University of Malaya (1962-1966)

found: Wikipedia, Jan. 2, 2014(The University of Malaya (or UM) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and top university in Malaysia. The university's name was abbreviated as Malaya during the pre-independence period. The university was founded in 1949 as a public-funded tertiary institution. In 1948 the King Edward VII College of Medicine (founded in 1905) and Raffles College (founded in 1929) merged to form the University of Malaya in Singapore. In 1958 the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur was established as a division having equal status with the University of Malaya located in Singapore. In 1962 the University of Malaya was established as the national university of the Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) succeeding the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur and the University of Malaya in Singapore, the latter becoming the University of Singapore. With the official language change in 1967 University of Malaya became Universiti Malaya)

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