Taylor's University


Taylor's University is a private university in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is often regarded as Malaysia's top private university in Malaysia based on the Quacquarelli Symonds Rankings,.
It was founded in 1969 as a college, was awarded university college status in 2006, and university status in 2010.
Taylor's University is a member of the Taylor's Education Group.

History

The first campus was located at a building in Jalan Pantai, Kuala Lumpur offering the Victorian Higher School Certificate programme for a student population of 345. In 1985, Taylor's moved to its second campus in PJ New Town. Four years later, the Subang Jaya Campus was launched and two new pre-university programmes were introduced: the Canadian Pre-University Programme and South Australian Matriculation.
By 1990, more programmes were introduced, including the American Degree Programme; Architecture, Quantity Surveying and Construction; Business, Accounting, Marketing and Finance; Cambridge A Level; Computer Science, Software Engineering and IT; Engineering; Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts; and the Taylor's Business Foundation.
In 2001, the fourth campus in Wisma Subang housing the Taylor's Business School was launched. The following year, Taylor's College Petaling Jaya became the fifth campus at Leisure Commerce Square, and Taylor's School of Hospitality and Tourism was relocated from Kuala Lumpur to this new campus. TCPJ also housed the School of Communication, School of Architecture, Building and Design, and Taylor's School of Computing. In 2004, the sixth campus was launched in Subang Square housing the American Degree Programme.
More expansion came with the launch of the seventh campus in Sri Hartamas in 2008. This campus was able to accommodate 800 students and ran the Cambridge A Level programme, South Australian Matriculation programme and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
Work commenced on the RM450 million Taylor's University Lakeside Campus in Subang Jaya in early 2007 and was completed in 2010.
In January 2018, Taylor’s College was moved to the Lakeside Campus.

Lakeside Campus

Taylor's University established its Lakeside Campus in 2010 to accommodate the ever-expanding number of students. On the grounds of the campus itself lies Syopz, a commercial block with restaurants and shops. U Residence, the official accommodation for students, is also located there.
In 2011, Taylor’s received the Special Honour Award from the Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia in Category 3: Professional Awards in Landscape Design and Planning. The Lakeside Campus was awarded in all three building categories of Interior Design, Architecture and Landscape.

Facilities

Academic facilities

Taylor's Lakeside Campus has two hostels for on-campus student accommodation.
The hostel offers other services such as 24-hour multi-level security, resident housemaster, housekeeping services, recreational areas, common kitchen, laundromat and maintenance support.
Additional accommodation are available off-campus, located within the vicinity of the campus and the Subang Jaya area.

Faculties and academic profile

Taylor’s University offers undergraduate degrees, post-graduate degrees, and professional programmes. There are 16 Schools and four faculties, each led by an Executive Dean.
As of 2019, field majors offered in both the undergraduate and postgraduate frameworks of Taylor's University are:
The Taylor's University Research and Enterprise department is segregated into three components: Centre for Higher Degrees by Research – managing postgraduate research programmes with the Schools; Centre for Research Management – focuses on providing information and services for grant applications, management and tracking of grants, assess research progress and overall coordination of the university’s strategic research objectives; and the Centre for Knowledge Transfer & Commercialisation – leveraging on intellectual capital to commercialise products from research findings.
Currently, Taylor's University has engaged in five research clusters:
Consisting of Taylor's University and Taylor's College, Taylor's has educated more than 65,000 students.
Taylor's pioneered the Taylor's Graduate Capabilities initiative in 2018. This approach emphasises a student-centred curriculum, aiming to produce graduates who not only possess academic and theoretical knowledge but supplementary qualities such as leadership, creativity, and teamwork.

Rankings

Quacquarelli Symonds rankings

Since 2016, Taylor's University has been ranked within the Quacquarelli Symonds Rankings, starting with the QS Asia University Rankings. Taylor's University holds the following positions within the QS Rankings:
Taylor's University was also awarded the 5-star overall rating in the QS Stars University Ratings, and is one of few Malaysian universities to be awarded the QS Star for Online Learning.

Other recognition

Politics

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