National Defence University of Malaysia
Institution Profile
The history of Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) started with the establishment of the Malaysian Armed Forces Academy (Akademi Tentera Malaysia (ATMA)) on 1 Jun 1995 as an organization which is responsible to conduct Bachelor degree program and military training for Pegawai Kadet Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM).
The institution was also branded as the sole organization responsible in upgrading the knowledge and academic status of the armed forces by offering bachelor degree courses in fields of engineering, sciences and managements while not neglecting the basic requirements of military training.
The bachelor degree courses were accredited and awarded by University Teknologi Malaysia in the beginning. Lecturers – some from within the armed forces, some hired by the academy and the rest deputised by UTM where all were fully committed to changing the face of the Malaysian armed forces.
In November 10, 2006, ATMA’s responsibility was recognized and further given a boost when it was upgraded to university status creating the current. Although UPNM started its first intake in 2007/2008 session, it has actually possess the 11 years-old experience in conducting Bachelor degree program since 1995 to 2006 through collaboration in between the Ministry of Defence and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
There’s approximately 1017 students whom had graduated in three fields encompasses Engineering, Science and Management. Aside from obtaining professional qualitification, the graduants will be concurred with Malaysian Armed Forces officer (Pegawai ATM) and they will be working at various armed force unit in Tentera Darat, Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaysia dan Tentera Udara DiRaja Malaysia.
Category: Focused University
To be the premier defence university in the region for education, training and knowledge creation.
The premier national institution dedicated to producing intellectual leaders of character committed towards selfless service to the nation in furtherance of national strategic interests.
UPNM is committed to excellence in serving the nation as a premier defence university for leadership and professional development, knowledge dissemination and application of defence science and technology, as well as policy research.
- Quality integrated military education and training in producing graduates who exhibit excellence in the intellectual, leadership and professional domains without sacrificing the winning mentality.
- Instilling greater professionalism among the academics by stimulating the pursuit of scholarly excellence through a greater flourish of academic and policy research activities resulting in quality publications in refreed journals.
- Being an acknowledged center for policy research and post graduate studies in defence and security.
- Striving for R & D success through research collaboration with defence industries and other research organizations in creating new knowledge to enable the university to be the knowledge hub and consultancy for defence technology applications.
- Striving for enhanced internationalization and collaborative networking with reputable international universities and research centers.
- Transforming the organization to ensure greater cross functional coordination, good service delivery and customer focus so as to support UPNM’s effort to be a knowledge hub.
DUTY, HONOUR, INTEGRITY
(Kewajipan, Maruah, Integriti)
Courses
Diploma & Bachelor Degree
- Programmes & Entry Requirements
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Master & PhD
Contacts
You may contact respective faculties for inquiries.
Ketua Penolong Pendaftar
Bahagian Pengurusan Akademik
Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia
Kem Sg. Besi Perdana
57000 Kuala Lumpur
Telefon: 03-90513400
Faks: 03-90512657
Emel: akademik@upnm.edu.my
Web: www.upnm.edu.my
Pusat Pengajian Siswazah
Kompleks Pengajian Siswazah
Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia
Kem Sungai Besi, 57000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel. : (+603) 9051 3400 ext. 4541/3517/3516
Fax: (+603) 9051 3436
Campus
- Main Campus – Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur