UCSI, founded in 1986, is an overseas ordinary institution of higher learning approved by Malaysian Ministry of Education, recognized by China Ministry of Education and globally, and can award undergraduate and master's diplomas. It is one of the three private universities approved by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, and became the first private university to offer medical courses approved by the Malaysian Ministry of Education in 2003. UCSI University is the first batch of Malaysian universities recognized by the Ministry of Education of China and the only private university in Malaysia that offers diversified courses.

UCSI Group has five universities and colleges in the world, located in Auckland, Kuala Lumpur, Terengganu, Bangladesh, and Kuching, the capital of East Sarawak, and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sitya University is a first-class international university in Malaysia, with? Garden University? Good name. She is located in Le Kang Garden in the center of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with superior geographical location, convenient transportation and prosperous business. There is a school bus between the north and south campus, the student dormitory and the teaching building. There are large-scale comprehensive buildings, consulting buildings, academic buildings and student apartments on campus, as well as basketball courts, badminton courts, volleyball courts, stadiums, large conference rooms, music teaching equipment, language laboratories, libraries, student activity centers, engineering laboratories, pharmaceutical laboratories, computer laboratories and applied science laboratories. There is a hospital affiliated to UCSI University outside the campus, with as many beds as 1000. At present, the general school has nearly 10,000 students, including nearly 700 students from China, and other students come from more than 60 countries and regions around the world. It is a veritable international university.

Shiya University attaches great importance to exchanges and cooperation with domestic universities, with Malaysia () or by landing in the Malaysian Study Abroad Alliance ().