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PETRONAS University of Technology (English) | |
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| Motto | Energising Futures |
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| Type | Privateresearch university |
| Established | 10 January 1997 |
| Chancellor | Tan Sri Dr.Hassan Marican |
| President | Ir. Mohamed Firouz Asnan |
| Provost | Professor Dato' Ts. Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Mutalib[1] |
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| Undergraduates | Over 6000[2] |
| Postgraduates | Over 1200[2] |
| Location | ,, Malaysia |
| Campus | 1,000 acres (400 ha)[3] |
| Colours | Blue sapphire and gold[4] |
| Nickname | UTP |
| Affiliations | ASAIHL |
| Website | www |
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Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) is a private MalaysianResearch university established in 10 January 1997. It is wholly owned by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia's oil and gas multinational corporation. The campus is built on 400 hectares (990 acres) in the new township ofSeri Iskandar,Perak,Malaysia. The university conducts research activities in collaboration with PETRONAS on six research areas. They are self-sustainable building, transport infrastructure, health analytics, hydrocarbon recovery, contaminant management and autonomous system. In 2023, the university was rated as the best university in Malaysia according toTimes Higher Education World University Rankings.[5]
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| QS World[6] | =251 (2026) |
| THE World[7] | 201-250th |
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| THE Asia[8] | 43rd |
In 1997, UTP was established in Perak, Malaysia whenPETRONAS was invited by theGovernment of Malaysia to set up a university.[10][11] Setting up a university from scratch poses formidable challenges, and the first step was taken in December 1998 with the completion of the UTP academic master plan. This acted as the basis for the physical master plan studies and registration or accreditation of degree programmes. The process of master planning was completed in 2002 and the construction of the area under consideration was completed in August 2004.
UTP governing body has just been restructured in Q2 of 2025.
The university site is located one kilometre from the village of Tronoh, a former mining town in the Perak Tengah district ofPerak, the largest state on the west coast of the peninsula. The 2 site lies within the commercial corridor betweenKuala Lumpur and Penang, some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the town of Batu Gajah and 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the city of Ipoh.[12] A total amount of 7.3MWpsolar panel were installed at its building rooftop.[13]
The new academic complex was designed byFoster and Partners, and the first-phase construction was completed in 2004.[12] The design received anAga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007. The overall layout of the new academic complex is in the shape of a five-pointed star made up by five semicircles. The new academic complex was officially opened by the former chairman ofPETRONAS and ITPSB Board, YBhg Tun Azizan Zainul Abidin. Currently, almost all of the academic activities have been shifted to the new campus. A ‘star concept’ diagram, overlaying vision, site, programme and quality, was used as a template to zone various facilities and initiate the preliminary design.[12]
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