SERVICE-BASED

Higher Institution Centre of Excellence

SERVICE-BASED

Higher Institution Centre of Excellence

ABOUT US

A university beyond the walls, an institution without limits.

The Malaysia Institute of Transport (MITRANS) at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) is a service-based center of excellence responsible for research, consultancy, and training in transportation and logistics. The institute's primary goal is to play a leading intellectual role in the strategic planning, development, and logistics of transportation. Additionally, MITRANS is committed to contributing to national development by delivering innovative solutions to address transportation and mobility challenges. The institute has also been at the forefront of driving changes in the transportation industry. MITRANS conducts feasibility studies and proof-of-concept evaluations for new vehicles to be adopted in Malaysia, providing recommendations to government agencies such as the Ministry of Transport and the Road Transport Department (JPJ).

VISION, MISSION & STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

VISION

Positioning MITRANS as a leading centre of excellence in transportation sustainability, mobility and supply chain.

MISSION

Championing service sustainability and agile human Capital development through training, consulting, research and high-impact academic programs.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Provide professional training and consulting services
Conduct research and produce high-impact publications
Offer competitive academic programs that meet market needs
Develop skilled, balanced, entrepreneurial human capital capable of competing globally
Strengthen strategic networks with alumni and industry
Establish a sustainable front-line ecosystem as a centre of service excellence.

HISTORY

Established in 1982 as the Malaysian Centre for Transport Studies (MaCTRANs), MITRANS traces its origins back to the Faculty of Business Management. The institute was founded upon a proposal put forth by the Deputy Minister of Transport, who foresaw the need for a research centre dedicated to the study of transportation issues. The core mission was to address long term and contemporary transportation challenges through research and innovation, the establishment of smart partnerships involving academic and industrial expertise, and the education and training of future experts in the field.

In 1995, the former director of MacTRANS, Mr. Mohd Yusoff, wrote the proposal to integrate the transport-related elements from the different schools (now faculties) of business and management, engineering, and town planning. Later, MaCTRANS expanded its activities to include the involvement of experts from other faculties, such as the faculties of civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering, the faculty of applied sciences, and the faculty of computer science and mathematics.

In 2003, spearheaded by the leadership of Yang Mulia Associate Prof. Tengku Dato’ Dr. Jamaluddin Tengku Mahmud Shah Al-haj and his management team, a proposal was submitted to UiTM for the upgrade of MaCTRANS from a centre to an institute. It was approved by the senate and the executive committee of the university in June 2003, and hence, MACTRANS has officially been renamed the Malaysia Institute of Transport (MITRANS), with Yang Mulia Prof. Tengku Dato’ Dr. Jamaluddin becoming its first director.

The establishment of MITRANS augurs well, with UiTM being the only public institution of higher learning in the country offering comprehensive transport-related studies and training programs. The quality of MITRANS's services is mirrored in its researchers, academics, and postgraduate students, who work in an environment that encourages interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and innovation. Such initiatives have kept MITRANS at the forefront of transportation research while raising the research profile of the university and advancing its mission towards becoming a world-leading entrepreneurial research university.

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