BACKGROUND OF COMMUNITY OF RESEARCH

Researchers from UiTM have been conscientiously carrying out research in various disciplines. The enhanced emphasis on research over the last five years has enabled our university to press forward diligently and mature in the area of conducting research which has resulted in the discovery of several cutting edge innovations and inventions by academics from different areas of expertise and discipline. These new discoveries have provided fundamental and applied new knowledge and technological advancement in tandem with the country’s aspiration to propel Malaysia to be developed nation.

Communities of Research (CoRe) will assist researchers to team up with like minded academics and suggest to them avenues which would enable the researcher to pursue excellence in conducting research and innovation in addition to helping academics to foster inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary collaborations which would transform UiTM’s researchers to possess internationally acknowledged research capabilities.

Role and Significance of CoRe

To be incubators of future HiCoEs (National Centres of Excellence) and globally recognised CoEs To strengthen the organization of research to complement post graduate academic programmes To optimize utilization of research facilities and laboratories To intensify research collaboration between the public and private sectors as well as international collaboration To generate innovative and avant-garde discoveries and new knowledge