UCSI University is a comprehensive university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The University has been consistently moving up its rankings and has distinguished itself as a higher learning institution with years of track record in providing educational excellence since its establishment. In the QS World University Rankings 2021, UCSI climbed 51 spots to be ranked 391, placing among the world’s top 400 varsities . Its music school – Institute of Music – is a top 100 in the world and Malaysia’s foremost school in the area of performing arts twice in a row UCSI is also Asia’s fastest rising university and is rated in Tier 5 in SETARA 2017, placing it on a par with established foreign branch campuses in Malaysia. UCSI offers various disciplines, which include, but are not limited to medicine, pharmacy, engineering, IT, applied sciences, business, architecture, music, social sciences, creative arts and hospitality, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Institute of Music emerged as one of top 100 schools for performing arts in the QS World University Rankings by Subject year 2018, 2019 and 2020. Partnering with more than 4,200 companies, UCSI runs one of Malaysia's widest university-industry networks, providing students and staff with internships, job opportunities, knowledge transfers and joint research arrangements. It is Malaysia's fourth-best university in the 2019 QS Graduate Employability Rankings. Graduate outcomes are prioritized and the university counts among its alumni three Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia inductees, business leaders and some of Malaysia's most acclaimed musicians and performers like Dennis Lau and Joanne Yeoh. The university is also a firm advocate of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. UCSI is the first and only private university in Malaysia to be recognised as a regional centre of expertise by the United Nations University.
History
UCSI was founded in 1986 by Dato' Peter Ng as a computer training institute in Petaling Jaya. It soon relocated to new premises in Kuala Lumpur to cater to growing student numbers and more academic programmes were offered. UCSI was accorded college status in 1990 by the Ministry of Education, university college status in 2003 and full-fledged university status in 2008, becoming Malaysia's second private university. The institution was formerly known as Sedaya.
