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1 BACKGROUND OF UTeM

1.1 HISTORY

On December 1 , 2000, the Ministry of Education of Malaysia has officially approved the
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establishment of a new public university in the name of Kolej Universiti Teknikal Kebangsaan
Malaysia (KUTKM). The establishment of KUTKM is to fulfil the needs of prospective industries
on professional manpower in technical areas that not only have sound academic ability, but
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also competent and highly technical skilled. As the 14 public higher learning institution
established in Malaysia, KUTKM has experienced many challenges and impediments in order
to be a renowned university. KUTKM supports application-oriented approach and practice.

On February 1 , 2007, KUTKM has been renamed the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
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(UTeM). From the beginning of the establishment, UTeM has upheld and maintained technical
education programmes which fulfil the needs of current industries. The students of UTeM come
from diverse backgrounds which include science, technical and vocational streams.

1.2 LOCATION

From 2001 to 2005, UTeM, which was then known as KUTKM, was located in renovated
shophouses in Taman Tasik Utama, Ayer Keroh. These renovated shophouses consist of the
university administrative offices, lecture halls, laboratories, staff rooms along with student
accommodation.

On June 10 , 2001, KUTKM began offering academic programmes with pioneer student
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intake of 348 students. At present, UTeM has seven Faculties that offer programmes in
Diploma and Degree levels. The faculties are:
a. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM)
b. Faculty of Electronics & Computer Engineering (FKEKK)
c. Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FKE)
d. Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering (FKP)

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