IMU is a university wholly specializing in medicine, health sciences, and complementary medicine programs, which means that all resources are devoted to excellence in this area of Education. Comprising of five schools in the Faculty of Medicine and Health, the IMU has something to offer everyone interested in pre-university, undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuous learning programs in the field of healthcare.
IMU is also pioneering the close integration of Research and Healthcare practice together with Education. Students get early exposure to research projects by interacting with the established IMU Institute for Research, Development & Innovation (IRDI) throughout their degree.
Over the years, IMU has also established partnerships with leading hospitals to allow its staff and students to get continuous and extensive real-life clinical experience. It also operates its private clinics, IMU Healthcare, in Dentistry, Chiropractic, and Chinese Medicine to ensure close integration of real practice with Education.
IMU pioneered the partner university model. It has established a robust global network of more than 29 partner institutions of higher learning. These collaborations cover most of the undergraduate programs offered in IMU.
This reflects its historic commitment to opening doors to education and training opportunities outside Malaysia via credit transfer and twinning programs, opportunities that would not otherwise be available to Malaysians. IMU’s diverse partner universities include universities from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States of America, Ireland, China, and the United Kingdom.
IMU’s Learning Philosophy is grounded on its core values, which fosters students’ development into knowledgeable, competent, and caring healthcare professionals who are critical thinkers, reflective, and proactive. The IMU Cares program provides ample opportunities for IMU students and staff to engage and serve the community.
Active involvement in the community allows students to translate knowledge gained in classrooms into health education to the public, enhance communication skills, and strengthen professional and technical skills in real-world environments. All this combines to create graduates committed to lifelong learning and imbued with a sense of good citizenship, leadership, and ethical behavior.
At IMU, you will have relevant clinical exposure and industrial placements, which better prepares you to become a healthcare professional, giving you an advantage in the employment market. Also, you will study alongside a diverse population of students and practitioners from all healthcare fields. This inter-professional learning allows you to appreciate how the different healthcare practice fields relate and complement each other, which better prepares you for employment.
You will also have the chance to develop strong friendships amongst peers that will be the foundation of an extensive professional network upon graduation, facilitating your career development.
IMU is the first and only private Malaysian medical university to receive self-accreditation status from the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA). The self-accreditation status entitles a higher education provider (HEP) to accredit its programs except for programs that require accreditation and recognition of the relevant professional body. MQA awards public universities and private campus branches based on the respective institution’s stable and reliable internal quality assurance system.
IMU is committed to academic freedom and the principles of equal opportunity in the pursuit and application of knowledge, the highest standards of intellectual, educational, and research productivity, and establishing a learning organization that respects the individual.
As an educational institution, our mission is:
- To further strengthen the IMU as a center of excellence for undergraduate programs in medicine, pharmacy, and other health sciences programs
- To establish the IMU as a center for higher Education providing training through multidisciplinary programs
- To establish the IMU as a center for postgraduate training and Continuing Professional Education
- To train knowledgeable and skillful professionals with high ethical standards who will be dedicated to serve and improve the quality of life of the community
- To train competent professionals with the use of innovative technologies of knowledge, especially ICT, in the teaching-learning process
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