Milestone for M’sia’s oldest varsity

Welcome to UM: Prof Noor Azuan (far left) and Zambry (fourth from left) posing for a photo with Izz (centre) and his parents Imil Shahrom (far right) and Ilyah Abdul Aziz (second from left).

A TOTAL of 5,210 new undergraduates for the 2024/2025 academic session marks the highest number of new students registered at Universiti Malaya (UM), the country’s oldest higher education institution.

The students, including 12-year-old prodigy Izz Imil Shahrom, began registering at the varsity in Kuala Lumpur from Sept 28.