Universiti Teknologi Malaysia is an innovation-driven entrepreneurial research university and a leading research-intensive university in engineering, science and technology ranked in the top 100 world ranking in engineering and technology as attested by the QS World University Rankings. It is located both in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia and Johor Bahru, the southern city in Iskandar Malaysia, which is a vibrant economic corridor in the south of Peninsular Malaysia.

UTM is a graduate-focused university with 55% of its student population comprising postgraduate students, the highest in Malaysia. The number of postgraduate enrolled in PhD studies in diverse field of specialization is 5,299 students as at 31 December 2015, the highest in the region and among the top 10 in the world. It has more than 3,000 international students from 60 countries around the world, the highest among research universities in Malaysia. Through its Global Outreach Programme, UTM students gain international exposure and experiential learning through various student mobility and exchange programmes, service learning and community engagements and Summer School programmes.