Universiti Tun Abdul Razak

Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR) is Malaysia's first MSC-Status private university and it is named after Malaysia's second Prime Minister, the late YAB. Tun Abdul Razak. It is an ISO 9001:2000-certified private university in Malaysia. UNITAR combines face-to-face classes with the effective use of web-based courseware and online tutorials.

UNITAR started its operation on 18 December 1997 when it received the invitation letter to set up a university from the then Minister of Education, Najib Tun Razak (now Prime Minister). The university welcomed its first batch of 162 students in September 1998. Najib Tun Razak launched the university on 21 December 1998 at Kelana Jaya Study Centre, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. In 2006, UNITAR is wholly owned by the Tun Abdul Razak Educational Foundation (Yayasan PINTAR) which is a foundation chaired by Najib himself.

UNITAR currently has 2 campuses: PINTAR campus in Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya and Tun Razak City Campus in Kuala Lumpur. UNITAR new vision is to become the leading institution in providing quality education and human capital in niche areas or body knowledge among emerging economies. The University also intends to enhance its cooperation and collaborative networks through strategic alliances with top-ranking international universities, renowned in their respective fields.

PINTAR campus

Faculties

Business Administration
Information Technology
Education and Social Science
Hospitality and Tourism Management

Centre

Centre for Languages and General Studies

Tun Razak City campus

Schools

Bank Rakyat School of Entrepreneurship
Graduate School
School of Government
Graduate School of Business

Centre

Centre for Executive Education

International Collaborations

Babson College, United States
University of Melbourne, Australia
Toulouse Business School, France
Griffith University, Australia
Macquarie University, Australia
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
University Makasar, Indonesia
University of South Australia, Australia
Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Hebei Normal University, China
Euromed Marseille, France

Translation

The phrase "Universiti Tun Abdul Razak" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Malay.