University of Malaya

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The University of Malaya is Malaysia’s oldest and most prestigious public research university, located in Kuala Lumpur and widely recognized as a leading institution in Southeast Asia.

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Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf educational institution
public research university
university
campusSize about 309 hectares
country Malaysia
formerName King Edward VII College of Medicine
Raffles College
University of Malaya self-linksurface differs
surface form: University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur

National University of Singapore
surface form: University of Malaya in Singapore
foundingDate 1904
fundingType publicly funded
governingBody University of Malaya self-linksurface differs
surface form: University of Malaya Board of Directors
hasAcademicStaff over 2,000
hasAffiliation Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia
hasCampusType urban campus
hasChancellor ceremonial head of the university
hasColor blue
red
yellow
hasFaculty Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya
Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya
Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya
Faculty of Education, University of Malaya
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya
Faculty of Law, University of Malaya
Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya
University of Malaya self-linksurface differs
surface form: Faculty of Science, University of Malaya
hasHospital University of Malaya Medical Centre
hasLibrary University of Malaya self-linksurface differs
surface form: University of Malaya Library
hasMainEntranceFrom Jalan Universiti
hasNotableAlumni Anwar Ibrahim
Karpal Singh
Lim Kit Siang
Mahathir Mohamad
Rafidah Aziz
Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
Zeti Akhtar Aziz
hasQSWorldUniversityRankingCountry top-ranked university in Malaysia
hasQSWorldUniversityRankingRegion one of the top universities in Asia
hasResearchInstitute Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya
Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya
Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya
Institute of Graduate Studies, University of Malaya
Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya
Institute of Research Management and Services, University of Malaya
hasStudentEnrollment over 20,000
hasViceChancellor chief executive officer of the university
isFlagshipUniversityOf Malaysia
isOldestUniversityIn Malaysia
languageOfInstruction English
Malay
locatedIn Kuala Lumpur
Selangor
Southeast Asia
locatedOn Malay Peninsula
memberOf Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning
surface form: ASEAN University Network

Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific
surface form: Asia-Pacific Association for International Education

ACU (Association of Commonwealth Universities)
surface form: Association of Commonwealth Universities

Association of Pacific Rim Universities
motto Ilmu Punca Kemajuan
mottoInEnglish Knowledge is the Source of Progress
offersDegreeLevel doctoral
postgraduate
undergraduate
type public university
research university

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: University of Malaya
Description of subject: The University of Malaya is Malaysia’s oldest and most prestigious public research university, located in Kuala Lumpur and widely recognized as a leading institution in Southeast Asia.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National University of Singapore formerName University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur hasUniversity University of Malaya
Asian Universities Alliance hasMember University of Malaya
Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School mergedInto University of Malaya
this entity surface form: University of Malaya (Singapore campus)
University of Malaya formerName University of Malaya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur
University of Malaya hasFaculty University of Malaya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Faculty of Science, University of Malaya
University of Malaya hasLibrary University of Malaya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: University of Malaya Library
University of Malaya governingBody University of Malaya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: University of Malaya Board of Directors