General
The university has a very large library (known as Perpustakaan Sultanah Zanariah) with online facilities. There is free wireless internet connectivity throughout campus, free bus services, as well as local and international restaurants on campus. The university provides handicap-friendly facilities.
The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities places UTM in the fourth place in the South East Asia Region, and the top in Malaysia. It placed 164 in the "Engineering & IT Universities" category among other world ranked universities in 2012, an improvement from 190 in the previous year. UTM aims to achieve the status of a global university and rank among 50 of the world's best universities by 2020.
Another initiative is the formation of the Iskandar Malaysia Academic Partnership (IMAP) resulting from the Inaugural UTM University Presidents Forum.
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