Universiti Sains Malaysia

The university in a garden.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is a public university in Malaysia established in 1969. Their main campus is located in George Town, Penang Island, with additional campuses in Kepala Batas, Kelantan, and even one offering medical programs in Uttar Pradesh, India. USM boasts over 34,000 students and is well-recognized for its research activities.

For the past few years, USM has increased its efforts with regard to academic, research, industry and community networking activities and institutional collaborations.

USM remains the sole university in Malaysia to be awarded the Accelerated Programme for Excellence (APEX) status by the Ministry of Higher Education then, for its continuous implementation of various programmes and activities that relate and correspond to sustainability, the bottom billion as well as the United Nation (UN) Sustainable Development Goals.