus Professor and a former Vice Chancellor of National University of Malaysia.[3] Its head of academics is Professor Juhari Samidi, the former Dean of Accounting of Universiti Teknologi Mara[4]. Its head of research is Professor A. Selvanathan, [5] who served as Director of both Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia) and Commonwealth Secretariat [6], as Advisor to United Nations and as Professor of Southern Cross University. Its programs are accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency. City University is one of Malaysian universities that are officially recognized by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.[7][8]

Faculties and departments

The academic faculties at CityU are:

  • City Graduate School
  • Centre of Foundation Studies
  • Faculty of Art & Design
  • Faculty of Education & Liberal Studies
  • Faculty of Architecture & Built Environment
  • Faculty of Business
  • Faculty of Allied Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Hospitality & Tourism
  • Faculty of Information Technology

Partnerships

Academic partners

CityU's international academic partners include University of Central Oklahoma, Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Vatel, Anglia Ruskin University and Southern Cross University.[9] It partners with Jinan University to form an international think tank on Sino-Malaysian cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.[10]

International academic collaborations

CityU had collaborated with overseas universities to offer joint degree programmes in Malaysia, including:

Vatel's campus in Malaysia

Vatel international business school launched its campus in CityU in 2017.[15] CityU and Vatel jointly launched a degree programme in hospitality management on their Malaysian campus.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Pro Chancellor Forewords". City University.
  2. ↑ "582 graduan City University terima ijazah, diploma". 12 December 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Prof Sham Sani made emeritus professor". Thestar.com.my. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Former Dean". Universiti Teknologi Mara. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Relevance - Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia". 21 July 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "中国教育部承认的马来西亚高校名单". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "中华人民共和国政府和马来西亚政府 关于相互承认高等教育学历和学位的协定". Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese).
  9. ↑ "International partnership". City University. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "马来西亚城市大学校长一行访问我校 共商成立"一带一路"中马联合智库 - 暨南大学新闻网". news.jnu.edu.cn. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Malaysian Qualification Register". 2.mqa.gov.my. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Malaysian Qualification Register". 2.mqa.gov.my. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Malaysian Qualification Register". 2.mqa.gov.my. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Vatel Double Degree Programme - City University". City.edu.my. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "The Launch of VATEL KUALA LUMPUR". City University. Retrieved 7 June 2017.


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