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Universiti Sains Malaysia (lit. 'University of Science Malaysia'; abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body with its own constitution, it is the oldest institute of higher learning in Northern Malaysia, as well as the second oldest in the country.
Malaysian names Personal names in Malaysia vary greatly according to ethno-cultural group. Personal names are, to a certain degree, regulated by the national registration department, especially since the introduction of the National Registration Identity Card (NRIC).
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (abbreviated as UTAR; simplified Chinese: 拉曼大学; traditional Chinese: 拉曼大學) is a not-for-profit private research university in Malaysia. UTAR ranked among top 100 in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2018 [8] and top 600 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, [9] placing it 2nd overall in Malaysia only after ...
Multimedia University (Malay: Universiti Multimedia; abbreviated as MMU), is a private research university in Cyberjaya and Melaka in Malaysia. Founded in 1997, it is the first private university within Malaysia and is a member of The Alliance of Government Linked Universities (GLU). [1] In 1996, the government of Malaysia initiated efforts to liberalize the country's higher education sector ...
Xiamen University (XMU; 厦门大学) is a public university in Siming, Xiamen, Fujian, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. Founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, a Chinese patriotic expatriate businessman in Singapore, the university has been perennially regarded as one of the ...
Since 2012, Brazil's largest newspaper Folha de S. Paulo has organized a national ranking of universities [1] with criteria akin to those used by better known worldwide rankings: research, teaching, internationalization, innovation and market value.
Taiwan, [II][i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] is a country [27] in East Asia. [l] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 ...
Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital. [1][2] He is of British and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. [3][4] His mother, Maye (née Haldeman), is a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in South Africa. [5][6][7] Musk therefore holds both South African and Canadian citizenship from birth. [8] His father, Errol Musk, is a ...