Convo 31 Program

Note : (**) Graduands with CGPA > 3.60 (*) Graduands with CGPA 3.00 - 3.59 GIC Graduation In Council 20 31st IIUM Convocation Ceremony Majlis Konvokesyen IIUM ke-31 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA: THE PREMIER INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) is the fruition of one of the major aspirations of the Muslim scholars in Malaysia to have an Islamic university in Malaysia to lead the Muslim ummah in all branches of knowledge. The plan to establish IIUM was revealed by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the Fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia on 12th January 1982 after deliberating with the Education Minister, senior government officers and senior academics from local universities. The University was officially established on 20th May 1983 by the Government of Malaysia. The philosophy of IIUM was inspired by the conclusions of the 1977 First World Conference on Muslim Education in Makkah. Incorporation of IIUM under the Companies Act of 1965 enabled the use of English and Arabic as the medium of instruction which greatly enhanced its global orientation. IIUM blends human knowledge with Islamic values and moral virtues befitting its tagline as "the Garden of Knowledge and Virtue". This unique feature is clearly expressed in the IIUM’s philosophy and the distinctive logo. The University's objective has been to integrate revealed and acquired knowledge, and redefine the concept of education to be practiced in a liberal and secular environment. IIUM aspires to restore the leading role of Muslims in education and knowledge creation and acquisition make to contributions to the improvement of the qualities of human life and civilization unhindered by geographic boundaries. Befitting the Premier International Islamic Research University (PREMIER) status awarded by ISESCO on 17th December 2014, it provides an extensive, comprehensive learning environment conducive for conducting advanced research in various disciplines. It is the quality of the learning, comparative knowledge and research environments that attracted the high concentration of talent by which IIUM is distinguished. The University offers various postgraduate, professional and leadership training programmes especially in its niche areas; namely Islamic Services and Islamic Products. In the year 2015, the University was accorded the world highest accreditation when the Islamic Banking and Finance publications were ranked World Best in a research conducted by Elsevier which confirmed the University has contributed 11% of the total global publications. The University is now recognised as the pioneer in the discipline of Islamic Banking and Finance globally and considered as the global referral point for the discipline. To ensure delivery of quality tertiary education, the University employs accomplished scholars, and committed professionals. As of October 2015, there are 1987 administrative and 1933 academic staff. About 80% of the total academic staff are with doctoral qualifications. Many have had prior experience before joining the University. The University has 14 faculties, three institutes and one Centre for Strategic Continuing Education and Training. Besides focusing on academic excellence, IIUM ensures that the students are trained to be responsible, imbued with good ethics, high moral values and professionalism, lifelong learning, managerial and entrepreneurial skills as well as leadership skills. IIUM gives great emphasis on good character or Budi as part of the education process of its students, ensuring they have good humanistic values that can be spread out for the betterment of the community. This is in line with the Islamic teachings which emphasises on developing good character. The IIUM debating team has been accredited as debating champions and is ranked as one of the top 10 world debating teams. IIUM students have received the Asian Best Debater Award. IIUM achieved further success in the debating arena when the students were awarded Best Debater Award in Cambridge. The Malay Language Debating Team has won the Environmental Debate Competition three years in a row.