 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this articlebyadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Ungku Omar Polytechnic" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Politeknik Premier Ungku Omar
| |
 | |
Other name | PUO |
|---|---|
| Motto | Kekuatan dan Keamanan Melalui Teknologi |
Motto in English | Strength and Prosperous Through Technology |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 02 June 1969 |
| Director | Haji Mohd Fisal Bin Haroon |
Administrative staff | 790 |
| Students | 6,294 (AY 2011-01) |
| Address |
Jalan Raja Musa Mahadi, Politeknik Ungku Omar, 31400 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
,
,
Malaysia
|
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
Ungku Omar Polytechnic (PUO; Malay: Politeknik Premier Ungku Omar) is a polytechnic situated at Jalan Dairy (Jalan Raja Musa Mahadi), Ipoh which was named after the Ungku Omar bin Ungku Ahmad. It was established by the Malaysian Ministry of Education with help from UNESCO in 1969. It also received RM24.5 million funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). UNESCO was responsible for its construction. Ungku Omar Polytechnic is the first and the oldest polytechnic in Malaysia.
Ungku Omar Polytechnic was established in 1969 by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, aided by UNESCO. A total of RM24.5 million was allocated by the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP). UNESCO was assigned with the responsibility of planning and executing the polytechnic's construction on an area of 22.6 hectares at Dairy Road, Ipoh. The polytechnic was named after the late Dato' Professor Ungku Omar Ahmad, in recognition of his valuable contributions to the nation, especially in the field of medical research.[1]
For the first batch of 300 students, lectures were held beginning from 2 June 1969. At that time, the academic workforce consisted of 28 local lecturers. During the early stages, PUO only had four academic departments, namely the Civil Engineering Department, Electrical Engineering Department, Mechanical Engineering Department and Commerce Department, which offered various academic programmes at diploma and certificate levels.
|
| |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa |
| ||||||
| Asia-Pacific |
| ||||||
| Europe |
| ||||||
| North America |
| ||||||
Central and |
| ||||||
|
Polytechnics in Malaysia
| |
|---|---|
| West Malaysia |
|
| East Malaysia |
|
| METro Polytechnic |
|
