National Defence University of Malasiya

National Defence University of Malaysia is a military university located in Sungai Besi Camp, Kuala Lumpur. The university is Malaysia's first catering to the needs and development of the Malaysian Armed Forces. There are around 2,700 undergraduate students, with over 1,300 of them Officer Cadets that undergoe four to six years of training. UPNM was originally Akademi Tentera Malaysia (ATMA), or the Malaysian Armed Forces Academy, which was established on June 1, 1995. It was an organisation that offered bachelor degrees in the fields of engineering, sciences and managements, with military training. The bachelor degree courses were accredited and awarded by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in the beginning. The lecturers came from within the armed forces, some hired by the academy and the rest deputised by UTM.

On November 10, 2006, ATMA was upgraded to university status creating the current UPNM. The establishment of the university was announced by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi during the Budget 2007 reading in the Malaysian Parliament. The setting up of the university cost RM 500 million and was fully borne by the Government of Malaysia. The university's first intake of students was for the 2007/2008 session with new changes by taking the first intake of civilian undergraduates. Though the university was young, it has already chalked up over 11 years of experience in education and training since 1995 with over 1000 graduates in the fields of engineering, computer science and management. These graduates have also been inducted as full officers of the Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force, government sectors and non-government sectors

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The following is the list of scholars from National Defence University of Malasiya who currently serve as editors for one or more SciTechnol journals.

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The following is the list of articles by scholars from National Defence University of Malasiya that are published in SciTechnol journals.

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