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Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (abbreviated as UTAR; simplified Chinese: 拉曼大学; traditional Chinese: 拉曼大學) is a non-profit private research university in Malaysia. UTAR ranked top 100 in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2018 and top 600 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, placing it overall 2nd in Malaysia only after University of Malaya. UTAR also ranked 13rd in QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022 for Graduate Employment Rate (Same score as Polytechnic University of Milan), 31st in UI GreenMetric Ranking Top 50 Under 50 2022 and 3rd in Malaysia for Nature Index Institution Research Output.UTAR is one of the Premier Digital Tech Universities that are recognized by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), focus on providing students with first-class theoretical and practical training to meet the nation's digital economy demands, and first Malaysian institution become part of Alibaba Cloud Academic Alliances.UTAR was established in June 2002 through the UTAR Education Foundation, a non-for-profit organisation, and a total of 411 students is enrolled in June 2002 for its first intake. As of January 2023, the university has grown to an enrolment more than 21,000 students and over 79,000 alumni. At the start, the university offered only eight honours degree programmes but now offers more than 131 programmes including foundation, undergraduate bachelor degrees, postgraduate master degrees as well as doctrate PhD programmes.As of 18th January 2023, UTAR have 9 faculties, 3 academic institutes, 3 academic centres, 35 research centres. In addition, UTAR had formal collaborative agreements with more than 317 universities and 234 industry partners from 31 countries including United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Russia, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Spain, Poland spanning the continents, providing a wide range of study opportunities for inbound and outbound students alike.The university has two campuses, the award-winning Kampar campus in the state of Perak and one in Sungai Long located within the Klang Valley in the state of Selangor.

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