Message From Our Provost

IMU is Malaysia’s first and most established private medical and health sciences university with 28 years of dedicated focus in healthcare education. IMU has SETARA-2017 rating of 6 stars (Outstanding) under the Mature University category.

IMU is a university wholly specialising in medicine, health sciences and complementary medicine programmes which means that all resources are devoted to excellence in this area of education. Comprising of five schools in the Faculty of Medicine and Health, the IMU has something to offer everyone interested in pre-university, undergraduate, postgraduate and continuous learning programmes in the field of healthcare.

Online Teaching

Since 30 March, the University of Nottingham Malaysia has been teaching our 5,000 current students online.

Our approach is to provide lecture materials (slides, recordings, readings) in advance of the scheduled class. The live class is then an interactive discussion of the lecture materials. During the live session students break into small groups using the online private channels. Students may then deliver live presentations to the class or participate in question and answer session led by the lecturer. After the online sessions students are sent readings or other video links.

This is also known as “flipped classroom” where it intentionally shifts instruction to a learner-centered model in which time in the classroom is used to explore topics in greater depth and create meaningful learning opportunities. More time is spent in class on problem-solving and team-based collaboration. This method was first developed at Harvard University in 1997 and has proven to be a deep engagement model for learning.

We have had an average of 85% attendance from our 5,000 students-slightly higher than usual attendance for face-to-face classes.