City University Malaysia

City University Malaysia is a private university in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Established in April 1984, City University Malaysia was founded by a group of scholars. Originally known as Petaling Jaya Community College. the University attained full university status in 2016.

The University, alongside City University Press, are subsidiaries of U.C.I. Education Sdn. Bhd. City University Press publishes the CUeJAR, a double-blind peer reviewed quarterly international open access e-journal. As a research university, the University offers five MQA-accredited doctoral programs in the fields of business, information technology, design, and education.

the University now has, in addition to its main campus in Petaling Jaya (Greater Kuala Lumpur), a branch campus in Johor Bahru, together with regional centres in Kota Kinabalu and Penang. Plans are afoot for the University to extend its network with the addition of a campus in the multi-media super corridor of Cyberjaya.

Rated in the most recent Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education as a Very Good (4-Star) University in SETARA-2019 rating. Aligned with its industry focus, the University was in year 2022 ranked 13th amongst ASEAN private universities for applied higher education.

The University has extensive global reach with international students constituting over 47% of the student population, drawn from over 70 nations.

Under a Sino-Malaysian bilateral agreement in 2009, City University Malaysia degree programmes are acknowledged by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Academic partners
It partners with Jinan University to form an international think tank on Sino-Malaysian cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.