Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) is a Malaysian research university established 10 January 1997. It is wholly owned by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia's oil and gas multinational corporation. The campus is built on in the new township of Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia. The university conducts research activities in collaboration with PETRONAS on six research areas. They are self-sustainable building, transport infrastructure, health analytics, hydrocarbon recovery, contaminant management and autonomous system. History In 1997, UTP was established in Perak, Malaysia when PETRONAS was invited by the Government of Malaysia to set up a university. Setting up a university from scratch poses formidable challenges, and the first step was taken in December 1998 with the completion of the UTP academic master plan. This acted as the basis for the physical master plan studies and registration or accreditation of degree programmes. The process of master planning was completed in 2002 and the construction of the area under consideration was completed in August 2004. Leadership Pro Chancellor Tan Sri Ahmad Nizam Salleh, chairman, PETRONAS Vice Chancellor Professor Ts. Dr Mohamed Ibrahim bin Abdul Mutalib Governing Bodies Board of Directors Samsudin Miskon, chairman, Board of Directors | Senior Vice President, Project Delivery & Technology PETRONAS Ir Mohamed Firouz Asnan, Member | Senior Vice President, Malaysia Petroleum Management, Upstream, PETRONAS Mazuin Ismail, Member | Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, PETRONAS Farehana Hanapiah, Member | Vice President, Group Human Resource Management, PETRONAS Karima Mohd Noor, Member | Senior General Manager, Finance Group & Corporate Services, PETRONAS Prof Ts. Dr Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Mutalib, Member | Vice Chancellor / CEO, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Tuan Syed Marzidy Syed Marzuki, Member | Head of Legal Corporate Services (Group General Counsel), Legal Corporate Services, Legal Corporate, PETRONAS Executive Management Committee Professor Ts. Dr Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Mutalib, Chairman | Vice Chancellor and chief executive officer Professor Dr Hilmi Mukhtar, Member | Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Professor Ir Dr Mohd Shahir Liew, Member | Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation Professor Dr Nor Hisham bin Hamid, Member | Deputy Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs and Alumni Associate Professor Dr Azra'i Abdullah, Member | Registrar Andrew Bernard Shanta, Member | Chief Financial Officer Zaimizi Hamdani, Member | Chief Strategy Officer Muhammad Syazwan Amarjit Abdullah, Member | Chief Support Services Officer Maizatul Khairina Meor Hashim, Member | Chief Human Resource Officer Shamsina Shaharun, Member | Senior Director, Corporate Communications Haslina Noor Hasni, Secretary | Senior