Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) is a research university in Malaysia that was established in 1997, and it is owned by Malaysia’s oil and gas multinational corporation, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). The university campus is located in Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia, and covers an area of 400 hectares.

The university collaborates with PETRONAS on six research areas, including self-sustainable buildings, transport infrastructure, health analytics, hydrocarbon recovery, contaminant management, and autonomous systems. The process of master planning was completed in 2002, and the construction of the campus was completed in August 2004.

The university is led by Tan Sri Ahmad Nizam Salleh as the Pro Chancellor and Professor Ts. Dr Mohamed Ibrahim bin Abdul Mutalib as the Vice Chancellor. The Board of Directors is responsible for governing the university, and it comprises of members who are PETRONAS’ senior management personnel and the university’s vice-chancellor.

The university is located in Perak Tengah, Perak, one kilometer from the village of Tronoh, a former mining town. It is situated within the commercial corridor between Kuala Lumpur and Penang, and 10 kilometers from Batu Gajah and 25 kilometers from Ipoh. The academic complex was designed by Foster and Partners, and the first-phase construction was completed in 2004. The university’s solar panels cover its rooftops, with a total installed capacity of 7.3MWp.