History
The university was formerly known as Institute of Technology PETRONAS Sdn. Bhd. (ITPSB) and was a wholly owned subsidiary of PETRONAS, the national oil company of Malaysia. It was registered with the Ministry of Higher Education on 26 April 1995 and obtained approval under the Essential Higher Education Institute Regulation 1996. ITPSB began its operations at PERMATA, Bangi, Selangor on 3 July 1995. On 26 July 1995, ITPSB was registered as a private limited company and transferred its operations to Tronoh in the state of Perak, on 1 July 1996. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) was established on 10 January 1997 when PETRONAS was invited by the Malaysian government to set up a university.
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