UPNM was formerly known as Akademi Tentera Malaysia (ATMA) or the Malaysian Armed Forces Academy, established on June 1, 1995.
The bachelor's degree courses were accredited and awarded by University Teknologi Malaysia in the beginning.
The university's first intake of students was for the 2007/2008 session, which amid new changes having admission the first intake of civilian undergrads. Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia prepares the Malaysian military and civilian leaders to better address national and international security challenges through multi-disciplinary educational programs, research, professional exchanges, and outreach. Though the university was not too long ago established, it has already chalked up over 11 years of education and training experience since 1995 with over 1000 graduates in engineering, computer science, and management. These graduates have all been successfully inducted and now suit as full officers in the Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force, also in other Government Sectors and Non-Government Sectors.
Our Vision is To be the premier defense university in the region for education, training, and knowledge creation. UPNM Philosophy is The premier national institution dedicated to producing intellectual leaders of character committed towards selfless service to the nation in furtherance of national strategic interests.
UPNM is committed to excellence in serving the nation as a premier defense university for leadership and professional development, knowledge dissemination and application of defense science and technology, and policy research.
- Quality integrated military education and training in producing graduates who exhibit excellence in the intellectual, leadership, and professional domains without sacrificing the winning mentality.
- Instilling more excellent professionalism among the academics by stimulating the pursuit of scholarly excellence through a more significant flourish of academic and policy research activities resulting in quality publications in refereed journals.
- Being an acknowledged center for policy research and postgraduate studies in defense and security.
- Striving for R & D success through research collaboration with defense industries and other research organizations in creating new knowledge to enable the university to be the knowledge hub and consultancy for defense technology applications.
- Striving for enhanced internationalization and collaborative networking with reputable international universities and research centers.
- Striving for enhanced internationalization and collaborative networking with reputable international universities and research centers.
- Striving for enhanced internationalization and collaborative networking with reputable international universities and research centers.
- Transforming the organization to ensure greater cross-functional coordination, good service delivery, and customer focus to support UPNM's effort to be a knowledge hub.
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