Human capital plays a crucial role in achieving the development of a
nation as a whole. Hence, a systematic human capital development must be
implemented in order to produce knowledgeable, skillful and innovative human
resources that will add value to the nation’s development.
The Prime Minister, Datuk Patinggi Abdullah
Haji Ahamd Badawi higlighted this point at the official opening of UNIMAS
permanent campus in Samarahan recently.
According to the Prime Minister, our nation’s achievements will be
assessed based on our standard of integrity, our knowledge management
capability, and human capital with first class mentality.
On UNIMAS’ achievement, the Prime Minister is pleased with the
institute. He noted that although the university is still ‘young’ at thirteen
years old, it has already won several Gold Medal Awards in Geneva.
UNIMAS opened its doors to its first student intake in 1993 and has
since produced 7,300 graduates ever since the first convocation in 1997.
The institute has also produced 350 doctors and nearly half of them
are now serving the rural areas.
UNIMAS also demonstrates sensitivity to present needs by engaging in
ongoing researches in bio-medical, wild life rehabilitation and other fields.
At present, the RM980 million permanent campus has eight faculties, six
academic support centres and three institutes to cater to the needs of 6,073
students and 540 academic staffs, including twenty-one professors and
forty-seven associate professors.
