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Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) has been around Malaysia for only 6 years, yet it has gained a reputation from many people all over the nation as a university of diverse courses with attractive lower fees compared to other universities in the Country.

The establishment of UTAR began after KTAR was built in Setapak by The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) on 15 September 1952. Today, KTAR has an enrollment of about 33,000 students taking 110 courses on that 191-acre piece of land.

On 5 July 2001, MCA was invited by the Minister of Education, YB Tan Sri Musa Muhammad to establish UTAR. A steering committee, chaired by YABhg Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik was formed to draw out the blueprint. A working committee led by YABhg Tan Sri Dr Ng Lay Swee, who was then the principal of KTAR, prepared working papers for the formation of UTAR. After months of meetings, deliberations and research, a framework emerged.

UTAR would comprise the following:

1. Faculty of Accountancy and Management
2. Faculty of Arts and Social Science
3. Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
4. Faculty of Engineering and Science
5. Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
6. Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research
7. Centre for Extension Education

on 13 August 2002, UTAR was officially launced.

Today, the campus can be found in three places. Asia Jaya campus with two faculties which are Faculty of Arts and Social Science, and Faculty of Information & Communication Technology; Setapak campus with Faculty of Engineering and Science and Faculty of Medicine and Health Science; and Bandar Sungai Long campus with Faculty of Accountacy Management.

Why is UTAR so great? Because I,Malaysian! team are all from there. We are all from the Faculty of Accountacy Management in the Bandar Sungai Long campus studying different degrees relating to business studies. UTAR is now packed with many students. In our faculty alone, there are about 6000 students! Just in one faculty! Imagine that...

A new campus of UTAR has been constructed in Kampar, Perak. June has marked a historical event for UTAR as the new campus is now being opened to students to carry on with their varied studies. Kampar will become the main campus of UTAR in a few years to come, disowning other present campuses in Setapak, PJ, and Sungai Long to accommodate the campus with every faculty, every course they provide and every single fellow student.

We are proud of UTAR. Malaysia is proud of UTAR.

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