National University of Malaysia is one of the five research universities in Malaysia. Approved by the Malaysian Parliament on 20 1 1, it was renamed the National University of Malaysia (Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia/ English: National University of Malaysia, abbreviated as UKM/ NU) and was established in 1970. It is the third public university in Malaysia. The National University of Singapore has two campuses. The main campus is located in Balubangi, Selangor, about 35 kilometers away from downtown Kuala Lumpur, covering an area of 65,438+0,096 hectares (65,438+06,440 mu). The branch school is located in the center of Kuala Lumpur, covering an area of 65,438+09.9 hectares. Its university hospital and teaching hospital are both Malaysian National University. There are about 27,000 students in NUS, including undergraduates 1.9 million. There are more than 8,500 graduate students and doctoral students, accounting for about 30% of the total number of students. At present, there are more than 1 000 international students from all over the world, studying master's and doctoral courses in various majors. The National University of Singapore is a very famous university in Southeast Asia and even the whole world. Its diplomas and academic qualifications are widely recognized internationally. In 2005, the National University of Singapore was listed as one of the top universities of science and technology in the world 100 by the education special issue of The Times. The Times published the ranking of universities in Asia for the first time in the 2009 world university rankings, among which several famous universities in Malaysia ranked in the top 100, among which the National University of Singapore ranked 5 1.