| History
and Key Milestones |
| 1992 |
13
March |
The International Medical
College (IMC) was established in Kuala Lumpur by the then
Minister of Education, YB Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman Haji Daud.
This is was the pioneering effort involving a private medical
training institution representing a totally new concept
of international partnership for the twenty-first century.
Initially, the college had 5 Partner Universities:
- University of Aberdeen
- Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
- University of Glasgow
- University of Liverpool
- University of Dundee
|
| November |
Professor John S Beck from the University
of Dundee was appointed the Foundation Dean of the IMC.
|
| 1993 |
29
November |
The pioneer batch of 75 students were
enrolled in the medical programme. |
| 1996 |
3
February |
The first convocation for the college
was held in Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. The convocation
was for medical students who would be furthering their studies
to Partner Medical Schools abroad. |
| 4
March |
A twinned pharmacy programme with University
of Strathclyde, BSc (Hons) in Pharmacy, was launched. |
| 1997 |
31
May |
The first convocation held in Petaling
Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, for pharmacy students who would
be furthering their studies to University of Strathclyde,
Scotland. |
| 1998 |
20
April |
IMC received an invitation from the
then Minister of Education, YB Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib
bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, to become a university. |
| July |
A Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) programme
was offered to replace the BSc (Hons) in Pharmacy. The MPharm
is a newly introduced pharmacy qualification in the UK and
replaces all BSc Pharmacy undergraduate courses as of October
1997. The MPharm is an undergraduate degree.
Pioneer class of medical students and pharmacy students
graduated from the Partner Universities. |
| 1999 |
4
February |
College was granted university status
and became the International Medical University (IMU) thus
providing an additional option to students to read the whole
medical degree in Malaysia towards the MBBS (IMU). |
| 21
August |
First convocation as a university, held
at Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. At this convocation,
the first Chancellor, YABhg Tun Mohamed Zahir was formally
installed as first Chancellor. |
| 20
September |
IMU Clinical School receives its first
batch of 46 medical students. |
| 2000 |
1
January |
The IMU moved to a new and larger campus
in Sesama Centre, Plaza Komanwel, Bukit Jalil. The university
occupies three floors of the building with a built-up space
of about 205,000 sq ft. |
| 2001 |
1
March |
Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman
was appointed President of the IMU. |
| 21
March |
The Medical Museum was opened by YBhg
Datuk Dr Kamal Salih, Chairman of the Board of Governors
in a ceremony held at the IMU campus in Bukit Jalil. |
| 22
May |
IMU launched Medical Scholarships amounting
to RM 1 million. Four scholarships are offered annually,
each costing RM250,000. These would be offered for the September
intake of each year. |
| July |
MBBS (IMU) earned accreditation from
National Accreditation Board (LAN). |
| September |
University announces 2 IMU-University
of Strathclyde Pharmacy Scholarships, each then valued at
more than RM110,000. |
| 2002 |
4
February |
University Day was officially launched,
to commemorate the day IMC became IMU. At this launch, the
IMU Song was performed and aired for the first time. |
| 12
April |
The 10th Anniversary Celebrations was
officially launched at a dinner at Hotel Nikko, Kuala Lumpur.
At the same event, the Strategic Plan for the next 10 years
was launched. This plan charts out the activities for the
second decade of development and direction of IMU as an
organisation. |
| 8
June |
The pioneer batch of 42 medical students
graduated with MBBS (IMU) at Hotel Nikko, Kuala Lumpur.
|
| 12
October |
IMU Cares was launched in conjunction
with the first Charity Run that was held in the Bukit Jalil
campus. |
| 29
November |
IMU’s Alumni website (http://imu.org.my)
was launched. This date was chosen as it coincides with
the first IMC Student Registration Day. |
| 2003 |
29
March |
IMU Clinical School in Batu Pahat was
officially launched. |
| 31
May |
YBhg Tan Sri Datuk Seri Chong Hon Nyan
was officially installed as Pro-Chancellor of the University.
|
| 2004 |
15-16
March |
The Medical Education Colloquium organised
by the IMU, was held at its campus in Bukit Jalil. |
| 26
May |
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed
between IMU and Multimedia University to establish a Centre
for Advanced Medical Multimedia Research (CAMMR). The main
aim of this centre is to promote research in the fields
of systems programming and multimedia as well as developing
computer-aided teaching applications and learning materials
in support of medical education. |
| 21
July |
The pioneer batch of 75 students were
enrolled in the local 4-year Bachelor of Pharmacy programme
(BPharm). An inaugural white coat & pledge-making ceremony
was held on this day for these students. |
| 2005 |
28
February |
A Memorandum of Agreement was signed
between IMU and Kobe University. The signing of the agreement
formalises a collaborative arrangement between the two institutions
in areas relating to exchange of faculty members and research
staff, joint research activities, support of lectures, research
workshops and symposia, exchange of information and academic
publications, and exchange of students. |
| 7
March |
Hospital Port Dickson was officially
launched as IMU’s teaching hospital. |
| 20
August |
YBhg Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman
Haji Daud was officially installed as the second Chancellor
of the University. |
| 22
August |
A Memorandum of Agreement was signed
between IMU and University of Strathclyde. |
| 7
September |
The pioneer batch of 9 students were
enrolled in the local 4-year Bachelor of Nursing programme
(BNur). |
| 2006 |
March
|
The IMU achieved MS ISO 9001:2000 for
the provision of tertiary education in medicine, Pharmacy
& health sciences. |
| 19
August |
The pioneer batch of 2 postgraduate
students graduated with Master of Science (IMU) at Sheraton
Subang Hotel & Towers, Selangor Darul Ehsan. |
| 2007 |
14
March |
The Community & Social Responsibility
(CSR) Programme was launched by the President of the IMU
on University Day. |
| 19
April |
The first International Medical Education
Conference (IMEC-2007) was held at Crown Plaza Mutiara Hotel,
Kuala Lumpur. More than 300 participants represented by
Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, UK, Iran,
Uzbekistan, Australia, Laos, Pakistan and New Zealand attended
this event. |
| 20
April |
The 15th Anniversary Celebrations was
officially launched at a dinner at Crown Plaza Mutiara Hotel,
Kuala Lumpur. |
| 2008 |
1
January |
YBhg Dato' Dr Lim Kee Jin was appointed
as IMU's second Pro- Chancellor. |
| 25
February |
The pioneer batch of 50 students was
enrolled in the IMU dentistry programme. |
| 15
April |
A Memorandum of Agreement was signed
between IMU and Mawar Renal Medical Centre to provide quality
healthcare services to patients. |
| 23
April |
A Memorandum of Agreement was signed
between IMU and Tung Shin Hospital. This agreement was signed
to enable IMU students to do their clinical practice in
Tung Shin Hospital. This is for the Chinese Medicine degree
course that will be offered in IMU in the future. |
| 24
May |
The pioneer batch of Bachelor of Pharmacy
(Hons) students graduated at Sheraton Subang Hotel &
Towers, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Another student graduated
with her PhD at the same convocation ceremony. |