University      accomplishments

The recent major accomplishments from UTP

UTP is ranked in the top 200 in the 2014 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking by subject for Chemical Engineering.

UTP is the only private university in Malaysia to be ranked in the top 200 for the 2014 QS Asia University Rankings

UTP is also ranked at 335 for the QS World University Rankings under Engineering and Technology Faculty

about     the     university

The origins of this university:

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) is a Malaysian private university. It was established on 10 January 1997. The campus is built on a 400 hectare site strategically located at Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia. The university is a wholly owned subsidiary of PETRONAS, the national oil company of Malaysia.

UTP places strong emphasis on Research and Development as it strives to achieve the status of an internationally renowned Research University. The university conducts extensive research activities in collaboration with PETRONAS and other institutions and industries locally and abroad focusing on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Carbon Dioxide Management, Deepwater Technology, Nanotechnology, Green Technology, Biomedical Technology, Hybrid Energy Systems, Intelligent Cities and Sustainable Resources. This is evident when UTP was awarded a 5-star rating by Malaysian Research Assessment Instrument (MyRA) for its research, development and commercialisation efforts recently

UNiversity            technology          petronas

University     location

Address if UTP

Petronas University of Technology,

Bandar Seri Iskandar,
31750 Tronoh,
Perak.