BANGI, 8 December 2025 – Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) has been appointed as the WorldSkills Malaysia Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Digital Construction.

With this appointment, UMPSA, through the Building Information Modelling Innovation and Knowledge Hub Centre (BIM Centre), will carry significant expectations as preparation for the WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 competition.

KUANTAN, 10 December 2025 – The maturity of campus democracy at Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) continues to shine when the Presentation of Appointment Letters and Oath-Taking Ceremony of the Students’ Representative Council (MPP) Session 2025/2026 took place with full leadership symbolism tonight at the Grand Darul Makmur Hotel.

PUTRAJAYA, 4 July 2025 – Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) continues to strengthen its position as a globally recognised technical higher education institution through the UMPSA Strategic Plan 2026–2030 (UMPSA30), which has been structured and is now in its final phase before its official launch later this year.

KUANTAN, 8 December 2025 – Strategic discussions on the future of the national rare earth industry received significant attention when Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), together with Friends of Sustainable Malaysia and CONFEXHUB, organised a Round Table Discussion themed ‘Malaysia’s Rare Earth Crossroads: Powering A Green Future, Protecting Our Natural Heritage’ at UMPSA Holdings Hall, Gambang.

PEKAN, 1 December 2025 – Researchers from Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) have successfully developed a method to produce synthetic graphite using oil palm fronds (OPF) and palm kernel shells (PKS), focusing on the conversion of biomass waste at lower temperatures without the use of hazardous chemicals.

This first-of-its-kind discovery in Malaysia is expected to boost the growth of the high-growth high-value (HGHV) industry and other high-impact strategic sectors.

PEKAN, 1 December 2025 – There is an urgent need in the national sports ecosystem, which still relies on subjective training methods without the support of precise and affordable technology.

Most developed countries have adopted data-driven technology as the foundation of athlete development; however, Malaysia still faces limitations in access to quality sports technology, especially at the grassroots level.

GAMBANG, 1 December 2025 – The difficulty of training agility manually inspired the Director of the Sports Technology Innovation Centre (STIC), Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Mohd Hasnun Arif Hassan, who is also the President of the Malaysia Sports Technology Association (MySTA), to produce the Intelligent Agility Training Device, an intelligent agility training device capable of enhancing athlete performance in a data-driven manner.

KUALA LUMPUR, 6 December 2025 – Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) once again created a proud achievement when the lecturer of the Faculty of Industrial Management (FPI), Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Lee Chia Kuang received the PMIMY IGNITE 2025 Best Project Manager Merit Award at the ceremony held at Sime Darby Convention Centre recently.

PUTRAJAYA, 9 December 2025 – Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) Press continues to strengthen its reputation as a prestigious academic publisher when two articles published in its journals received recognition at the 16th MAPIM–KPT Award, thereby elevating UMPSA’s role as a high-impact knowledge platform.

BANGI, 8 December 2025 – Senior Director of the Centre for Advanced Mobility & Aerospace, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Professor Dr Rizalman Mamat, was awarded a prestigious research grant, the Agency Fund Year 2025 amounting to RM100,000 from Yayasan Penyelidikan Antartika Sultan Mizan (YPASM).

SHAH ALAM, 3 December 2025 – Not planning to publish an academic book, Dr Muhamad Tasyrif Ghazali created excellence when he became the first administrator of Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) to receive the National Book Award 2024–2025 for the category of Best Social Science Book (Education and Academic) through the book Pelan Penggantian: Strategi Peralihan Kepemimpinan dan Kestabilan Organisasi at the Selangor International Book Fair 2025, Setia City Convention Centre 2, Shah Alam.

PUTRAJAYA, 9 December 2025 – The paper titled ‘From Complexity to Clarity: A DEMATEL Analysis of Critical Blockchain Technology Adoption Factors’, produced by the Deputy Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies at the Faculty of Industrial Management (FPI), Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Associate Professor Ts. Dr.

PUTRAJAYA, 10 December 2025 – Research developed by the Deputy Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies), Faculty of Industrial Management (FPI), Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Lee Chia Kuang once again received recognition when he won two main awards at the Project Management Conference (PROMAC 2025) organised by The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) at Everly Hotel, Putrajaya.

Lockdowns and isolations during the COVID-19 pandemic had forced people to learn out of necessity. Some resorted to YouTube to make their own bread or kimchi. What started out as a scary situation was turned into proud moments, with people sharing their amazing success and journey of making their own bread from A to Z on social media. The pandemic strengthened the idea that learning new skills does not always require a traditional classroom or a face-to-face-instructor.