KUALA LUMPUR – Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC), which has a main campus here and five branch campuses elsewhere in the country, has been upgraded to become the newest full-fledged university in Malaysia.
The Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT) will continue to serve the community through a wide range of activities, said Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, who is chairman of the TAR College Education Foundation’s board of trustees.
“It would be a university for the people, regardless of race, class and creed,” he said in a Facebook post following a ceremony to mark the upgrade today.
The MCA president added that a lot of hard work has been put in over the last 53 years to build the institution, which started as Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) into a respected entity of university status.
He expressed gratitude to Tun Tan Siew Sin, the late former president of MCA, for the foundation he laid for the college, along with various others including the past chairman of the board of directors, board members, past presidents, teaching staff, alumni associations, the government and the public.
“With strong support, from TARC to TAR UC and finally, we have reached the achievement of being upgraded to a university today,” he added.
Wee said TAR UMT aims to be a prestigious centre for talent development.
“It will help our country to play an important role in formulating the Asean Digital Masterplan,” he said.
TARC was set up in 1969 and upgraded to a university college in 2013.
In 2013, it was renamed after Malaysia’s first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj and upgraded to a university college.
It has a student population of 28,000. The branch campuses are in Penang, Perak, Johor, Pahang and Sabah. – The Vibes, April 12, 2022
