Multimedia University

Multimedia University (MMU), also known as Universiti Telekom in Malaysia, is a private, government-affiliated university. The university began in 1996 with the Institute of Telecommunication and Information Technology, which was founded in 1994 by Telekom Malaysia in Taiping, Malaysia's state of Perak. It all started with 42 students who participated in an experimental two-year telecommunication engineering diploma program. The Ministry of Education then invited Telekom Malaysia to establish Malaysia's first private university. In 1997, it started with a single computing faculty known as the faculty of information technology.

Multimedia University now has nine faculties and 19 research centers, including the Cyberjaya Distance Education Centre. Melaka, Cyberjaya, and Iskandar Puteri each have three campuses. The undergraduate faculties of business and accounting, creative multimedia, strategic communication, engineering, and information technology and computer science are all housed on the Cyberjaya campus. It also provides postgraduate and distance learning opportunities. The Melaka Campus offers courses in business and accounting, engineering, information technology, computer science, and law, as well as some postgraduate courses.

In collaboration with the University of Southern California, the Iskandar Puteri campus, known as Johor, specializes in cinematic arts. There are nearly 18,000 students, with over 1,500 international students from more than 70 countries. The vast majority of Multimedia University students are undergraduates. The university has a number of partner institutions in Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, and India. It has also formed global industry collaborations with companies such as Nokia, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, and Motorola.