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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
The Graduate School of
Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia (GSM-UPM), was
established in 1997, and restructured in 2001 as a
specialist institution to provide postgraduate education and
training in business management. It offers a variety of
postgraduate programmes (MBA, MM, MS and PhD) and executive
development programmes for all levels of management. Since
its inception, GSM-UPM has produced more than 1,000
postgraduate degree holders in various fields of management.
GSM-UPM was ranked the seventh best MBA school in South East
Asia 2003 and the number 1 in the country in the Asia Inc.
Magazine August 2003 and September 2004 issues. Since then
the ranking has remained unchanged.
All programmes at GSM-UPM are taught by professors,
associate professors or lecturers with PhDs, and by
qualified professionals with more than 15 years of academic
experience in their respective fields. Apart from full-time
academics, some with extensive industry experience, GSM-UPM
also engages part-time lecturers from the industry to teach
in its programmes.
Currently there are more than 700 graduate students studying
at GSM-UPM. The Masters level programmes are offered three
times an academic year: the First (July), Second (November)
and Third (March) trimesters consisting of 14 weeks of
studies followed by one examination week.
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA
Universiti Putra Malaysia
(UPM) was first established as the School of Agriculture on
May 1931 at Serdang. In June 1947 The Governor of the
Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent proclaimed it as the College
of Agriculture Malaya.
By merging the College
of Agriculture Malaya with the Faculty of Agriculture of
Universiti Malaya, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia was
incorporated on 29th October 1971. On 3rd April 1997, the
former Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced the
change in name to Universiti Putra Malaysia, to reflect the
variety of disciplines offered by the university and its
proximity to Putrajaya, the new Malaysian administration
capital.
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