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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI BRUNEI
Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) specialises in
the area of Engineering, Business, Computing,
Applied Sciences & Mathematics and Design.
UTB was initially established as a higher
learning institution in 1986, offering Higher
National Diploma (HND) programmes, and was
upgraded to a university in 2008.
The university has seen tremendous
development since its upgrade. This includes
the expansion of its academic programmes
portfolio and establishment of partnerships
with industries and universities to collaborate in
research, education and training programmes.
With its high quality education, hands-on
approach and industry-based programmes, UTB
has produced graduates who are readily accepted
by top universities around the world and are
highly valued by employers in the country.
UTB is the only local university rated ve stars
for overall excellence under the Quacquarelli
Symonds (QS) Star Rating System. UTB
scored ve stars in six out of the seven
categories, namely Teaching, Employability,
Internationalisation,
Facilities,
Social
Responsibility, and Inclusiveness.
In addition, UTB is the rst local university to
have successfully acquired the ISO 9001:2015
Quality Management System Certi cation by
Bureau Veritas in July 2019.
UTB made its rst appearance in the QS World
University Ranking (QSWUR) in 2018 at 442,
evaluated against 4,763 institutions from 151
countries. In the latest edition of the QSWUR,
UTB was ranked at 350 globally and 40 for
Young Global University under 50 years of age
and this presents another great achievement
since UTB is a very young university.
In the latest QS Asia University Rankings 2021
edition, UTB is ranked at 128 among a total of
634 institutions across the continent. According
to the report, UTB ranked rst in Asia for
International Faculty. The index is based on the
proportion of international faculty members,
and the report shows that UTB is internationally
attractive for academic staff around the world.
UTB also improved across various indicators
including Academic Reputation, Employer
Reputation, Faculty Student, Staff with PhD,
Citations per Paper and Papers per Faculty.
With its noteworthy performance, UTB is
on track in positioning itself as a university
of international calibre, attracting talented
students and scholars. These encouraging
developments will also provide further impetus
for UTB to strive towards accomplishing its
vision to become ‘A Global University Impacting
Society’.