enVision 2021-2025 UTM’s Strategic Plan presents the framework to guide our journey in the next five years as we set our sights on becoming a premier university providing world-class education and research. This vision is built upon the dreams and aspirations indicated by our previous University Global Plan (Pelan Global Universiti or PGU) and affirmed throughout ten months of strategising. University top management (JPU), enVision strategic planning team comprising academic and administrative staff together with the Strategic Management Office (SMO), deans, key PTJ leaders and members, student leaders from the Majlis Perwakilan Mahasiswa (MPP) and the postgraduate students society (PGSS), students, alumni, industry partners, emeritus professors and retired leading academicians and other members of the community have all provided valuable inputs and critical feedbacks into the strategic plan.

The world is changing and transforming the economy and society at an unprecedented speed, we have the obligation to step forward, navigate the VUCA forces around us and leverage on the opportunities these forces bring with them using creative knowledge and technologies. We are driven by our desire to develop holistic talents and prosper lives through knowledge and innovative technologies to make this planet a better home for all of us as we set forth with our bold mission. To continue for the greater success of UTM’s long standing excellent tradition, we will focus on two core businesses namely, education and research from our three campuses: UTM Skudai, Campus, Johor; UTM Kuala Lumpur Campus, Kuala Lumpur; and UTM Pagoh Campus, Johor.

Managing VUCA and being guided by our four core values represented by integrity, synergy, excellence and sustainability (ISES), we have set for UTM five (5) interrelated strategic thrusts:

Strategic Thrust 1 – World-class Holistic Talents to extend the Frontier of Education and Research
Strategic Thrust 2 – Creative and Resilient Performance Delivery Through Emphatic And Agile Governance
Strategic Thrust 3 – Institutional Growth through Unique Niche and Specialisation for Long-term Sustainability
Strategic Thrust 4 – Transformative Life Experiences through Knowledge Empowerment and Trust
Strategic Thrust 5 – Global Eminence as Malaysian Top Research University in 2025

The above thrusts have corresponding 8 strategic priorities, 15 measurable key performance indicators (key amal indicators or KAIs) and bold yet realistic targets.

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This playbook detailed out the strategic initiatives to be implemented throughout the five year period (2021 – 2025) to support the Desired States of enVision UTM 2025.

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Single direction, nine departments

DEPARTMENTAL ACTION PLANS

enVision UTM 2025, for the first time ever in the history of UTM, identifies ten (10) Key Departments (which later becomes nine due to internal restructuring) and develops specific Departmental Strategic Plans (or Action Plans to be exact). These detailed strategic plan outlined comprehesive sets of KPIs and initiatives according to portfolio, supporing the five (5) Strategic Thrust of enVision UTM 2025.

embarking on the DIFFERENTIATION

Corporate Niche Strategy

Year 2022 is the second year of enVision UTM 2025 implementation, and we can observe a new approach has been put in place. From 2022 to 2025, the strategic plan is distinguished into two levels, namely Corporate Strategy (delivering the ‘Standard Absolute’) and Departmental Strategy (delivering the ‘Standard Relative’). enVision UTM 2025 Corporate Strategic Plan presents the standard absolute or potential niche(s) for UTM as we charter our future to achieve our vision to become a premier university providing world-class education and research. Strengthened by our work culture of speed, collaboration, and resilience, we set on affirming our identity as a unique, research-oriented, technology based university which will create and innovate by leveraging on deep technology and advanced engineering. The Corporate Strategy (Standard Absolute) consists of three pillars:

Pillar 1 – UTMHyFlex
Pillar 2 – Fantastic4
Pillar 3 – UTMedupolis@Setapak

Calling for action

Annual Action Plans