overview

Universiti Teknologi MARA is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam. It was established to help rural Malays in 1956 as the RIDA (Rural & Industrial Development Authority) Training Centre and opened with around 50 students. It has since grown into the largest institution of higher education in Malaysia as measured by physical infrastructure, faculty and staff, and student enrollment.

The university comprises one main campus and 34 satellite campuses. It offers over 500 programmes taught in English that range from undergraduate to the postgraduate level. The school is home to some 170,514 full-time and part-time bumiputera and international students. Postgraduate programme is open for international students and bumiputera but not for non-bumiputera.